Students + Startups + VCs
Where students become VCs for a day.
VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition. Student teams size up real startups, pitch an investment to real VC judges, and founders get a crash course in raising money.
Save the date · Global Finals
April 16–17, 2027 · Chapel Hill, NC
1998
first VCIC
2,440
teams have competed
226
schools have sent teams
199
startups funded or exited
$2.9B+
raised after VCIC
Find your way in
Everyone at a VCIC event plays a part. Start with yours.
Students
Your team gets about $100M to invest, does diligence on three real startups, and pitches its deal to a panel of VC judges.
Student resources →
Startups
Six rounds of due diligence and feedback you can use, in half a day, at no cost. Three startups per regional.
For founders →
VCs
Reconnect with your alma mater, meet other investors, see early-stage deals and the students who will be your hires.
About judging →
Sponsors
Put your firm in front of the students and investors at every regional and the Global Finals.
Sponsorship →
Organizers
VCIC HQ provides everything you need to host an internal competition or a regional final.
Organizer resources →
Alumni
Past competitors return to pitch their startups and to judge the teams that follow them.
Alumni stories →
The 2027 season
MBA · 12 regionals
2026 Global Champions
Startups get funded
Founders call VCIC “an accelerator for the fundraising process.” 199 startups that pitched at VCIC have since raised money or exited, and so have 51% of our Most VC-Backable winners.
Corvus Robotics
Jackie Wu · VCIC 2017 Undergraduate Central
Aug 2026 · $43M total since VCIC
Blustream Corporation
Ken Rapp · VCIC 2024 MBA Northeast
Jul 2026
Validic
Ryan Beckland · VCIC 2014 Global Finals (UNC)
Jun 2026
Medicspot
Zubair Ahmed · VCIC 2025 MBA Europe South
Acquired by Doctor Care Anywhere
May 2026
Help VCIC grow
Every year VCIC opens the world of venture capital to students who might never get in the room otherwise.