2025-26 Technology Management's New Venture Finals
Join us on Wednesday, May 20
Please join us for UC Santa Barbara’s New Venture Competition (NVC) Finals on Wednesday, May 20th at 3:30PM, in Corwin Pavilion on the UCSB campus. The NVC Finals will highlight the business ideas of six student teams who will make an investor pitch to a panel of independent judges. We invite you to attend the pitches, vote for your "People’s Choice" favorite, and stay for a reception and awards ceremony. Winners will be announced following the event on the Technology Management Website.
The NVC Finals will commence at 3:30PM for networking, with opening remarks beginning at 4PM. Thank you for your continued support of Technology Management’s New Venture Program and our students. We look forward to seeing you on May 20th!
Agenda:
3:30-4pm- Networking
4:00-4:15pm- Welcome & Introductions
4:15-5:45pm- Team Presentations
5:45-6:00pm- People's Choice Award Voting
6:00pm- Awards
6:15pm- Receptions
About the New Venture Competition Finals:
The NVC Finals is part of UC Santa Barbara's New Venture Program, in which students from all academic disciplines work for several months to develop start-up business models for innovative product ideas. The Finals showcases UCSB's best and brightest aspiring entrepreneurs in a Shark Tank-like event, judged by a panel of independent judges. The New Venture Fair and NVC Finals have become significant events in the local entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Location
UC Santa Barbara
Corwin Pavilion
Date & Time
May 20, 2026, 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM