iSTEM@Stevens
About the program · 1 linked sources
iSTEM@Stevens is a startup pathway inside Stevens’ undergraduate experience for students whose strengths do not show up in conventional grades or tests. The official page says students build technologies and businesses. Emilio A. Fernandez provided $1 million in 2019 to start it and committed more funding in 2024. It is separate from stevens-launchpad, which the pathway uses as one stage. This listing is compiled from the public iSTEM page and is not a school-claimed profile.
Also known as: iSTEM
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-06-23); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
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Ongoing
Campus Wide
Last activity
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Application and Timing
The page invites students who have shown unconventional problem-solving. It does not print an application deadline.
Participants
Stevens students admitted to iSTEM. The page describes the cohort as small: 69 students since inception. A prospective-student page describes four stages of about six to twelve months, beginning in the first year, including a Launchpad stage and up to six credits of technological entrepreneurship.
Funding and Equity
The page does not offer a student stipend or a prize. It says student-led companies have raised $5 million in venture capital, including from Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator. That is outside capital, not a Stevens award. Equity terms for participation are not stated. funding_available is none because the page does not describe a grant to founders.
Recent Activity
The iSTEM page was live on 2026-10-08 with the impact figures below. The 2024 additional gift from Emilio A. Fernandez is the latest dated commitment on the page.
Known Startups or Winners
The page says 20 or more ventures have been created, 29 percent of 69 students have started companies, and there are three or more new incorporations per year. It does not name the companies. Named Launchpad startups already on the Stevens page are not repeated here, because this page does not assign them to iSTEM.
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Verification Gaps
Named portfolio companies, a student stipend, equity terms, and the current application date are not on the iSTEM page. The prospective-student stages were seen on a stage host as well as described from search; the impact figures above are from www.stevens.edu/istem.
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