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Applications Now Open for the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition

Catherine Santamaria - Thursday, November 4, 2021
 RBPC News   Rice Alliance 


Grow your startup. Build the future.

Apply to represent Rice at the RBPC!

 
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!
 
Rice University is guaranteed one berth in this competition. We determine that startup through an internal review process in February 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, 2021
  • 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 Eligibility and How to Apply.

Important deadlines:
  • Applications are due Monday, January 31, 2022 by 11:59 PM CST.
  • The internal review session to determine which Rice startup will advance to the RBPC is scheduled for Thursday, February 17, 2022, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM in the Jones School
  • The Rice Business Plan Competition takes place April 7-9, 2022 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. Thank you and see you at the races!
 
Catherine Santamaria
Director, Rice Business Plan Competition
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
713-348-3190  |  rbpc@rice.edu  |  rbpc.rice.edu

 

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