6 Rounds of Innovation

OVERVIEW

The New Venture Championship® (NVC) is one of the preeminent business plan competitions in the world. Presented by the University of Oregon’s Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE), the NVC offers more than $70,000 in cash prizes and attracts schools from across the nation and halfway around the world.The first NVC was held in 1992 in a classroom at the University of Oregon. Only three teams participated, the prize pool was less than three hundred dollars, and there were no corporate sponsors.

In 2008, twenty teams competed and, thanks to our many sponsors, the prize pool reached its highest level in the competition’s history.The UO Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship’s eighteenth annual New Venture Championship® will be held on April 9-11, 2009, at the historic Multnomah Hotel-The Embassy Suites, Downtown at 319 S.W. Pine, - Just minutes from the waterfront and downtown Portland business district.We owe a great deal of gratitude to and attribute much of this success to our sponsors, including such notable companies as Columbia Sportswear, Intel Capital, Aequitas Capital Management, and Tektronix, who share our vision and embrace our educational goals. Not only do they provide generous financial support to the NVC but they also provide professional support by allowing members of their executive management teams to participate as judges.The LCE has created an unequalled learning experience for student competitors made up of many challenging events over 3 tension-filled and exhilarating days including: Start-Up Round, Trade-Show and Elevator Pitch, Semifinal Round, Finalist Round, and Lightning Round. For events times and each day’s highlights go to schedule.

  • Cash awards totalling $70,000 are disbursed with every competing team a winner.
  • Live Updates during 2008 NVC competition — BLOG
  • Participating Semifinalist Teams for NVC 2008 — Word
  • Semifinalist Venture Descriptions 2008- Word
  • Prize Pool
    • $70,000 in cash awards will be disbursed with every team a winner.
  • Our Judges (2008)
    • The quality of judges makes the NVC one of the most highly acclaimed business plan competitions in the world.
  • Our Sponsors
    • Meet our 2008 sponsors. Sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact us for further information.