Winners of the 4th Annual Venture Capital Case Competition
Congratulations to both our winners and our finalists:
1st Place - Pandora |
| Team MRE Assets - UC Berkeley - [Presentation] |
| Michael Chen, Rahul Deedwania, Elaine Ho |
2nd Place - PubMatic |
| The Econext - Stanford - [Presentation] |
| Alexander Tran, Varun Sivaram, Adam Creasman, Marty Hu |
3rd Place - WaveSecure |
| Team tenCube - Stanford - [Presentation] |
| Elaine Yee Ling Hee, Jia Xing Lee, Dalvir Singh, Ricky Yean |
Finalists |
| uLocate - Team Sapentia - UC Berkeley - [Presentation] Michael Tao, Linda Yu, Tony Liu, Jennifer Liu |
| Streetline - Team Vision Capital - UC Berkeley - [Presentation] Jennifer Chang, Shuwen Liu, Lea Shelton, Guorui Su |
| Associated Content - The Upsilon Group - Santa Clara University - [Presentation] |
Welcome to the Venture Capital Case Competition
Silicon Valley Bank, Amidzad, Canaan Partners, Granite Global Ventures, Lehman Brothers VC, Shasta Ventures, and Storm Ventures, are pleased to present an opportunity for education and open dialogue between venture capital professionals and the students of UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Santa Clara University through a case competition. This competition is structured to give students an opportunity to learn about the venture capital industry by working through a challenge that venture capitalists face everyday – what companies should be VC firms invest in and why?
Students interested in potential VC, technology, or entrepreneurial careers should find this case study exercise very rewarding. The finalists will have an opportunity to discuss their ideas in a 20-minute round-table session with representatives from participating Silicon Valley venture firms.
Background
Venture capitalists spend a large amount of their time identifying and tracking emerging technologies and behavioral trends. Investments in the venture business typically have an incubation period of three to five years before an exit is realized. Thoughtful projection of emerging trends today is the first step in the process of creating the successful companies of tomorrow.
Consumers are adopting technology in their personal lives today at a faster pace than ever. Beginning with the adoption of PCs and Internet access in the mid 1990s, today's consumer is plugged into a connected world like never before. Broadband access enables consumption of rich multimedia content previously too cumbersome for dialup surfers. Mobile phones and data services enable communication and information access on-the-go. Specialized devices such as the TiVO, BlackBerry and iPod allow consumers to time-shift and port their digital content.
Technology has enabled consumers to manage what content they consume, and how they consume it. One approach that many venture capitalists take to identify intriguing investment opportunities is to develop an investment thesis from analysis of emerging markets. An investment thesis helps to focus the investor on the type of company that will best take advantage of market opportunities.
Questions?
For additional inquiries, please contact:
Regarding the case:
Dan Tran - dan.tran@lehman.com
Chris Sun - chris@stormventures.com
Regarding registration:
Respective school representatives.
