Sponsors & Partners

Sponsors & Partners

The New Venture Competition thanks its sponsors and partners for their tremendous support which enables participants to access expert resources, test their ideas, and gain real-world feedback throughout the process.

Sponsors & Partners

  • Amazon Web Services
  • All Stage
  • Bubble
  • CASE Smart Impact Capital
  • Foley Hoag
  • Harvard Innovation Labs
  • HubSpot for Startups
  • MassChallenge
  • Wix

Advisors

Several Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiRs), Venture Capital Advisors (VCAs), local law firms, and other experts donated their time and energy to help counsel the student teams. We want to express our thanks to:

  • Katia Beauchamp
    Rock Center EiR
  • Marty Blue
    Rock Center EiR
  • Peter Boyce II
    Rock Center VCA
  • Stacey Boyd
    Rock Center EiR
  • Arjun Chopra
    Rock Center VCA
  • Kerry Cooper
    Rock Center EiR
  • Brittany Davis
    Rock Center VCA
  • Anne Dwane
    Rock Center VCA
  • Ralph Folz
    Rock Center EiR
  • Scott Friend
    Rock Center VCA
  • Rob Gierkink
    Rock Center EiR
  • Rob Go
    Rock Center VCA
  • Arjun Goyal
    Rock Center VCA
  • Dayna Grayson
    Rock Center VCA
  • Chip Hazard
    Rock Center VCA
  • Mar Hershenson
    Rock Center VCA
  • Amanda Herson
    Rock Center VCA
  • David Hornik
    Rock Center VCA
  • Alex Iskold
    Rock Center VCA
  • Sarah Kauss
    Rock Center EiR
  • Sarah Leary
    Rock Center EiR
  • Jennifer Lum
    Rock Center VCA
  • Avni Patel Thompson
    Rock Center EiR
  • Ali Rahimtula
    Rock Center VCA
  • Matias Recchia
    Rock Center EiR
  • Matt Salzberg
    Rock Center EiR
  • Rudina Seseri
    Rock Center VCA
  • Shereen Shermak
    Rock Center EiR
  • Lisa Skeete Tatum
    Rock Center EiR
  • Michael Skok
    Rock Center VCA
  • John Sloss
    Rock Center EiR
  • David Tisch
    Rock Center VCA
  • Paris Wallace
    Rock Center EiR
  • Michael Weintraub
    Rock Center EiR
  • Russ Wilcox
    Rock Center VCA

Judges

The New Venture Competition relies upon the commitment of practitioners in the field who review business plans and lend their expertise to provide candid feedback and judge the feasibility of the plans entered within the Competition.

Business track judges and alumni judges come from a variety of backgrounds, including funders, founders, industry experts and executives, lawyers, and other specialists deemed appropriate to understand the commercial viability of a business idea.

Social Enterprise track judges come from a variety of backgrounds representing a range of industries, including those from funding organizations (including impact investors, philanthropists, and venture philanthropists), capacity building organizations, and social entrepreneurs.