Zahn Innovation Center

The Zahn Innovation Center is an embedded incubator & accelerator within City College of New York established in late 2012 with the goal of mobilizing the entire City College of New York community around entrepreneurship. The Center fosters innovation & entrepreneurship on one of the most diverse campuses in the nation. Supporting hardware, software & social entrepreneurs we provide access to mentors from various industries, legal services, cutting-edge prototyping facilities (including 3D printing & laser cutting) & other programming.
Cohorts work in yearly cycles starting with "Ideation" which fields about 1000 individuals for hackathons, idea jams & public speaking events. These individuals apply to be one of the 40 teams in our incubator competition where they take their company from idea to MVP and compete to win $150k in prizes. 10 teams are accepted into our accelerator where we assist in their growth from MVP to their first 1000 customers and introduction to investors.