The 2010 NVC is underway! Feasibility summaries are due by 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8.  Read more about submission instructions.

2009 NVC second-place winner InContext Solutions was profiled on CNBC's Inside Business Report. Watch >

2006 NVC Co-winner Grubhub.com teamed up with Little By Little to assist with the Haiti relief efforts. Read more >

2009 NVC Co-winner Bump Technologies received a more than $3 million investment led by Sequoia Capital. Read press release (PDF) > 

Welcome

The Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is the premier business plan competition at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is hosted by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship. The NVC spans the academic year to allow students to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into real businesses.  

Fourteen Years of NVC

Now in its 14th year, the NVC has awarded over $600,000 to help launch more than 50 companies, which have gone on to raise more than $100 million in equity capital.

Past Winners

Read about the 2009 NVC winners (PDF) or look at our list of past winners.