The largest pitch competition at Columbia University since 2013.
Do You Have a Startup Idea?
Would you like feedback from Columbia alumni?
Enter Fast Pitch, Columbia Engineering’s campus-wide annual elevator pitch competition, and win money to support your idea. Teams have 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges to win up to $5,000. Fast Pitch is Columbia’s longest running pitch competition on campus since 2013.
Attend the live competition on November 15.
The Competition

Fast Pitch Competition dates
Video requirements:
- 60 seconds
- 1 – 2 people pitching for the team
- no slides (a custom zoom background with your team logo is encouraged)
- record in landscape on your phone or laptop
- use good lighting and audio – these are crucial
Columbia alumni and members of NYC’s venture community will review your pitch and provide you with feedback before the live event.
Applicants will be contacted a week before the live event to pitch the evening of November 15th on campus.
Are we eligible to apply?
Can another team member pitch for my team?
Winners of Fast Pitch 2023
✨Undergraduate Challenge
Graduate Challenge

MabLab
Detecting deadly lacing agents in recreational drugs. Vienna Sparks, Barnard ‘2026; Skye Lam, Harvard ‘2026

Iku Bio
Manufacture bioproducts using electronics. Hooten Sterling, GS ‘2023

Iku Bio
Manufacture bioproducts using electronics. Hooten Sterling, GS ‘2023

Surgonomic Solutions (Tie)
Intuitive, Ergonomic Surgical Instruments. Arvind Nandakumar, SEAS ‘2023

Bulletin
One-stop shop for everything happening on Columbia’s campus. Lucy Chen, CC ‘2023; Ariel Chai Nurieli, GS ‘2025; Rotem Weiss, GS ‘2024

RoachThatWaste (Tie)
Use Cockroaches to Process Mixed Organic Waste. Yuheng Chen, CBS ‘2025
Audience Choice Award

Revive-A-Rhythm
Device that makes CPR easier to perform, SEAS 2024 undergrads Lauren Bazay, Ijeoma G Obi, Carol Xu, Erica Bonheur, Elizabeth Angelina Caso and Hadeel Sajidah Abdul-Rehman.