Blackstone LaunchPad

Students with our LaunchPad internship program recently visited our @Blackstone offices in New York City — chatting with professionals across the firm on all things career growth. Thanks for stopping by!

Congratulations to our #BXLaunchPad Ideas Competition winners, and thanks to all participants! We’re so excited to see where this road leads you.

Gesy Duran from @bmcc_cuny won in the Consumer Products and Services category with Wheel-eating, a portable tray that helps adapt any table to accommodate a multitude of wheelchair types—increasing quality of life for wheelchair users during mealtime.

We're so proud to introduce the winners of the 2022 Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition! Out of many amazing submissions, four student ideas shone in their respective categories—each will receive a $10,000 grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Meet our winners:

We're celebrating the Blackstone Charitable Foundation's $5 million commitment to expand #BXLaunchPad to five new colleges in Florida, including one Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and three Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Read more: bit.ly/3uGUZkx

From a mechanical engineering classroom at @UBuffalo to revolutionizing the pumping industry, Mirka Arevalo and Marv Ibrahim are growing their business skills and venture from the ground up. Learn more: bosqpumps.com

Great article from @SyracuseU featuring #BXLaunchPad scholar Ethan Tyo '17. His work, The AlterNative Project, aims to increase broad access to Indigenous knowledge and support scientific research within Indigenous communities. Read more: bit.ly/3tBZRH9

THANK YOU to all the students who participated in the Blackstone LaunchPad's CUNY Women's Event! Blackstone's senior leaders sat down Thursday evening with @CUNY LaunchPad students for a dialogue on entrepreneurship, professional growth and personal brand. #bxlaunchpad

Thanks to the College of Southern Nevada for welcoming Maura Pally, Executive Director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, and the Blackstone LaunchPad team to campus! Maura and the team visited @CSNCoyote’s LaunchPad space and met with campus leadership and students.

Great story about how Blackstone LaunchPad (BXLP) supports entrepreneurial ventures by student veterans like U.S. Army Capt. Amanda Rylee ‘19 and Brian Kam ‘16 — thrilled that LaunchPad is helping to bring business ideas @SyracuseU to life! Read more: bit.ly/3EnRRjy

Thanks to @BowieState for welcoming the Blackstone LaunchPad team on a campus visit! We’re thrilled to partner with Bowie State through the Blackstone Charitable Foundation's $2M commitment to expand LaunchPad access at four HBCUs. Read more: bit.ly/3UsAvHN

Mateo Sáenz launched Eagle-i to assist first responders in search and rescue efforts by using robotic and drone-controlled biotechnology sensors in obstructed areas. We’re proud to support students like Mateo as they navigate the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Thanks to Morgan State University for welcoming our Blackstone LaunchPad Directors to a great campus visit! We’re thrilled to welcome Morgan State to the LaunchPad network and community as we work to support student entrepreneurs and ventures. Learn more: bit.ly/3DPndxM

We’re thrilled to see @LaunchPadUT StartUP grant program in full swing, giving $25K in funds to students at varying points in their entrepreneurial journeys. We cannot wait to see all that this cycle of grantees achieves!

“One thing we found with every internship...was that there were no [other] Latino students.” @LaunchpadUtep students Timothy Mccrary, Jesus Maximino Hernandez & Erik Rivera cofounded @InternBytes to support career development of underrepresented students: bit.ly/3KhjH1Y

Congrats to @TempleLaunchPad alum Emely Ramirez for being selected to participate in the first ever Visible Hands VHLX Accelerator! Read more: bit.ly/3AwHCr9

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! While it’s important to support Latinx founders all year around, we wanted to take some time this month so spotlight some of the stellar founders in our network. Check back over the next few weeks for some #HispanicHeritageMonth spotlights!