Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)

Business innovation and social impact assessment.

Overview

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) empowers the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing them with mentoring exposure and over $80000 in prizes to transform their ideas into ventures that address the world s most pressing challenges. Teams from across the globe learn how to design scalable models through a process that emphasizes stakeholder discovery business innovation and social impact assessment. Founded by MBA students at UC Berkeley s Haas School of Business in 1999 the GSVC has evolved into a global network of premier business schools universities and programs in the US Europe Asia Africa and Latin America. Each partner school and a program is supported by a network that includes other universities and organizations judges mentors and investors focused on social impact innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2017 GSVC received over 600 entries from 65 countries. GSVC has helped launch successful social ventures such as Revolution Foods d.light Husk Power Ethos Water Sanergy and World of Good.