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The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition providing mentoring, exposure, and prizes for social ventures from around the world. The competition aims to catalyse the creation of social ventures, educate future leaders and build awareness of social enterprises. The competition supports the creation of real businesses that bring about positive social change in a sustainable manner.

The competition is organized by the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in cooperation with 5 regional partners and 4 outreach partners.

Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 while gaining valuable professional feedback on their ventures.