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5 Days Remain! Applications for the 2023 RBPC are due Feb. 28

Catherine Santamaria - Tuesday, February 21, 2023
 RBPC News   Rice Alliance 


Only 5 Days Remain!

Applications for the 2023 RBPC are due
Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 11:59 PM
 

Apply to represent Rice at the world's largest and richest student venture competition!

 
Rice University hosts the world’s largest and richest graduate student startup competition, the Rice Business Plan Competition, with 42 university ventures competing for over $1 million in in prizes.

Will your startup be the one to represent Rice University?
 
Join us! Apply in one of 5 sectors, get insight into what investors look for in a venture, dive into the entrepreneurship ecosystem, fine-tune your message to reach over 250 judges, and compete for over $1 million in prizes!

Applications are due in less than one week! Info and application are HERE.
 

Rice University is guaranteed one berth in this competition. We determine that startup through an internal review process in March where Rice startup teams pitch their ventures to a panel of judges to determine who advances to the RBPC!

To be eligible, your startup will:

  • Have at least one current Rice student founder

  • Contain at least two current student founders or management team members, at least one of which must be a graduate-degree seeking student (MBA, PhD, MA, JD, etc)
     
  • Be student-driven, student-created and/or student-managed, but can be from multiple universities and across degree programs
     
  • Fall into one of the following categories: Energy, Cleantech & Sustainability, Life Science & Healthcare Solutions, Hard Tech, Digital Enterprise, or Consumer Products & Services

  • Will not have raised more than $250,000 in equity capital prior to July 1, 2022 and not have generated revenue of more than $100,000 in any 12-month period prior to July 1, 2022

  • Be seeking funding (or will be in the next 12 months) and be a potentially viable investment opportunity

If this describes your startup, then find out more with the Eligibility and How to Apply doc on our website.

Important deadlines:

  • Applications are due Tuesday, February 28, 2023 by 11:59 PM CST.
  • The internal review session to determine which Rice startup will advance to the RBPC is scheduled for Thursday, March 16, 2023, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM in the Jones School
  • The Rice Business Plan Competition takes place May 11-12, 2023 in-person at Rice University!

Complete details with guidelines, rules, prizes and competition format are on the RBPC website: www.rbpc.rice.edu.
 
Contact Catherine Santamaria, RBPC Director, at rbpc@rice.edu for more info.
 
Catherine Santamaria
Director, Rice Business Plan Competition
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
713-348-3190 office
csantamaria@rice.edu  |  rbpc@rice.edu  |  rbpc.rice.edu
McNair Hall #103A

 

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