Venture Capital Investment Competition

Updated on Jan 21, 2024

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The Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) is an entrepreneurial education program developed and coordinated by the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

History

VCIC began in the middle of the dot-com bubble in 1998 in response to the number of business plan competitions popping up at most business schools. VCIC has grown into a virtual venture job fair and marketplace. The program culminates every April in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with the International Finals, where the winning teams take home $5,000 in prize money.

Events in 2011

In 2011 the program included ten regional finals and 40 single-school events in North America, Europe and Asia. Fifty top business schools from around the world participated in the competition.

Events took place at the following dates and locations:

Mountain VCIC Region at University of Colorado February 11

Silicon Valley VCIC Region at Santa Clara University February 11

Southeast VCIC Region at Georgetown University February 4

Mid-Atlantic VCIC Region at Carnegie Mellon February 18

European VCIC Region at London Business School February 25

Northeast VCIC Region at New York University February 25

Asian VCIC Region at Indian School of Business February 26

Southwest VCIC Region at University of Southern California March 4

New England VCIC Region at Columbia Graduate School of Business March 4

European VCIC Region at Oxford Said Business School March 4

International VCIC Finals at University of North Carolina April 16–18