Venture Capital Investment Competition
Objective
VCIC is NOT a business plan competition! It is an entirely unique event in which MBA students emulate the life of VCs. The 'VCIC Experience'' is a WIN-WIN-WIN convergence of three elite groups: top MBA students, visionary entrepreneurs and successful VCs, each of whom has much to learn from the others.
Description
MBAs + Startups + VCs = VCIC
Global VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition among top MBA students from 70+ prestigious business schools.
Winning Criteria
Due Diligence (20 pts):
- How well did the team cover what you consider the key issues/questions?
- How did the team seem to understand the business opportunity and strategy?
To what level was the team able to establish appropriate rapport with the entrepreneur?
- How appropriately did the team lead/contol the meeting?
- How well did the team dig into the right issues?
- How skilled was the team at getting information?
- To what level did the team appropriately demonstrate their value as a VC firm to the entrepreneur?
- How well did the team demonstrate an understanding of the financial requirements of this deal?
- How well did the group appear to work together as a team?
Partner Meeting (20 pts):
- demonstrated VC knowledge
- adequately explained deal
- addressed key issues
- confident and convincing
- all members contributed
Investment Decision (10 pts):
- reasons to invest
- reasons not to invest
- overall decision
Terms (10 pts):
- valuation
- investment size
- syndicate
- fund fit
- option pool
- dividends, board structure, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, dates and other terms
Eligible Schools
Babson College - Olin Graduate School Of Business
Boston College - Carroll School Of Management
Brigham Young University - Marriott School Of Business
China Europe International Business School CEIBS
Columbia Business School
Copenhagen Business School
Dartmouth Tuck School Of Business
Duke - Fuqua School Of Business
Georgetown University - McDonough School Of Business
Harvard Business School
IESE Business School
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Johnson - Cornell University
Leeds Metropolitan University
London Business School
Michigan Ross School Of Business
MIT Sloan School Of Management
Nanyang Business School
National University Of Singapore
Northwestern University - Kellogg
NYU Stern School Of Business - New York University
Oxford - Said Business School
U. of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
UC Berkeley - Haas School Of Business
UCLA Anderson
University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
University Of Texas At Austin - McCombs School Of Business
University of Washington - Foster Business School
USC Marshall School Of Business
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School Of Management
Virginia Darden School Of Business
Yale School Of Management
April 12, 2025
Undefined
Private
Business School
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International
Management
Networking
E: vcic@unc.edu
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
MBA Global Champions: $10,000; 2nd place: $5,000
Undergraduate Global Champions: $5,000; 2nd place: $2,50