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CS3 Validate Accelerator Demo Day Gary Event

With Christopher White (President, NEC Labs), Micah Kotch (Blackhorn Ventures), Naoto Mizuguchi (CFO, NEC-X), Devika Kumar (Biz Dev, Keyframe Capital).

	Columbia Engg Innovation Hub, 2276 12th Ave, 2nd Fl
	Apr 24 (Thu) , 2025 @ 01:30 PM
	FREE

DETAILS

Join the Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) & Columbia Lab-to-Market (L2M) for our capstone event to conclude this year's VALIDATE Accelerator! VALIDATE focuses on building & scaling early-stage faculty & student companies through in-depth education, mentorship, & business model design.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
A dynamic keynote from Christopher White, President of NEC Labs America

A VC panel on investing in early stage urban tech featuring:

Micah Kotch, Partner at Blackhorn Ventures
Devika Kumar, Business Development at Keyframe Capital
Naoto Mizuguchi, CFO at NEC-X
Pitches from 6 accelerator teams focused on smart intersections, natural disaster preparedness, & community engagement

A networking hour with innovators from industry, government, & academia

About CS3: The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center taking a unique approach to streetscape research by uniting community members, researchers, students, government officials, & industry partners. CS3 is a partnership between Columbia University, Lehman College, Rutgers University, Florida Atlantic University, & the University of Central Florida.

About Columbia L2M: The Columbia Lab-to-Market (L2M) Accelerator Network serves as a framework to successfully develop, launch, & execute initiatives that help commercialize academic research. Since 2008, Columbia University has founded or cofounded multiple accelerator programs encompassing medical (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, etc.), clean energy, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, pathogen surveillance, blockchain, smart cities, & digital media technologies, providing $51.5M to early-stage deep-tech teams.