Entrepreneurship and Research

Entrepreneurship

Since 2002:

• Established numerous entrepreneurship initiatives, including:
  
  • Berkley Institute for Entrepreneurship
    
  • The NYU Venture Fund
    
  • The Mark and Debra Leslie Entrepreneurs Lab
    
  • The Summer Launchpad Program
    
  • The X-Challenge Grant Program
    
• NYU's licensing revenue increased 12‐fold, with NYU named the #1 earner among U.S. universities over the past six years.
  
• In partnership with the city of New York, launched three business incubators focused on the technology sector at the Tandon School.
  
  • DUMBO Incubator
    
  • Varick Street Incubator
    
  • NYC Accelerator for a Clean and Renewable Economy (ACRE

The incubators have raised more than $200 million in equity funding, and expect to have created 2,600 jobs and more than $700 million in economic impact by the end of 2015.