About EVC
Where ideas meet execution
The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital Club connects MBA students, alumni, and industry professionals building and funding the next generation of great companies — and gives them the programs, access, and relationships to do it.
Our mission
Founders, investors, and innovators — in one room
We exist to bridge the gap between ideas and execution. Through events, mentorship, and hands-on experiences, EVC helps students explore entrepreneurship and venture capital, sharpen their thinking, and build the relationships that turn ambition into real companies and careers.
From hosting VCIC — the world's largest student VC competition — to weekly Career Labs and treks to visit VCs and startups, everything we do is designed to give members a genuine edge in the startup and investing world.
Access over theory
We put students in the same room as the founders and investors doing the work — through treks, panels, and competitions, not just lectures.
Built for both paths
Whether you want to found a company or break into venture capital, our programming meets you where you are and helps you get where you're going.
A network that lasts
EVC connects current MBAs with alumni, faculty, and the wider Research Triangle ecosystem — relationships that outlast your time at Kenan-Flagler.
What we run
Programming that runs all year long
Competitions, treks, weekly labs, and candid conversations with the people building and funding companies. Tap any program to dig in.
E-Week is our flagship entrepreneurship week. We partner with clubs across UNC Kenan-Flagler to host a full week of events, each built around entrepreneurship in a different industry — from healthcare and consumer to fintech, sports, and deep tech. Expect fireside chats, founder panels, and networking that connect MBA students with the people actually building companies.
- Cross-club collaboration spanning multiple industries
- Daily fireside chats and founder networking
- A different entrepreneurship theme each day
The Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) is the largest student VC competition in the world, and UNC Kenan-Flagler is proud to host. Students step into the shoes of venture capitalists — sourcing, evaluating real startups, conducting due diligence, and negotiating term sheets in front of practicing investors. It's the closest thing to being on the other side of the table before you get there.
- The world's largest student VC competition
- Real founders, real diligence, real term sheets
- Judged by practicing venture capital investors
On the Career Trek we travel to meet venture capital firms and startups where the work actually happens. Instead of hearing about the industry secondhand, students sit down with investors and founders in their offices, see how firms operate day to day, and build the relationships that turn into internships and full-time roles.
- Site visits to VC firms and startups
- Direct access to investors and founders
- Relationship-building that leads to opportunities
Career Labs run every week and break down a different aspect of the entrepreneurship and venture capital career path — how to recruit, how to stand out, and how to fit your own background and goals into a role, whether that's founding a company or breaking into VC. Led by second-year students and industry experts, they turn a hard-to-navigate path into concrete, personalized next steps.
- A new facet of the career path each week
- Tailored to your background — entrepreneurship or VC
- Led by second-years and industry experts
Across the year we host panels and fireside chats with real founders, venture capital investors, and UNC Kenan-Flagler faculty working in the space. These are candid, off-the-cuff conversations about how companies actually get built and funded — the wins, the failures, and the lessons you won't find in a case study.
- Founders and VCs sharing unfiltered lessons
- KFBS faculty active in entrepreneurship and VC
- Small-format, high-access conversations
The Triangle Mixer brings together the entrepreneurship and venture capital clubs from UNC, Duke, and NC State. It's a chance to expand your network beyond Chapel Hill and tap into the broader Research Triangle startup ecosystem — one of the fastest-growing in the country.
- Joint event with Duke and NC State
- Access to the wider Research Triangle ecosystem
- Cross-school founder and investor connections
Leadership
Meet the team behind EVC
EVC is student-led — our executive board plans and runs every program, panel, and trek throughout the year. Want to reach us? Email us or connect on LinkedIn.
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