The Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Soho opened in June of 2014 and is a landmark of Columbia University’s longstanding spirit of innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship. Now, each June, CSL welcomes a new cohort of alumni entrepreneurs through its doors for a year of community and programming.
The Columbia Startup Lab has been headquarters to over 600 startups and 700 Columbia alumni entrepreneurs that have raised over $200M in funding and $265M in acquisitions.
This year, we have 50 startups founded by 71 alumni entrepreneurs who hail from 9 of Columbia’s undergraduate and graduate schools, including Barnard.
Get to know the 2025-2026 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab here and below.