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Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge
Save the Date: 12 November 2026
The 15th annual Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge (DVIC) stock pitch competition will take place at our UVA Darden DC Metro location on 12 November 2026.
LOCATION CHANGE: This year DVIC will be held at UVA Darden DC Metro at the Sands Family Grounds. Sands Family Grounds is conveniently located 30 mins from Dulles International Airport and 8 mins from Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia just across the river from Washington D.C.
DVIC brings teams of students from top MBA programs to compete for cash prizes.
The challenge selects a different theme each year to frame each school's stock pitch. Competing teams have the opportunity to present their pitches in front of judges from the investment management industry in a two-round format.
The competition provides an ideal training ground for MBA students interested in the investment management profession as it gives students the opportunity to practice their stock pitching skills.
The Darden Capital Management team seeks to further enhance student educational experience with pitch competitions, research, and other activities.
The 14th annual Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge (DVIC) stock pitch competition took place at the Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, VA on 6 November 2025.
Our DVIC 2025 judges included Dick Mayo, Bob Smith, Peter Grant, Sarah Silke, Charles Perkins, Neil Kansari, Teeja Boye, Jeff Henriksen, Abanikash Rayaji, Divyaunsh Divatia, Peter Wilson, Kyle Rose, Nick Kapur, Adam Holt, Malcolm Stewart
Competing Teams included:
- Boston College, Carroll
- Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
- Chicago Booth
- Columbia Business School
- Cornell, SC Johnson College of Business
- Dartmouth, The Tuck School of Business
- Harvard Business School
- MIT, Sloan
- University of Notre Dame, Mendoza
- UPenn, Wharton
- University of Rochester, Simon Business School
- University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Thank you to the 2025 DVIC Corporate Sponsors:
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Congratulations to The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for finishing first and Columbia Business School for finishing second.
Our DVIC 2024 judges included Dick Mayo, Bob Smith, John Macfarlane, Larry Kochard, Jeff Henriksen, Rachel Gibson, Trey Snow, Charles Perkins, Daniel Mooney, Sarah Silke, Neil Kansari, Jake DuBois and Sorab Sandhawalia.
Competing Teams included:
- Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
- Chicago Booth
- Columbia Business School
- University of Maryland
- Dartmouth, The Tuck School of Business
- UVA, Darden School of Business
- UPenn, Wharton
- Yale, School of Management
2024 DVIC Corporate Sponsors
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Cavalier Level Sponsors:
The 12th annual Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge (DVIC) stock pitch competition took place at the Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, VA on 2 November 2023.
Theme: 2023 Financial Markets Reversal: An Opportunity for Secular Growth
Congratulations to Columbia Business School for finishing first and The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth for finishing second.
Our DVIC 2023 judges included Dick Mayo, Bob Smith, Peter Grant, Jason Polun, Rachel Gibson, Chad R. Morgan, Trey Snow, Peter Wilson, Charles Perkins, Jake DuBois, Neil Kansari, Jeff St. Denis, Jim Koehr, George Craddock, Martin King and Jeff Henriksen.
Competing Teams included:
- Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
- Chicago Booth
- Columbia Business School
- Cornell, SC Johnson College of Business
- Dartmouth, The Tuck School of Business
- Northwestern, Kellogg
- NYU, Stern School of Business
- Simon Business School, University of Rochester
- UNC, Kenan-Flagler Business School
- UVA, Darden School of Business
- UPenn, Wharton
- Yale, School of Management
Thank you to the 2023 DVIC Corporate Sponsors:
Jefferson Level Sponsor:
Cavalier Level Sponsors: