51st INSEAD Venture Competition Semifinal
51st INSEAD Venture Competition Semifinal
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 six seats in the Finals and ultimately over €60,000 seed funding.
The event will take place in a hybrid format on INSEAD Europe and Asia campuses and online.
Schedule
Amphi Maag (Europe Campus), Amphi Mork (Asia Campus), Zoom registration here
Asia (SGT) | Europe (CET) | Schedule (5-min Pitch & 7-min Q&A) |
16:00 | 9:00 | Welcome Address by Nancy Hsieh, Executive Director of Rudolf & Valeria Maag ICE & Ben Ling, IVC Chairperson |
16:15 | 9:15 | 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. |
16:30 | 9:30 | Team June: Julia Warszewski MBA’25D & Varsha Jagdale A phone-based independence aid for seniors. |
16:45 | 9:45 | Team Tellory (prev. LifeStory AI): Skyler Liu, Jack Wang & Hosan Ree MBA’25D Makes every person's life story seen and heard, by turning memories into polished life stories. |
17:00 | 10:00 | Team Clara Health: Lucia Rodriguez Lacasa & Nancy Cui MBA’25D A digital concierge for women's health designed for comfort and empowerment. |
17:15 | 10:15 | Team Botana AI: Hugo Bouet MIM26 & Estrella Zuniga Rodriguez Gives certainty back to the hands of farmers by providing a ersonalized crop management platform to increase yield. |
17:30 | 10:30 | Team Coin Doctor: Shashishekar Tumkursampathu MBA’26J & Claire Whittaker MBA’25D A clinical AI and physician validation platform that helps patients and payers determine whether a surgery is truly necessary. |
17:45 | 10:45 | Break |
18:00 | 11:00 | Team Grid Sync: Chaitany Mohan Aggarwal, Shrishail Chavadi, Anna Antipova, Jay Jain, Stephan Chu & Emanuele Sturzo MIM’27 A virtual power plant platform that provides on demand response for partners while stabilizing renewable energy integration. |
18:15 | 11:15 | Team Itera: Cinta Abell GEMBA’26E AI-powered patient profiling service for the pharmaceutical industry |
18:30 | 11:30 | Team Ocean Pulse: Ruslan Galimov EMBA’26E, Jean-Michel Autelli MIM’26 & Ziad Chikhani EMBA’25E, Sophie Crochet MBA’25J Uber-like platform that matches logistical needs and resources in the sea |
18:45 | 11:45 | Team RGS Healthcare Solutions: Roel Sarelse & Hugo Sun – MBA’26J, Stavros Therapontos & Kamlesh Saho AI-powered procurement platform built for healthcare SMEs, automating the tender lifecycle from discovery to submission. |
19:00 | 12:00 | Team Vega: Pragya Chandra – MBA’26J & Prabhat Pandey AI-native platform providing an integrated, end-to-end solution for bankers. |
19:15 | 12:15 | Break |
20:30 | 13:30 | Judges’ Feedback & Announcement of Finalists |
IVC Chairperson & Judges
Ben Ling, EMBA'16Dec
IVC Chairperson, Founder & CEO of Equilibria Hotels & Properties
Christopher Boehringer, MBA'03D
Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management
Cynthia Mak
Venture Builder, Blue InCube
Erwin Chan
Lead, Startup Development, raiSE SG
Pierre Bastid, MBA'85J
Ex-CEO, Investor
Zuzana Zamborska
Co-Founder & Partnership director, LUMUS Investment
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]
