Congratulations to the 2012 Winners
- 1st place, $15,000
Greenbotics - Robotic, cleaning service that increases revenues for utility-scale solar energy plants. - 2nd place, $7,500
Essio - Spa and personal care aromatherapy product developed by Aromatec, Inc. - 3rd place, $5,000
Canopy Capital Partners - Agricultural company that is investing in pomegranate orchards in the California central valley. - 4th place, $2,500
Tie - SMRT Therapeutics - Bio-pharmaceutical company in the early stages of creating small molecules to treat the nonsense mutation for particular genetic diseases.
Nesher Technologies, Inc. - Nanobiotech venture that utilizes a single-molecule detection technology licensed by UCLA to generate diagnostic and analytical systems for numerous functions.
Funding Innovation Since 1982. Learn, Create & Succeed ... at the Knapp Venture Competition
Now in its 31st year, the student-run Knapp Venture Competition, hosted at UCLA Anderson School of Management by the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Entrepreneur Association, is designed to provide UCLA Anderson students with an intensive learning experience in the venture initiation process. The competition is named for Cleon T. (Bud) and Betsy Wood Knapp, who generously gave an endowment in 1997, which supports this annual event along with other entrepreneurial initiatives.
Virtually all UCLA Anderson students will start, work in, advise, or finance growing businesses at some point in their careers. Participating in the Knapp Venture Competition prepares students - whether they will be founders, financiers, consultants, marketers, or general managers - for these experiences by simulating the process of starting and evaluating an entrepreneurial enterprise.
Knapp Venture Competition
Competition activities begin each October and culminate with the final round of competition held in Korn Hall in late May - an event well attended by Anderson students and alumni. All dates and deadlines are communicated to students through the Entrepreneur Association email listserv.
Schedule
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Event |
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| Registration Deadline | |
| Knapp Business Plans Due | |
| Qualifying Review Night | |
| Venture Review Night | |
| Knapp Semifinalists Revised Business Plans Due | |
| Knapp Semifinals | |
| Knapp Semifinalists Revised Business Plans Due | |
| Knapp Finals |
Event Information
- Registration - For those intending to compete, you must register about a month prior to the first plan submission
- Qualifying Review--Qualified student judges will review the written plans and select up to 25 teams to continue to the Semi-Finals.
- Venture Review Night--The selected teams will present to the same group of student judges. Judges will provide feedback, and teams will then be permitted to submit revised plans in advance of the Semi-Finals.
- Semi-Finals--The semi-finalist will present to a panel of judges drawn from LA-based VCs, angel investors, and entrepreneurs. Five teams will be selected to continue to the Finals, and will be permitted to submit revised business plans in advance of Finals judging. Please note that Semi-Final presentations are 15 minutes followed by an additional 15 minutes of Q & A; they are open to the public.
- TCA Coaching--Volunteers from the Tech Coast Angels will view finalist presentations and provide feedback.
- Finals--The five finalist teams will present in Korn Hall to a new panel of judges that will include competition supporters Bud and Betsy Knapp. Awards reception to follow.
