Important 2025 Competition Dates and Deadlines

To help you stay on track, we're sharing some key dates and deadlines:

For ALL NVC Competitions:

• Wednesday, Feb. 19: Entity Formation Workshop
• Thursday, Feb. 20: NVC Venture Mentor Matching Mixer
• Wednesday, Feb. 26: Intellectual Property Workshop
• Wednesday, March 5: Building Your Perfect Pitch Workshop
• March 11, 12, 13: Pitch Practice Workshops
• Tuesday, March 18: NVC Funding Workshop

Additional Deadlines for Individual Competitions

New Venture Challenge (both Deep Tech and Open tracks)

• Friday, March 21: Round One NVC Executive Summaries and video pitches due
• Thursday, April 3: NVC Round One
• Monday, April 7: Semifinal Competition
• Wednesday, April 23: NVC Finals at The Boulder Theatre

Social Impact New Venture Challenge

• Thursday, April 3, 3 p.m.: Round One Live Pitch Competition (5-minute pitch; 10 minute Q&A)
• Monday, April 7: Final Pitch Competition (5-minute pitch; 10 minute Q&A)

Women Founders Competition

• Sunday, March 9, 3 pm.: Deadline for Submitting Women Founders Materials
• Thursday, March 20: Women Founders Competition Finals