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Applications for the College New Venture Challenge are due by November 3 at 3:00 p.m. CST. The College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) is a track of the New Venture Challenge program dedicated to University of Chicago College students. All teams accepted into the CNVC Phase II are eligible to enroll in the CNVC class, which...
Small Business Financial Fundamentals begins with a 10-week intensive program occurring between January and March 2027 for South or West Side businesses to receive tailored technical assistance and consultation related to financial capital pathways and preparedness, business finance education, and coaching. South and West Side business owners with annual revenues approximately between $250,000 and $500,000...
Managed by the Polsky Center, the George Shultz Innovation Fund provides up to $250,000 in investment funding to early-stage science-based, deep-tech, and AI ventures spinning out of the University of Chicago. Beyond capital, finalists receive hands-on support to validate their market, sharpen their commercial path, strengthen their investor pitch, and prepare for diligence. Funding and...
Application deadline for VCIC. The Chicago Booth Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) is a VC simulation that allows students to think and act as venture capitalists and helps the school identify top student representatives for regional and national intercollegiate competitions.
The Booth Investment Thesis Challenge (BITC) encourages students to form teams to conceive and propose an original investment thesis they wish to work on. Selected teams work with mentors at private equity firms over a span of three months to develop an investment thesis based on proprietary research and recommend an execution strategy. At the...