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New Venture Competition

New Venture Competition

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  • Eligibility & Rules
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  • Resources
  • Regional Winners


Creating Ventures
that Revolutionize


The New Venture Competition is an annual student competition sponsored by Harvard Business School's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative and HBS Clubs and Associations.

Register Here

Creating Ventures that Revolutionize

The New Venture Competition is an annual student competition sponsored by Harvard Business School's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative and HBS Clubs and Associations.


Register Here

The New Venture Competition Alumni Track serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. The annual event is sponsored by the Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Clubs & Associations. The competition is open to alumni with early-stage ventures, and winners receive an invitation to the Global Finals Round and NVC Finale.


KEY STEPS

  1. APPLY. Applications open November 1, 2021 and close January 18, 2022.
  2. CONNECT. Apply to one of 8 global regions and participate in local programming, mentorship and early-stage feedback opportunities. *Club activities vary by region.
  3. COMMIT. The deadline for submission is January 18, 2022 at 12:00pm noon ET (Boston time). A pitch deck (pdf) is required.
  4. 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.
  5. GLOBAL FINALS ROUND & NVC FINALE. The selected regional winners will present to a panel of judges on March 31, 2022. The top 4 teams will also pitch at the Finale event where the Grand Prize and Runner-Up winners will be announced.

All alumni regional competitions and the alumni finale will be held virtually.

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.



    KEY DATES 

  • JAN18
    • Monday
      January 18, 2022

    Deadline for NVC applications at 12:00pm noon ET (Boston time)

  • FEB28
    • Monday
      February 28, 2022

    8-10 global finalists are notified and invited to pitch at NVC Finale event

  • MAR24
    • Thursday
      March 24, 2022

    Alumni New Venture Finals take place

  • MAR31
    • Thursday
      March 31, 2022

    NVC Finale - Winners from all tracks announced at the Finale show at 6pm ET

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