New Venture Competition
CONGRATULATIONS ANVC FINALISTS!
The Global Final Round completed on March 21, with Elisa, led by Rosalino Molina (MBA 2022) taking the Grand Prize Winner Prize! Harken led by Katie Lefkowicz (MBA 2016) took the Runner Up and Crowd Favorite prize. Recording
will be updated on the week of 3/25!
Click here to see all of our regional winners
CONGRATULATIONS ANVC FINALISTS!
The Global Final Round completed on March 21, with Elisa, led by Rosalino Molina (MBA 2022) taking the Grand Prize Winner Prize! Harken led by Katie Lefkowicz (MBA 2016) took the Runner Up and Crowd Favorite prize. Recording
will be updated on the week of 3/25!
Click here to see all of our regional winners
Creating Ventures that Revolutionize
The New Venture Competition is an annual student and alumni competition sponsored by Harvard Business School's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative and HBS Clubs and Associations. The competition is open to HBS alumni founders with early-stage ventures, and winners receive an invitation to the Global Finals Round and NVC Finale in late March.
HBS aNVC Past Winners Panel Virtual Event - View recording here
KEY STEPS
- APPLY. Applications opened October 3, 2023 and close January 26, 2024.
- CONNECT. Apply to one of 8 global regions and participate in local programming, mentorship and early-stage feedback opportunities. *Club activities vary by region.
- COMMIT. The deadline for submission is January 26, 2024 at 12:00pm noon ET (Boston time). A pitch deck (pdf) is required.
- REGIONAL COMPETITIONS. Each region will shortlist applicants to pitch their plans at their local competition—an opportunity to gain invaluable feedback, exposure, and experience. The regional winners will move forward to the global finals round. Each region will determine if their competition will take place in-person or virtually.
- GLOBAL FINALS ROUND & ALUMNI NVC FINALE. The top teams will also pitch at the Finale event where the Grand Prize and Runner-Up winners will be announced.
Tough Tech Prize
The Rock Center in collaboration with the HBS Digital, Health Care, and Business and Environment Initiatives, offers the Tough Technology Prize as part of the HBS New Venture Competition. Through our collective efforts, we want to recognize (co)founders where the venture has challenging proof-points of development typical of tough technology ventures.
Tough Tech ventures are those working on transformative technology that solves the world's most important challenges through the convergence of breakthrough science, engineering, and leadership. It can also be thought of as being a breakthrough idea in which founders and investors are not likely to realize an early profit.
If you believe that your venture is eligible to be considered for the Tough Tech Prize, then you will find an option to self-select your venture for this prize in the application form.
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OCT3
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October 3, 2023
Application Round Opens
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Dec7
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Thursday
December 7, 2023
How Participating in HBS aNVC Helped Your Startup Virtual Session
Please view recording
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Thursday
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JAN26
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Friday
Jan 26, 2024
Application Round Closes
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Friday
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Jan29
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Monday
Jan 29, 2024
Regional Competition begins January 29th and runs through March 21st
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Monday
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Mar21
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Thursday
March 21, 2024
Global Virtual Finale Program
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Thursday