Startup Lab - Columbia Entrepreneurship

What is The Columbia Startup Lab?

Located at 69 Charlton Street, the Lab is a 5,100 sq.ft. co-working facility at WeWork Soho West that provides subsidized space for 71 Columbia alumni entrepreneurs to house and nurture their fledgling ventures. It is a testimony to Columbia University’s longstanding spirit of collaboration and burgeoning entrepreneurial community. With more than 40 startups from all over the Columbia campus, the Lab is the result of a unique partnership between the deans of Columbia College and the Schools of Business, Engineering, Law, Public Health and International and Public Affairs.

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A4ED

Founded by Gemma Torras Vives and Shanna Crumley, both ’18SIPA, A4ED transforms non-formal learning and...

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Agamon

Founded by Rotem Lev-Zwickel ’18BUS, Agamon is a marketplace for heathcare data, powering by AI. ...

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Alessandra Mackenzie

Founded by Alessandra Baker ’18BUS, Alessandra Mackenzie designs, manufactures and distributes luxury...

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Alina Vision

Founded by Ben Midberry ’17BUS, Alina Vision an ambitious objective: to...

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Amicus Properties

Founded by Robert Abelson ’18BUS, Amicus Properties provides turn-key, fully...

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Auufa

Founded by Nigel-Ann La Qua Williams ’18BUS, Auufa is a multi-sided professional...

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Behold.ai

After his mother’s breast cancer was initially undetected by a...

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Benchmark Fitness

Founded by Jack Stevens ’18BUS, Benchmark Fitness is a platform for discovering,...

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Bite

Founded by Sara Sakowitz ’18CC, Bite is a snack subscription service that makes healthy...

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Chain Intelligence

Chain Intelligence, founded by Kevin Choi & Srikar Varadaraj ’17CC...

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CocuSocial

CocuSocial, founded by Billy Guan ’15SEAS, is an online to...

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Cointegra

Founded by Ming Hong ’18BUS, Cointegra is reinventing peer-to-peer data...

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Dear Mittens

Dear Mittens is a concierge health and wellness service for pets,...

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Green Think Energy

Green Think Energy, founded by Mikhail Gofman ‘SEAS17, is a...

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East Light Energy

Founded by Wendy De Wolf ’18BUS, East Light Energy is a renewable...

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EasyFeast

EasyFeast was created out of pure necessity. After Emily Magid...

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Emeji App

Founded by Claire Parker ’14CC, Emeji App allows users to...

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Fly Louie

Founded by Julia Takeda ’18BUS, Fly Louie provides a cost‑effective alternative...

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Folia Water

Folia Water is the world’s first water filter for pennies, not...

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Grete Knitwear

Founded by Paulina Dougherty ’18BUS, Grete Knitwear is a collection of...

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KALO

Jason Lau ’17SEAS, interested in entrepreneurship, was brainstorming startup ideas...

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Kanso

Founded by Fabricio Matzinger ‘18BUS, Kanso is a new co-living concept designed to...

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Locasaur

Founded by Simon Schwartz CC ’17, Locasaur is a mobile...

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Mesken

Founded by Alper Bahadir ‘07CC, Mesken provides direct-to-consumer custom window treatments. – Purchasing made-to-measure...

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NaTakallam

Aline Sara ’14SIPA founded NaTakallam to help alleviate today’s global refugee...

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NeonVest

Founded by Surya Viswanathan ’14 SEAS and Aakash Shah, is a...

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Ngineered

Founded by Omar Kiyani ’16SEAS, Ngineered is a full service strategy...

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Onehot Labs

Onehot Labs is a healthcare technology startup building a machine...

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Parsegon

Founded by Mathew Pregasen ‘18SEAS, builds tools for math teachers to better...

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Pawlicy Advisor

Founded by Woody Mawhinney ‘18BUS, Pawlicy Advisor is a pet insurance brokerage helping...

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Pal by Project Playdate

Pal by Project Playdate is a child care service that curates drop...

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Player Share

PlayerShare.GG allows e-sports fans to invest both emotionally and financially...

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Ravn

Founded by Jake Bullock ’17GS, Ravn is an augmented reality...

