HBS New Venture Competition

2026-03-05 · 18:00:00 · Boston

Harvard Business School

Join the HBS entrepreneurship community for live pitches, audience voting, a celebration of the ventures launched through NVC.

The New Venture Competition Finale brings the energy, the ideas, and the ambition as finalists from the Rock Business and Social Enterprise tracks pitch live for $210,000 in cash prizes.

Thursday, March 5, 2026 6:00–7:00 PM ET | Klarman Auditorium Reception to follow: 7:00–8:00 PM ET

If you can’t attend in-person, there will be a livestream of the event on the NVC website. https://www.hbs.edu/newventurecompetition

Hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative

Organizer: Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative

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At a glance

Format
Finalists deliver 90-second pitches; audience votes for crowd favorite in each track; judges select winners.
Who can apply
Open to all HBS students
Prizes
Grand prizes of $75,000, runner-up prizes of $25,000, and two audience prizes of $5,000; total cash prizes of $210,000 plus in-kind tools and services.
Attendance
123 teams participated in the competition—86 in the Rock Business Track and 37 in the Social Enterprise Track.
Sectors
Agnostic

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Cristina Wallace (Senior Lecturer — HBS Entrepreneurial Management Unit) (Speaker)
  • Lin (Co-founder — Lexi) (Speaker)
  • Syd (Co-founder — Lexi) (Speaker)

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