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Grab a seat at Startup Yale’s Mentor Dinner Tables for real talk with founders, investors, and industry pros! Each table dives into key startup topics—scaling, pitching, fundraising, and more—so you can get advice, swap ideas, and make valuable connections in a relaxed, small-group setting.

Pick a table that fits your interests, bring your questions, and join us for a night of great conversations and game-changing insights!

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​The New Haven Civic Innovation Prize awards up to $25,000 to the best student- or community-led venture or project focused on benefiting the City of New Haven.

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Get an insider’s look at the journey from startup to acquisition in this fireside chat with Spyce co-founder Michael Farid and former Head of People Lydia Bowers. Hear real stories about building a unique restaurant concept, the ups and downs of team dynamics, and lessons on scaling culture in a fast-paced startup world.

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Jumpstart your go-to-market strategy in this hands-on workshop, where you’ll explore essential sales and partnership frameworks and put them into action with exercises tailored to your own business. Perfect for founders ready to hit the ground running!

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The Planetary Solutions Prize, previously known as the Sustainable Venture Prize, awards $50,000 to two promising student-led for-profit ventures dedicated to advancing environmental sustainability. The prize allocates $35,000 for first place and $15,000 for second place.

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The Manolo Sanchez Prize offers $25,000 to a for-profit or nonprofit startup that aims to improve the financial health of underserved communities (underbanked, underfunded, or underinsured).

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The Rothberg Catalyzer Prize awards a $25,000 cash prize to a student-led venture working on a novel healthcare solution (e.g., digital health and AI, diagnostics, medical technology).

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Join an inspiring panel of trailblazing female leaders—a VC investor, a founder, and an international entrepreneur—as they share real stories of breaking barriers and navigating biases in the business world. After the panel, dive deeper in speed roundtable discussions where you can connect directly with each speaker, ask questions, and gain practical advice for your own journey.

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Securing investment isn’t what you’d expect! Join us for a candid look at lessons learned (and mistakes made) while raising $14M as a first-time founder—discover what really matters in the fundraising game.

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Ready to harness AI for your startup? Join AI expert Almog Koren in this hands-on workshop to explore practical, powerful ways to integrate AI and give your venture a competitive edge!

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Build your personal “Board of Directors” in this interactive workshop designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally. Gain hands-on coaching and create a tailored action plan to identify the support you need for every role you play—from founder to friend—ensuring balance and resilience in both life and business!

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The Miller Prize awards a $25,000 cash prize to a student-led venture working on innovative tech or tech-enabled solutions that has a definable go-to-market strategy.

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The Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education is a $25,000 cash prize awarded to the best student-led venture focused on social innovation in health or education for underserved communities in the United States or low-resource countries.

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The Yale Innovators Prize is a $25,000 cash prize awarded to the for-profit or non-profit venture/project that has the potential to produce the most creative or impactful solution to real-world problems that doesn’t qualify for any other Startup Yale prize.

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The Creative Entrepreneurship Prize awards a cash prize of $25,000 to a student-led project that advances innovation and entrepreneurship within creative fields.

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To commemorate a decade of Startup Yale, this year’s event will feature a first-of-its-kind alumni panel in place of a traditional keynote. This dynamic discussion will bring together three trailblazing founders who launched their ventures at Yale and went on to make a lasting impact in their industries.

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