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Level

Founded by Bani Bahari ‘18BUS, Rutine is a direct-to-consumer men’s personal care...

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Social Solar

In 2012, Donna ’17BUS sea-kayaked Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park...

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SquarePlan

SquarePlan, founded by Lio Slama ’16GSAPP, is the real estate...

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Stratyfy

Mike Cherkassky ’17BUS, Stas Cherkassky, Laura Kornhauser ’17BUS, and Dmitry Lesnik...

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Street Smarts VR

Founded by Oliver Noteward ‘18BUS, Street Smarts VR provides distributed, immersive VR training...

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Sundae

Founded by George Liu ’17CC and Jing Lin, Sundae is a...

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Tail Risk Consulting

Rob Terrin ’17BUS/’17SIPA and John Edwards, MS ’16SEAS formed Tail Risk to...

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TeleTails

Founded by Clay Bartlett ’18BUS, TeleTails is modernizing pet care by...

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Thread Counsel

Carly Bigi ’17BUS came up with Thread Counsel when she was a...

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Urban Leaf

Urban Leaf was founded by Nate Littlewood ’17BUS and Dr....

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Uwentigo

Guy Grebla ’15SEAS and Ayuka Kawakami ’13GS are the founders of...

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Vacayo

Founders Truth Oladapo ’09SEAS and Isabel Berney, a Boston University...

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Wheeli

The idea for Wheeli – a carpooling app for students –...

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Zesarus

Founded by Jamie Rivas ’16 BUS, Zesarus is a research...

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NEOVEL Technologies

NEOVEL Technologies was founded by Adam Hurst, Ph.D. and Nick...

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Terranga

Terranga was founded on the belief that going abroad is...

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Flip

By Susannah Villa’s `15CBS third semester at CBS, she was...

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Alfredo

Nicolaus Schefenacker `15CBS was surprised by the lack of high-quality...

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StopLight

Joe Glazer `15CBS is a machine learning expert and with...

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Pairprep

Sean Lanning `15CBS and John Brozena `15CBS are programmers interested...

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Ivia

During Eugene Kim’s `15SEAS tenure as a corporate lawyer in...

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ToastBack

Seth Harlem `15CBS and his cofounder wanted to combine everyday...

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Sharebite

Dilip Rao ‘18BUS and Mohsin Memon ’14BUS saw the opportunity...

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Wordseye

Bob Coyne `15CC and Daniel Bauer ’16CC founded WordsEye in...

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Power 7

Kevin Mulligan `15CBS and his co-founders each have extensive experience...

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Pixm

Chris Cleveland `15SEAS has always been passionate about solving hard...

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Charlie!

Pratibha Vuppuluri `10SIPA has more than ten years experience in...

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Boomi Environmental

Boomi Environmental was established by Dr. Sri Rangarajan, who has...

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Sunrise

Gavin Newton-Tanzer `10CC first became interested in extracurricular education as...

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Flextra Power

Marianna Zaslavsky `13CBS and Linh Le `09SEAS wanted to revolutionize...

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One Line Partners

After meeting at Columbia Business School and together gaining 15...

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Bundle Organics

John Mascari `08CC co-founded Bundle Organics in an effort to...

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SensorKit

Ken Kruger SEAS ’12 and Houtan Fanisalek SEAS ’12 founded...

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Scopio

Christina Hawatmeh `14SIPA and Manoj Pooleery (CCLS 2008-2014 and MS,...

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Paper Me Press

Paper Me Press allows users to turn themselves into cartoons...

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Tastd

Jacopo Ghidoni `CBS15 and Andrea Pedroni `CBS15 are both Italian,...

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Cartful Solutions LLC

While working with marketers to measure and improve advertising campaign...

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MphRx

Sartaj S. Dhillon `14CBS and his team believe that technology...

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Western Ridge Partners

Alex Girod `15CBS and Nick Moreno `15CBS co-founded Western Ridge...

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Preconceive

Co-founded by Sarah Robinson ’13 BUS, Martha Noel, MD, a...

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DeansList

While they may not have gotten straight A’s every year...

