Venture Capital Investment Competition
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