Agenda
Startup Yale 2026 will be April 10!
We’re thrilled to bring you another incredible year of presenters, speakers, and workshops.
Friday, April 10, 2026
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Check-in and registration
1st Fl. Reception
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Prize: Planetary Solutions
Loggia
Prize: Rothberg Catalyzer
Blue Room
Workshop: Building Things That Matter
Green Room
Postering: Tsai CITY Accelerator Teams
Red Room
Networking Lounge
Sunken Lounge
11:15-11:30am
Connection Break
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Prize: Future of Health Innovation
Loggia
Prize: Manolo Sanchez
Blue Room
Workshop: From Stumbling to Storytelling: Master the Message That Sells Your Startup
Green Room
Postering: Tsai CITY Accelerator Teams
Red Room
Networking Lounge
Sunken Lounge
12:45-2:30 p.m.
Networking Lunch
Forum
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Prize: Creative Entrepreneurship
Loggia
Prize: Yale Innovators
Blue Room
Workshop: Hiring with Intention
Green Room
Mentoring Session: Creating Mentor-Student Bridges
Red Room
Networking Lounge
Sunken Lounge
3:45-4:00 p.m.
Connection Break
Loggia
4:00-5:15 p.m.
Prize: Miller
Loggia
Prize: New Haven Civic Innovation
Blue Room
Workshop: Founder Judgment Is the Moat: Fundraising Systems and Long-Horizon Capital Strategy
Green Room
Networking Lounge
Sunken Lounge
5:30-5:45 p.m.
Announcement of Winners
Loggia
5:45-6:30 p.m.
Closing Celebration
Sunken Lounge
Venue Location
Know Before You Go
Startup Yale Shuttle Information
We will have shuttles (yellow school buses) bringing students, community members, and other Startup Yale guests and attendees from campus to Hotel Marcel and back. The pickup location will be the back side of Tsai CITY (10 Hillhouse Avenue) on campus and the front of Hotel Marcel (500 Sargent Drive).
The shuttle schedule is as follows:
Friday, April 10
A bus will leave the back side of Tsai CITY roughly every 30 minutes during the day on Friday with return trips from the Hotel to campus immediately following.
- The first pick-up of the day is at 7:30 am @ Tsai CITY to Hotel Marcel.
- The last pick-up from Tsai CITY is at 4:00 pm to Hotel Marcel.
- Both buses will be at Hotel Marcel at 6:00 pm to transport those back to campus.
*The pickup location at 10 Hillhouse Avenue will be identifiable and staffed with Tsai CITY student employees.
