Global Social Venture Competition

The Global Social Venture Competition is organized by the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in partnership with eight Regional Partner Schools:

Regional Partner Schools

• Columbia Business School
• London Business School
• Indian School of Business
• Thammasat University, Thailand
• ESSEC Business School, France
• Social Venture Competition Asia
• ALTIS, Postgraduate School of Business and Society, Catholic University, Italy
• Youth Innovation China - GSVC China

GSVC Regional Partners host and run GSVC regional competitions and events, sending their top teams to compete at the Global Finals at UC Berkeley each April. 

The GSVC is also supported by five Outreach Partners, who host a local or regional executive summary or full business plan judging round and send their finalist teams directly to a Regional Partner school round. 

Outreach Partners

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Koc University, Turkey
• Strathmore University, Kenya
• University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, South Africa

Together, these institutions build upon their respective networks comprising of global business leaders, academics, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to achieve their vision: changing the way business measures success.