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Anathema Capital LLC

Joule Jiao ʼ14CBS has spent five years at leading investment...

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Opportunity Network

Brian Pallas CBS ʼ14 realized that when it came to...

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Sailo

After a frustrating experience renting a boat in Greece with...

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Exubrancy

In 2013, Liz Wilkes ʼ13BUS founded Exubrancy in an effort...

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Frustum

Jesse Blankenship ’11GSAPP founded Frustum to realize his vision of...

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Augary

Dima Kislovskiy ʼ14SEAS was a software developer for a hedge...

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Archibald Optics

After discovering the world of Japanese optical expertise — one...

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Drop Global

Created in Florida and inspired in New York City, Drop...

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Closet Collective

It started with a problem every woman has, Seema Gohil ʼ13BUS,...

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deCervo

Jordan Muraskin ʼ15SEAS worked in the brain imaging field for...

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Perk.la

Justin Belmont ʼ14BUS and Marc Lombardo ’14BUS, discovered that the...

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Shareswell

Emily Washkovitz ʼ14BUS, saw stats that claimed 80% of gifts...

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ObsidianMD

Arash Astanehasl ʼ14BUS realized that clinicians waste time looking for...

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PLY

Fashion Tech is abuzz with consumer-facing innovations like wearable-tech and...

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Coin Out

Coinout empowers consumers to receive change from cash transactions to...

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Recovery Hub

After Hurricane Sandy, survivors were left facing immense challenges — navigating...

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Univate

Students helping students – that’s what Jide Adebayo ʼ14CC, Ramzi...

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Chouxbox

Victoria Mo ʼ13SEAS and Benjamin Kanner ’12BUS realized that restaurant...

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EvoLux

We’ve all sat in rush hour traffic, angrily waiting for...

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Seamless Semiconductors

Originally, Jayanth Kupambatti ʼ14SEAS was building prototypes to demonstrate the...

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ExecCoach.Me

At the Robertson Foundation, Dan Love ʼ14BUS focused on identifying...

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Kwoller

Tim Bernal ʼ14BUS and Brian Louko ʼ14BUS know first hand...

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Cache

Chris Osborn ʼ14GSAS has been passionate about consumer financial tech...

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Southfork

Andy Blechman, ʼ14BUS founded Southfork after realizing that finding a...

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Good Zing!

Serena Oppenheim ʼ14BUS founded Good Zing in November 2014 out...

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BoardRounds

Founded by Aditya Mukerjee ʼ12SEAS and Benjamin Jack ’07SEAS, BoardRounds...

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RAWR DENIM

Jeans seem like the simple solution to every outfit, but...

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OnTarget

Niran Shrestha ʼ13SEAS founded OnTarget as an easy to use...

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Rulo

Peter Bowley ’14 CBS created Rulo to focus on reducing...

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Kinnos

Jason Kang ‘16ENG, Katherine Jin ‘16CC, Kevin Tyan ‘16CC Kinnos was founded...

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Vidrovr

Vidrovr was founded by two PhD Students in the Digital...

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Block Party Suites

Steve Gilman `15CBS is just one of many entertainment fans...

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Shray

Alyson Pidich and Amanda Chen `CBS15 understand the frustration of...

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Pillo

James Wyman ’16BUS co-founded Pillo in July 2015 after witnessing firsthand...

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SheetKraft

Sushant Reddy ‘16BUS Having worked extensively in the risk &...

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TalkSession

TalkSession is a growing online network of leading mental health...

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Tuition.io

Upon graduating from Columbia University’s School of General Studies in...

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Seecure

Boris Kheyn-Kheyfets ’16BUS founded Seecure, which uses artificial intelligence to prevent...

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PiperWai

Sarah Ribner ‘16BUS Sarah Ribner ‘16BUS and Jess Edelstein, best...

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Dearest

Dearest is a next gen childcare, powered by education. It...

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Pathspark

Pathspark, founded by Anastasia Alt ’10CC, is leading the way to...

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Trek Medics

Trek Medics International was founded in 2009 by Jason Friesen ’12MSPH, a paramedic...

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DinersCode

Founded by Hitomi Kimura ’14SEAS and launched in September 2015,...

