The 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business, will be held on Rice University campus May 11-13. The competition brings together the most promising student ventures from top universities across the world to compete for prizes in front of active investors, entrepreneurs and the Houston business community.
This year’s startups represent 37 universities from six countries and were chosen from a competitive applicant pool. With a goal of not only competing for cash but also understanding what it takes to secure investment, raise awareness and launch a successful venture, these graduate students will pitch their companies through four rounds and three days of competition in hopes of taking home the grand prize.
The largest number of Rice student startups to-date participated in the RBPC qualifier in hopes of securing the coveted spot to represent the university on the global stage. Rice Alliance awarded a total of $5,000 in cash prizes to the top three teams from the internal qualifier: Sygne Solutions, Neurnano Therapeutics and Tierra Climate, who will represent Rice at the competition.
The RBPC seeks startups that are building solutions with high investment potential. This year’s entries will compete in five categories: energy, cleantech and sustainability; life science and health care solutions; consumer products and services; hard tech; and digital enterprise.
The 2023 startups join a successful group of RBPC alumni. Over the 22 years of the competition, 784 competitors have raised more than $4.6 billion in capital, with more than 50 successful exits and five public companies.
2023 Rice Business Plan Competition invitees:
For more information about the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition, visit rbpc.rice.edu.
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has taken the No. 1 spot in the Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship magazines’ rankings of top schools for graduate entrepreneurship programs for the sixth year running.
Rice University will recognize Owls who have served in the United States military, including the veterans among faculty, staff and students, at its 21st annual Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in Rice Memorial Chapel and Ray Courtyard. Kyle La Rue, copy center assistant from Rice Business, is this year’s honoree.
Following a “generous philanthropic gift” by Farid and Asha Virani, the undergraduate business program at Rice University will be named after the family.
