InnoVention
About the program · 1 linked sources
InnoVention is the annual startup competition run by nyu-tandon-future-labs. NYU’s June 2, 2025 account calls it part competition and part accelerator: selected teams do four months of workshops and coaching, then pitch for a $25,000 prize. Vadim Gordin is named director of the Tandon Future Labs A/X Venture Studio and the school’s entrepreneurship competition coordinator. This listing is compiled from public NYU pages and is not a school-claimed profile.
Also known as: InnoVention Competition, NYU InnoVention
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-06-22); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
Key numbers
Funding range
$25,000
Cash Prize
Equity
Unknown
Application
Annual
Campus Wide
Last activity
2025-06-02
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Application and Timing
The 2025 finals were on May 9, 2025, with the results article posted June 2, 2025. A 2026 deadline was not on the captured pages.
Participants
The NYU Entrepreneurship funding page lists graduate students, undergraduates, and PhD or postdoctoral researchers. The 2025 finals page says twelve teams came from Tandon, Stern, ITP, and CAS. The 2025 winner team included a Tandon master’s student and a Courant master’s student. Audience Favorite went to a Tandon undergraduate.
Funding and Equity
The 2025 article and the finals page both say the prize is $25,000, for the most commercially viable, scalable, and innovative idea. They do not say the prize takes equity. The article also says Vitalis received a separate YOPE x NYU Founder Award with $100,000. That figure is not recorded as the InnoVention prize.
Recent Activity
The June 2, 2025 Tandon article is the latest results capture. The competition is described there as annual.
Known startups and winners
Competition winners and notable student ventures from our research.
Schnell AI
$25,000
prize won
New York University
2025 NYU InnoVention winner of the $25,000 prize. Founders Apoorv Waghmare and Ishan Kawathekar. Generates FDA-oriented documentation for software as a medical device.
Vitalis
New York University
2025 NYU InnoVention Audience Favorite, founded by Tandon undergraduate Asser El Ashwah, for tendon-repair biomaterials. A separate YOPE x NYU Founder Award of $100,000 is mentioned in the same article and is not the InnoVention prize.
Historical winners (research notes)
- Schnell AI — 2025 top prize. Apoorv Waghmare and Ishan Kawathekar. Regulatory documentation for software as a medical device.
- Vitalis — 2025 Audience Favorite. Asser El Ashwah, Tandon undergraduate. Tendon-repair biomaterials. The YOPE award of $100,000 is a separate award in the same article.
Research gaps & things to verify
Verification Gaps
The 2026 cycle date and application deadline are not in the captured pages. Equity terms for the $25,000 prize are not stated. Other finalists are named in the article without placement or prize amounts.
Program details
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News & articles
News articles and official sources documenting InnoVention at New York University.
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