CEN NYC, in collaboration with Entrepreneurship@Cornell and Entrepreneurship@Johnson, presents: “Start-Up Cornell” Pitch Forum

• Eric Young ’78, General Partner, Canaan Partners will present “What VCs are looking for in a company presentation?” 
  
• John Jaquette, Executive Director Entrepreneurship@Cornell will provide a program update
• 5 fledgling start-ups being launched by Cornell students will present to a panel of VC judges who will give practical guidance and of course will ask the audience what they think…. 

Network with other alumni interested in start-ups
Learn about the start-up world at Cornell
Meet our panel of Cornell Venture Capitalists

Venture Capital Panel
Eric Young '78 General Partner, Canaan Partners
Habib Kairouz '88, Managing Partner, Rho Capital Partners
Josh Wolfe '99, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital
Zach Schildhorn '07, MBA '08, Associate, Lux Capital
Donald  Spero '61, General Partner, New Markets Venture Partners
Cornell Student Teams
Bombyx (Ben Rollins MBA’11 and Brian Lawrence PhD candidate at the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences) - Bombyx Technologies is commercializing a non-invasive medical device that cures corneal blindness. GeneWeave (Diego Rey, PhD Candidate; Leonardo Teixeira, PhD Candidate; Jason Springs, MBA ‘09) – GeneWeave is developing the world’s first fully disposal rapid genetic test for bacteria.
HireCube (Aniq Rahman, BS ‘10) - HireCube aims to create online job boards and recruiting tools for companies to interview, assess, and filter talent.
PaperlessWorld (Keith Cowing, MBA ‘10) - PaperlessWorld stores all of your receipts on the web, providing peace of mind to consumers and effective targeting solutions to retailers
RapeAlert(Emily Forsythe '09, Emily Turner '09) - RapeAlert is patent-pending, portable security device that provides a fast, reliable means of alerting police to track an activated transmitter both outside and inside buildings.