The 2021 NYBPC Finals Competition WAS May 7, 2021

EMERGING TECH

Gain access to emerging technologies and early-stage investment opportunities.

Talent

Leverage opportunities to recruit emerging talent.

VOLUNTEER

Find meaningful experiences to give back to your community by sharing business knowledge with people who need it.

The NYBPC is the annual competition featuring the best teams from every region of New York since 2010. Each year, student teams compete for prize money and recognition across tracks including:

• AgTech & Food 

• Infrastructure, First Responder & Defense

• MedTech & Life Sciences

• Education & Well-Being

• Consumer & Business Products 

• Software & Services 

Special Prizes will be awarded across tracks for:

• Venture-Backable Startup

• Social Entrepreneur

• MWBE

• Veteran Founder

• Pandemic Response

The NYBPC provides opportunities for students enrolled in colleges and universities across New York to gain entrepreneurial skills and compete on their ingenuity, first on campus, then in the region, and for top teams, the statewide finals. 

• Over $150M+ economic impact including follow-on funding for 100+ startups

• Hundreds of innovative solutions, including patented technologies

Entrepreneurial college and graduate school students studying in New York.

Business professionals, including investors, advisors and industry experts serving as mentors and judges engaged in supporting entrepreneurship.

Professionals at colleges and universities running entrepreneurship programs.

COMPETITION

Over 500 competitors on 200+ teams from 60+ colleges & universities annually.

Between 40 and 50% MWBE student participation every year.

Over $30k in prize money and post-program mentorship for winning teams.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

RapStudy - edtech startup for K-12 students to learn through their favorite popular music.

Founded at Cornell University.

MENTORSHIP at finals

2020 online activity.

High value-add for all participants at finals, both in-person and online.

EDUCATION

A series of monthly workshops developed for NYBPC students and the entrepreneurship community at large to get the valuable information they need to launch and grow.

Monthly Online Mentorship & Workshops

Open to all entrepreneurs and advisors.

Laddered educational content to prepare for the competition while doing business planning.

Special Prizes

Named prizes available to sponsors, $10k and up.

Access to Capital.

Teams are eligible to receive funding to help launch their new ventures. Historically, total funding has exceeded $100,000 with strong sponsorship and philanthropic support. 

Access to Business Leaders.

For a decade, students have gained great value by making connections to advisors, industry professionals and investors. For the first time this year, monthly mentorship from business professionals will be offered every month. It is self-driven and democratically available.

Access to Education.

Everyone also gets free access to workshops.  The content is curated, relevant to developing a new venture and will be delivered throughout the academic year for the first time in 2020-21. 

Access for Everyone.

Every year, 40-50% of the participants identify as MWBE competitors.  From community colleges to ivy league schools, teams come from across the state to compete and win. 

The Vikram Agrawal Donor Advised Fund

The Opalka Family Donor Advised Fund

Led by the Capital Foundation of New York, the educational 501c(3) of the Upstate Capital Association of NY. The Capital Foundation (CFNY) was founded in 2019 by the leaders of the Upstate Capital Association of New York to promote entrepreneurship in New York, after Upstate Capital took on the leadership of the NYBPC in 2018.