2016 New Venture Championship

New Venture Championship Announces 2016 Teams

The New Venture Championship (NVC) announced the 2016 venture teams on Tuesday, March 8. Qualifying round judges selected 16 semifinalist teams from colleges and universities around the world. Now in its 25th year, the NVC mission is to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who are able to present their ideas in concise and thoughtful ways, be open to construction, and adapt to the ever-changing business environment.

Hosted in Portland, Oregon by the University of Oregon Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, NVC is widely considered one of the premier graduate student business plan competitions in the world. Teams from around the world and the United States present and defend their business plans to a panel of esteemed industry-leading judges. Teams receive valuable professional feedback and a chance to win more than $60,000 in cash prizes.

The following teams will compete in Portland, Oregon on April 7-9:

  • caneTin
    Dhaka University
    Bangladesh
     
  • Lumenostics
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    United States
     
  • Astraeus Technologies, Inc.
    Harvard University
    United States
     
  • MDAR Technologies
    Northwestern University
    United States
     
  • Plantalytics
    Portland State University
    United States
     
  • Adranos Energetics LLC
    Purdue University
    United States
     
  • Arovia, Inc.
    Rice University
    United States
     
  • Hygia Sanitation
    Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration
    Thailand
     
  • Taniix
    Thammasat University
    Thailand
     
  • PetSnap
    UCLA
    United States
     
  • TheraCea
    University of Arizona
    United States
     
  • VivImmune, Inc
    University of Arkansas
    United States
     
  • DV Tech
    University of Louisville
    United States
     
  • Certus Therapeutics, Inc.
    University of Notre Dame
    United States
     
  • TougHer
    University of Oregon
    United States
     
  • Helm8
    University of Texas at Austin
    United States
     

The University of Oregon Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship thanks the many teams and universities that participated in the NVC qualifying round, and congratulates the following venture teams and their affiliated schools.