2026 UH Venture Competition Information Session

The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship invites all University of Hawai‘i students to attend this information session to learn more about the 2026 UH Venture Competition, sponsored by Hawaiian Electric and HEI, and network with other students to build a team.

👍🏻 Open to undergraduate and graduate students of all majors on all 10 UH System campuses

👍🏻 $10,000 cash grand prize and other prizes

👍🏻 Free educational bootcamps to help students develop their business idea

About UH Venture Competition: Launching in 2000, the UH Venture Competition (formerly the UH Business Plan Competition) has grown to become one of the most exciting, feature events of the University of Hawai‘i entrepreneurial ecosystem. The UHVC is an intense, semester-long, experiential program that provides hands-on education, mentorship and resources to University of Hawai’i students and faculty who seek to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur and start a business venture.

The competition encourages collaboration across disciplines, and engages a wide array of competitors from various fields including Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Art, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Tropical Agriculture and Business. Through the UHVC, aspiring entrepreneurs practice the art of testing the feasibility of a business idea, developing a business plan, and pitching it to investors. A series of bootcamps, networking events, and coaching sessions are held in conjunction with the competition to enhance the competitors’ experience and to help move their ventures forward.

The UHVC is a collaborative project that engages stakeholders in the local business community who believe in entrepreneurial education, as well as University and government officials who assert that innovation and commercialization are vital components of Hawaii’s economic health. More than 50 judges, mentors, and instructors volunteer their time and expertise each year.

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Host or Publisher Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE)