Fall 2026
Wisconsin Venture Innovation Challenge
Teams build, judges score, and the whole community follows along. Sign in to join a team, review submissions, or cheer on your favorites.
Compete
Form a cross-functional team, build your company profile, and submit milestones in one private data room.
Judge
Review assigned data rooms and score against published rubrics. Scores are normalized so every panel is fair.
Cheer
Follow teams, vote for People's Choice, and play the fan bracket. Popularity never decides who advances.
Competition calendar
- Oct 12Kickoff networking event
- Oct 19Competition starts · idea and team due
- Nov 2Ideation & Market Validation
- Nov 16Prototype & Analytics · Launch Day
- Nov 30Investment Readiness · fan picks lock
- Dec 4Demo Day · finalists pitch live