The ASIA VENTURE CHALLENGE (AVC) competition is a highly competitive program for students at the master’s degree level to compete and win over USD18,000 in total prizes. It is Asia’s longest standing regional new venture competition and the winner will receive an invitation to represent Asia at the Venture Labs Investment Competition (formerly Global Moot Corp Competition) in Austin, Texas USA and stand a chance to win USD100,000 in seed capital.




Competition includes:

• 60-Second Elevator Pitch
• New Venture Showcase (Exhibition booth)
• Business Plan Presentation

Team Composition:

This is a competition for graduate students, and at least one graduate student must be a member of the venture’s startup management team. However, a team with a few undergraduates will be allowed to compete, and the undergraduates may participate fully. All graduate students, not just MBA candidates, are eligible to participate in the competition. This includes executive MBAs. Non-students may be members of the venture’s management team and may participate in planning the venture. However, only students may participate in the competition. In other words, only students may present the plan and answer questions from the competition judges. The maximum number of students on a competition team is five (5); although there is no restriction on the total size of the venture’s founding team.



ASIA VENTURE CHALLENGE will use the Preliminary Round as an initial screening round. In the Preliminary Round, Summary New Venture Plans will be assessed by a panel of management consultants and finance professionals who have deep experience in Asian business.

A maximum of TWO Summary New Venture Plans may be submitted from each University, however only the best summary from each University will have the opportunity to enter the pool to be selected to enter a team (ie. each university may have only one representative team.) and no country more than 4 representative teams.

To ensure a cross‐Asia representation of teams and experience, the panel will select the best Summary New Venture Plan from each represented Asian country, and all other plans, outside of those Universities already selected, will be pooled and ranked for the remaining spots. These top teams will be invited to attend ASIA VENTURE CHALLENGE competition in person, and enter the Presentation Rounds.

Important Dates:

• Friday, 22 November 2013: Submission of Invite Attendance form

• Friday, 17 January 2014: Submission of Summary New Venture Plan (Executive Summary, 1000 words)
• Monday, 10 February 2014: Announcement of Preliminary Round Results
• Friday, 21 February 2014: Submission of Confirm Attendance Form
• Friday, 24 February 2014: COMPLETE new venture business plan

Interested Parties:

Please contact "King WU @stu.edu.cn>" with mail kingkng@stu.edu.cn if you are interested in taking up this world-class new business venture competition opportunity.@stu.edu.cn>

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