Pitch to VCs in:
- Santa Clara, CA
- Boston, MA
- Boulder, CO
- New York, NY
- Washington, DC
- Los Angeles, CA
- RTP, NC
for dates see bracket
Past presenting startups
get funded!
...dozens more
Past presenting startups
get acquired!
...many more
Entrepreneur Quotes:
“This
exercise has helped increase our valuation."
Matt Williamson,
Windsor Circle
"A
no-brainer for any entrepreneur looking to raise
capital..."
Fredrik Maro,
Evisors
“Best
boot camp I’ve ever been to.”
Joe Pierre,
AmpStamps
"VCIC
is a 'boot camp' for investing."
David Deacon, Scent
Sciences
“Helped
us isolate and improve the greatest weaknesses in our
venture.”
Brad McGinty,
Windsor Circle
“Every
Entrepreneur looking to take his/her business to the VC
stage should experience this event. You will find out
about strengths and weaknesses.”
Sam Bacasse,
AmpStamps
"As
valuable for the entrepreneurs as the students."
David Hadden, TheraSim
"VCIC
was an invaluable resource as we prepared the company
for its first round of venture financing."
Stephen Cary,
Cary
Pharmaceuticals
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►Students
►Organizers
►VCs ►Entrepreneurs ►Alumni
VCIC For Entrepreneurs
VCIC is primarily designed to educate MBA
students about venture capital, but a happy
byproduct of the event is a uniquely valuable
opportunity, like a VC boot camp for entrepreneurs. At a VCIC
event,
Quick Links:
How VCIC Works
/
VCIC
Resources for Entrepreneurs /
Past Presenters
At a VCIC event, entrepreneurs
bring their venture pitch to
top MBA students and VCs and also undergo condensed
due diligence with each student team. Unlike venture
fairs, where many attending VCs may not even see
your pitch, let alone your business plan, at VCIC
all of the VCs evaluate all of the entrepreneurs so
that they can judge the students' performances.
Each VCIC event consists of 2-3 featured entrepreneurs, 6 MBA teams of 5 students each, and 6-10 VCs. Organizers carefully select entrepreneurs to fit their event.
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"This exercise has helped
increase our valuation.”
Matt Williamson,
Windsor
Circle |
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The selection process:
- Fill
out the application (no deadline, rolling appication).
- Your application will be distributed to and reviewed by event organizers. (We apologize in advance that you may not receive timely feedback if you are NOT chosen.)
- Priority is given to early applicants.
- Selection will be based on fundability and
variety of applicants for each event
- There is
no fee to apply or
participate.
- A full business plan is prefered but not necessary. An extended pitch deck, including supporting materials like competitive analysis, industry reports, market reports, etc., may suffice. We do need materials to send to teams 48 hours in advance of the event so that they can be prepared for due diligence sesssions with you.
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"As valuable for
the entrepreneurs
as the students."
Dave Hadden, CEO,
TheraSim |
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Agenda for all Regions
List of Regional Events (bracket)
Friday
9:00 a.m. -- 10-minute venture pitch
10:00 a.m. -- 15-minute due diligence
session with each team
noon -- lunch with VCs
1:30 p.m. -- negotiation sessions with teams who choose your venture
4:30 p.m. -- done for the day (some events have networking dinners)
After event: we will email
you all team deliverables, including
deal analysis and mock term sheets
Agenda for International FINALS in Chapel Hill
Friday
Noon -- keynote: Mark Heesen, NVCA
1:00
-- entrepreneur presentations
2:00 -- due
diligence sessions
6:30 -- judge/entrepreneur
networking dinner
Saturday
12:00 p.m -- negotiations begin
4:30 -- Dan Primack, Fortune/Term Sheet,
networking
Get more details about how the
event works.
"I highly
recommend this competition."
Dana Mead, Kleiner Perkins |
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If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Vernon at
(919) 962–9257 or
Previous VCIC Entrepreneurs/
Previous VC judges/
Upcoming VCIC events
CLICK HERE TO APPLY TO PRESENT AT VCIC
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