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SQWAD

SQWAD was founded in Portland, Oregon by three avid sports...

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Sundays

Sundays was inspired by a chain of nail salon boutiques...

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Shray

Shray, co-founded by Amanda Chen ’15BUS, is a skin care...

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Dagny Scout

Lauren Amery ’16BUS was tired of apparel for her favorite...

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Mission: Restore

Over 18 million people die every year due to a...

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Bluenumber

Ateli Iyalla ’06CC and ’10SPS and Terry Lee ’13SIPA founded Bluenumber...

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Bokksu

Danny Taing ’14SEAS spent four years working in Japan, where...

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Concurrent Wireless

Concurrent Wireless, founded by Jianxun Zhu ’16SEAS, is building highly...

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Daily Harvest

Daily Harvest was born when Rachel Drori ’09BUS, a busy New Yorker...

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FollowUp Health Inc

FollowUp Health, founded by Amber Ju ’15BUS, matches providers with...

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FUR

Fur started as a conversation between sisters. Emily and Laura...

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Gift Wellness, LLC

The idea for Gift Wellness sprouted out of a business...

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Global A.I. Corporation

Richard V. Rothenberg is CEO and Co-founder of Global A.I....

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Mångata

Founded by Andrei Papancea ’15SEAS and Vlad Papancea, Mångata enables...

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Mode Maison

Attempting to refurbish an existing Manhattan apartment, Steven Gay didn’t...

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Orsden

Born out of an unsuccessful quest to find skiwear that...

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Pepper

Pepper was founded by friends and classmates Kelsey Brown ’17BUS and Erin Banta...

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qLogix

There are two big issues facing STEM: 3 million STEM...

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Reut USA

Edun Sela ’17SIPA is the Founding Director of Reut USA,...

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The Clear Cut

Olivia Landau and Kyle Simon ’17BUS met as students at...

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Truedime

Truedime is an InsurTech startup looking to give students studying around...

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Unbound

Unbound, co-founded by Jackie Churchwell ’17BUS, was founded in as...

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Visit.org

Founded in early 2015 by Michal Alter ’13SIPA, Visit.org is...

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Volt Growth Partners

Volt Growth Partners, co-founded by Florian Van Rappard ’16BUS, is...

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Yank Technologies

Imagine walking into your bedroom, your office, or your living...

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Eat Offbeat

Eat Offbeat delivers authentic and home-style ethnic meals that are...

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Wandering Bear

Matt Bachmann ’15BUS and Ben Gordon ’15BUS met when they each...

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The Drop

This is how Alexis Beechen ’15BUS, co-founder of The Drop,...

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Text IQ

Omar Haroun `12CLS, CBS and Apoorv Agarwal `16SEAS have known...

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Retail Experts

Eduardo Andrade ’15BUS, founder of Retail Experts, has spent the...

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How to Apply

Eligibility

CSL is open to recent alumni (five years or less from most recent degree*) founders and their teams from Columbia College (*fifteen years or less from most recent degree), Columbia Engineering (*ten years or less from most recent degree), Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Business School (*one year or less from most recent degree) and Columbia Law School who are committed to working on their venture full-time.

Teams must select one Columbia University-affiliated founding member, from the above mentioned schools to apply.
Only one application per team will be considered, regardless of the school in which the founder is affiliated.

Quick Facts

Apply here to be put on the waitlist.
The next application period for the full cohort will be in March 2019.
Admitted teams may spend up to 1 year in the space.
The annual turnover of cohorts is the first week of June.
The space is administered by WeWork and includes: furnishings (desk & chair), WiFi, printing, meeting spaces, phone booths, water/coffee, beer, cleaning/maintenance and access to common facilities across the global WeWork network.
CSL provides ongoing workshops, office hours, networking events, and community building activities to help resident ventures advance their businesses. All CSL teams are encouraged to participate.
Columbia University affiliated tenants are required to commit to a four-month term in the space at a rate of $250 per month/per seat. Non-Columbia University team members will be required to make a contribution of $400 per month/per seat.

Questions? Contact entrepreneurship@columbia.edu.