Lions Cage - Columbia Startup Pitch Competition Grand Finale
🦁💡 Lions Cage – Grand Finale (the 3rd and final round of the semester) is coming up on May 3rd in 833 Mudd Hall.
Doors open at 3:15 pm and pitches will begin at 3:30 pm.
Come witness 6 amazing student teams pitch their bold startup ideas to a panel of top VCs, investors & industry leaders!
Judge Panel:
René Bastón: Partner at Covenant Ventures, investing in clean tech and deep tech. Startup mentor for the National Science Foundation.
Sheena Iyengar: Professor at Columbia Business School, author of The Art of Choosing and Think Bigger, and leading expert on choice and decision-making.
Orina Chang: Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley, with 25+ years of investment experience in private equity, hedge funds, and sustainability-focused portfolios.
Jeremy Kagan: Managing Partner at Textbook Ventures and Columbia Business School professor specializing in digital marketing, growth, and innovation.
Fernando Montejo: AVP at NYCEDC, leading Venture Access NYC to expand resources for underrepresented founders in NYC’s tech ecosystem.
Finalist Teams:
🤖 FoodWeb AI – AI analytics to boost kitchen sustainability & efficiency
♻️ RECLaiM – AI helping you sell e-waste easily while promoting circularity
✨ Sante – An AI-driven health startup predicting and managing infectious disease outbreaks
⚛️ Radiopassive – Harnessing nuclear for critical medical radioisotopes
✈️ Vayou – AI travel planner for multi city travel that streamlines booking across flights, activities and hotels
🌱 HomeGrown – AI enabled tool for home gardens and produce transfers
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