University of Chicago Booth

Media Kit

News

The news media often reports on companies started through the NVC. Click on the links below for a sampling of media coverage.

1/11/10: TransFS shines light on credit card processors (Chicago Sun-Times)
12/2/09: ReTel Technologies Raises $1 Million For Surveillance Video Analytics (TechCrunch)
8/15/09: Power2Switch Lets Consumers Choose Their Electricity Suppliers (New York Times)
8/4/09: Berkeley Ventures Creates Initial Portfolio to Meet Change in Venture Ecosystem (Forbes.com)
6/5/09: Will Your Product Sell? (Forbes.com)
4/29/09: iPhone "Bump" Has Chicago Connection (NBC-5 Chicago)
4/3/09: The Elevator Pitch: T&E Cleanup with ProOnGo (BusinessWeek)
3/30/09: New iPhone app works by bump, not touch (Chicago Tribune)
1/1/09: Tracking Buying Patters with Surveillance Cameras (New York Times)
12/4/08 Stopper finding new ways to recruit (ESPN.com)
10/16/08: OnPoint Digital Acquires LiquidTalk (Press Release)
10/16/08: PrepMe Aces the College Tests (BusinessWeek)
3/08: Hauling Tissue, Moving Blood (BusinessWeek Chicago) 
2/3/08: LiquidTalk makes solid gains (Chicago Tribune)
11/13/07: GrubHub.com gets $1.1 mil. backing (Chicago Sun-Times)
10/28/07: Class projects lay groundwork for business (Chicago Tribune)
5/30/07: Clear Admit blog for business schoolers reports on the 2007 NVC 6/26/06: A startup that puts teenagers to the test (Financial Times)
6/16/06: Big School Experience (Crain's Chicago Business)
6/14/06: Illinois Adds to Award Money for NVC Winners
5/11/06: Chicago Booth Team Wins 2006 Jungle Business Plan Challenge

Press Releases and Chicago Booth Media Stories

Learn more about the NVC companies through press releases and news stories issued by Chicago Booth.

10/27/09: 2009 NVC Winner Bump Technologies Receives More than $3M Led by Sequoia Capital (PDF)
5/28/09: Winning Student Start-Ups Target iPhone Users and Expectant Moms
5/28/09: Chicago Booth Announces 2009 NVC Winners
4/18/09: Two Chicago Booth Teams Place at Top in Rice Business Plan Competition
3/19/09: Global New Venture Challenge Draws Over 30 Teams
5/30/08: CaptainU and CureParticle tie to win 2008 NVC
5/30/08: Chicago Booth Announces 2008 NVC Winners
4/28/08: CaptainU and The Care Concierge finalists in the MBA Jungle Business Plan Challenge
3/18/08: ReTel Technologies and Etoh Pharmaceuticals Win Big at Intercollegiate Business Plan Competitions
3/08: Venture Prone (Chicago Booth Magazine)
5/29/07: Braintree Financial Wins 2007 Business Plan Competition
10/27/06: GrubHub Wins Freshwater Live 2006
6/27/06: Two Student Teams Share First Prize in Business Plan Contest
6/2/05: PrepMe.com Wins Business Plan Contest
10/21/05: Student Wins Fortune Small Business B-Plan Contest
6/30/03: Direct Marketing Idea Wins Business Plan Contest
6/6/02: Plan for Tracking Hazardous Materials Wins NVC

NVC Finals Program

A printed program is distributed to attendees of the NVC finals event. Each program contains information about the final teams and short bios of the distinguished judges' panel.

Mathew Maloney