Members of Manifest, a distributed ledger solution that will standardize 401(k) transfers, celebrating their first-place win in the 2018 Edward L. Kaplan, MBA’71, New Venture Challenge. (Photography by Matt Marton)
Ventured and gained
The Edward L. Kaplan, MBA’71, New Venture Challenge, by the numbers.
22
Years since the founding of the Edward L. Kaplan, MBA’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC)
300+
NVC alumni companies still in existence today
2
Ice cream–related ventures that have participated
$800
Amount, in millions, PayPal paid to acquire 2007 NVC winner Braintree
11
2018 finalists:
$25,000
Amount received by 2006 first-prize winner GrubHub
$315,000
Amount received by 2018 first-prize winner Manifest
