51st INSEAD Venture Competition Final
51st INSEAD Venture Competition Final
Empowering entrepreneurs to build new businesses
The INSEAD Venture Competition (IVC) is the biannual flagship entrepreneurship experience for all current degree programme participants organized by the Maag Centre for Entrepreneurship. Throughout the multi-stage competition, students are immersed in a supportive yet rigorous environment to develop and showcase their venture ideas. Through extensive coaching and feedback from seasoned entrepreneurs and investors, participants gain valuable knowledge and experience on how to launch a start-up.
Join us in this 51th IVC edition, as we witness INSEAD students pitching for over €60,000 seed funding.
Schedule
3 December 2025, 9:00 am CET / 4:00 pm SGT
Amphi Maag (Europe Campus), Amphi Mork (Asia Campus), Zoom registration
| Asia (SGT) | Europe (CET) | Schedule: Each team will pitch 7-min follow by Q&A 10-min |
| 4:00 pm | 9:00 am | Welcome Address by Nancy Hsieh, Executive Director of Rudolf & Valeria Maag ICE & Ben Ling, IVC Chairperson |
| 4:20 pm | 9:20 am | Team Clara Health: Lucia Rodriguez Lacasa & Nancy Cui MBA’25D A digital concierge for women's health designed for comfort and empowerment. |
| 4:40 pm | 9:40 | Team SHIPIQ: Pavan Yerraboina, Elisa Minischetti & Abhishek Yadav GEMBA26A An intelligent planning platform that transforms shipping stowage from a routine task into a source of competitive advantage. |
| 5:00 pm | 10:00 am | Team RGS Healthcare Solutions: Roel Sarelse & Hugo Sun – MBA’26J & Stavros Therapontos AI-powered procurement platform built for healthcare SMEs, automating the tender lifecycle from discovery to submission. |
| 5:20 pm | 10:20 am | Break |
| 5:40 pm | 10:40 am | Team Itera: Cinta Abell GEMBA’26E AI-powered patient profiling service for the pharmaceutical industry |
| 6:00 pm | 11:00 am | Team Botana AI: Hugo Bouet MIM'26 & Estrella Zuniga Rodriguez Agritech tool for farmers to build a personalized farm crop portfolio, balancing profit, yield, and climate resilience. |
| 6:20 pm | 11:20 am | Break & Judges Deliberations |
| 7:45 pm | 12:45 am | Judges’ feedback to all teams followed by announcement of winners |
| 8:15 pm | 1:15 pm | Conclusion |
Finalists
IVC Chairperson & Judges
Ben Ling, EMBA'16Dec
IVC Chairperson, Founder & CEO of Equilibria Hotels & Properties
Alex Fries
Principal, Pearson Ventures
Carol Cheung
Partner, Cocoon Capital
Kevin Moon
Investment Director, Amand Ventures
Matthieu Baret
Managing Partner, Eurazeo
Serge Longin
Co-founder, built:different (BDV)
Organisers
Nancy Hsieh
Executive Director, Rudolf and Valeria Magg INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship
Martina Blahova
Centre Manager, INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship, Europe Campus
Alexander Chia
Centre Manager, INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship, Asia Campus
Endora Teo
Senior Coordinator, Asia Campus
Sponsors
The IVC is made possible by our generous supporters:
Rudolf Maag MBA’73 & Valeria Maag; All Alumni and Friends of INSEAD who donated to the Patrick Turner MBA’78 Memorial Fund; Ben Ling; GEMBA’16A; Ben Blomerley MBA’11J and MOHARA; Joe Ross; Loyal.vc; National Alumni Association UK Entrepreneurs Group Business Angel Event; Angel Club @ IAAG (INSEAD Alumni Association in Germany)
In case of any questions, please contact [email protected]
