52nd INSEAD Venture Competition Semifinal
52nd 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 52nd IVC edition, as we witness INSEAD students pitching for six seats in the Finals and ultimately over €50,000 seed funding.
The event will take place in a hybrid format on INSEAD Europe and Asia campuses and online.
Schedule
Amphi Loudon (Europe Campus), Amphi 106 (Asia Campus), Zoom registration
Asia (SGT) | Europe (CET) | Schedule (5-min Pitch & 7-min Q&A) |
15:00 | 9:00 | Welcome Address by Nancy Hsieh, Executive Director of Rudolf & Valeria Maag ICE & Ben Ling, IVC Chairperson |
15:20 | 9:20 | Team Fibertube: Winnie Tan (MBA'26J) & Maximilian Heidegger (MIM'22) A medtech solution that makes breathing under general anaesthesia safer for patients with difficult airways. |
15:35 | 9:35 | Team Keystone: Callum Bartlett, Raphael Henry, Dhananjay Sahoo (MBA'26D) A digital pension broker that turns workplace pensions into a benefit employees actually value. |
15:50 | 9:50 | Team CoinDoctor: Shashi Shekar (MBA'26J) A medtech platform delivering surgical necessity validation through system diagnosis and surgical 2nd opinion. |
16:05 | 10:05 | Team Continuum: Santiago Santandrea, Quitterie De Rivoyre, and Basil Amjad (GEMBA'27) An LLM-enabled standardized infrastructure before buyer engagement, protecting value, accelerating deals, and ensuring smooth ownership transitions. |
16:20 | 10:20 | Team The Eleven: Mimi A Hochi & Mary Yao (MBA'26J), Allegra Campolmi, Francesca Vitale A licensed jewelry brand at the intersection of fashion and football culture |
16:35 | 10:35 | Team Histonauts: Aris Sheiner (MBA'26J) & Charlotte Jeauneau-Sheiner A children focused engagement platform for heritage sites, designed to make cultural visits interactive, educational, and fun. |
16:50 | 10:50 | Break |
17:05 | 11:05 | Team Ordena: Wagner Filho (MBA'26D), Vitor Sanches, Lucilaine Veline A hub of specialized financial management systems designed for small and mid-sized agricultural producers |
17:20 | 11:20 | Team Mondecare.ai: Saurabh Bhatia, Alejandro Michel, Ravi Pratap, Spandan Das, Karan Malik (MBA'26D), and Dr. Ankush Garg An AI-powered medical tourism platform that connects patients seeking affordable, high-quality treatment abroad with top-tier JCI-accredited hospitals worldwide. |
17:35 | 11:35 | Team NeuroFoods: Claire Maybank (MBA'26D), David Metz, Mary Maybank A food as medicine company bridging nutrition science, gut-microbiome testing, and digital health. |
17:50 | 11:50 | Team Rego: Kunal Arora (MBA'26D) & Varun Rai An organised, technology-enabled SMART Repairs platform. |
18:05 | 12:15 | Team Saria: Ananya Sadarangani (MBA'26J) & Tanya Sadarangani A curated designs, made-to-order fit, and dependable delivery Indian wedding guestwear. |
18:20 | 12:20 | Break |
19:35 | 13:30 | Judges’ Feedback & Announcement of Finalists |
IVC Chairperson & Judges
Ben Ling, EMBA'16Dec
IVC Chairperson, Founder & CEO of Equilibria Hotels & Properties
Daniele Genovesi (MBA'16J)
Senior Partner at CDP Venture Capital
Tania Shanny Lestari
Vice President, Openspace Capital
Junior Lee
Co-Founder & COO of Secgra & General Partner of Expara
Organisers
Nancy Hsieh
Director, Rudolf and Valeria Maag 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]
