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How to Get Involved: Entrepreneurs


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In a period of a few hours, entrepreneurs have the opportunity to 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.

Benefits to entrepreneurs:

  • Access VC judges who appreciate that VCIC has pre-screened and picked
    • the best deals (25% of which will raise venture funding)
  • Feedback from the world's top MBA students interested in venture capital
  • Mock term sheets for your deal from teams that invest in your company

"I was impressed — the feedback was invaluable." Todd Smith, CEO, X–Com Systems

The selection process:

  • Fill in the application below
  • Email your full business plan with
    • financials: we must get full plans because of the condensed timeframe of the event
  • VCIC entrepreneurs will be chosen from applications received up to two weeks prior to the event
  • Priority is given to early applicants
  • Selection will be based on fundability and variety of applicants
  • There is no fee to apply or participate

"As valuable for the entrepreneurs as the students."
Dave Hadden, CEO, TheraSim

What to expect if you are selected:

Agenda for all Regions: Friday
 List of Regional Events
  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)

"I've attended an incalculable number of private equity events... None provided me with as much market insight as did the VCIC."
Daniel Primack, PE Week Wire

Agenda for FINALS:
Friday, April 9
  Noon  -- keynote: Mark Heesen, NVCA
  1:00 -- entrepreneur presentations
  2:00 -- due diligence sessions
  6:30 -- judge/entrepreneur networking dinner
Saturday, April 10
  12:30 p.m -- negotiations begin
  4:30 -- networking

After event: we will email you all team deliverables, including
     deal analysis and mock term sheets

Get more details about how the event works.

"I highly recommend this competition."
Dana Mead, Kleiner Perkins

If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Vernon at
(919) 962–9257 or

Previous VCIC Entrepreneurs/ Previous VC judges/ Upcoming VCIC events

  Application for Presenting Entrepreneurs

Presenting at a VCIC requires a full day commitment on a Friday (two half days for Finals). If chosen to present, you will submit a full business plan, present a 10-minute pitch to the entire group, participate in Q&A sessions with each team and perform a mock negotiation with each team that chooses your investment. There will also be a networking session with our panel of VC judges.

The selection committee is looking for entrepreneurs who are actively seeking institutional venture capital. If you are a student or part-time entrepreneur or are looking for an angel investor, VCIC is probably not a good fit for you. (More details below form.)

Company Name
Contact Name
Contact Title

Mailing Address
 
City: State: Zip:
 

Phone
Email
Web site

One-sentence description of company (eight words max) to be used in marketing materials:
One paragraph description of company (3-4 sentences max) to be used in marketing materials:
Year company formed: Current # of Employees:
Current Annual Revenues: 
Approximate funding needs this round: 
Prior outside funding received: 
Expected Future Funding Needs: 
Please check all that help generally describe your company:
IT Software ASP Biotech Med Device
B-to-B Consumer Products Services Provider
Interested in which event(s):
Anything else you would like the committee to consider?
How did you find out about VCIC?
No business plan, no chance. Due to the time constraints of VCIC, we will need a full business plan from you, including financials, after you are selected to present. Our students only have 24 hours to perform due diligence and get to a term sheet. This is almost impossible without a solid plan to jumpstart their efforts. Unlike a regular first meeting with a VC, at VCIC the teams will have read and researched your plan thoroughly. It is more like the first through tenth meetings all happening at the same time. Think of it as three months of due diligence crammed into a half day.

Your chances of being selected are improved if you include a draft of your business plan, including financials, to an email to   (5MB max). Your draft plan will only be seen by VCIC organizers and will be kept in strict confidence. If you are selected to present at a VCIC event, you will have a chance to submit a finalized plan the week of the event. At the event, students will sign a non-disclosure agreement before receiving your plan.
 
There are no fees to apply for or participate in VCIC.

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