Thanks to everyone who attended the 2023 Case Competition! Videos from the Competition will be published to this page via our YouTube Channel soon. In the Spring of 2024, look for this page to be changed to reflect the plans for the 3rd Annual Case Competition next Fall. For now, see below to celebrate the winners of this year’s Financial Equity Competition sponsored by PNC!

2nd Annual Corporate Startup Lab Case Competition

November 1st, 2023. Day 1 of Corporate Startup Week

2023 Sponsor: PNC Bank

Theme: Equity in Financial Services: Climate Resilient Housing

PNC will be awarding $20,000 in total prizes!

Join us for the Final Round on November 1st at 1:30PM!

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 CSL Case Competition….

The Team from University of California, Berkeley, including members Raghuveer Ausoori, Jessica Connor, CPA, Anmol Aggarwal, and Ankita Singh winning the grand prize of $12,000!

Second Place was the home team from **Carnegie Mellon University** featuring **Bruce Li**, **Arjun Singh**, **Sadhana Gupta**, **Eshaan Rampal**, and **Druta Bhatt** winning $6,000!

Winning both 3rd Place and the DLC Side Challenge was the team from **Cornell University**, with **Devin Abraham**, **Nivisha Tated**, **Neha Bhansali**, and **Chris Capano**.

Finalist Universities include University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Harvard University, The University of Michigan, Northeastern University, and the University of Pittsburgh!

Special thanks to our judges including Carrie Ann Zayas, Aster Teclay, Josh Gould, Scott Madden, Laurie Barkman and Courtney Williamson, Ph.D

Duquesne Light Side challenge:

How can teams incorporate “Electrification” into their solutions to PNC’s prompt promoting climate resilience and energy efficient housing. DLC is offering an additional $2,000 prize!

The Corporate Startup Lab is proud to launch its Second Annual Case Competition! This year, we are partnering with PNC Bank for an Equity in Financial Services theme. A common concern in modern industries is an imperfect realization of equity across all services and platforms. The prompt of this Competition, you will be investigating the intersection of affordable housing and climate resilience/energy solutions for low to moderate income families. You will attempt to provide a solution through transformative innovation ideas, products, or services.

$20,000 in total prizes will be awarded to the top three teams to respond to PNC's prompt involving a creative and entrepreneurial approach solving a problem in financial equity. Any Graduate or Ph.D. Student at all U.S. universities and colleges are eligible and invited to apply. Teams are limited to 3-4 students per team. Eight teams will be selected as finalists to visit Pittsburgh on November 1-2 and present in front of a panel of distinguished judges and an audience of Corporate Executives and Entrepreneurs. This November 1st, some of the brightest graduate students from all over the country will be chosen to come to Pittsburgh and pitch their solutions.

2023 KEY DATES:

Applications Open August 28

Applications Ends September 29

Prompts Released October 2

End of First Rounds October 13

Finalists Announced October 18

Final Presentations November 1

Winners announced at the 2023 Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum on November 2nd.

2023 COMPETITION DETAILS

Theme: Equity in Financial Services

Open to all U.S. universities and colleges

Open to All Graduate Students, 3-4 per team

8 Teams invited to the Final Round

Top 3 Teams will recieve cash prizes

1st Place - $12,000

1st Runner Up - $6,000, 2nd Runner Up - $2,000

2022 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

Boston University, Carnegie Mellon, Colorado State, Cornell, Dartmouth, Emory, Harvard, Notre Dame, Quinnipiac, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Virginia, UCLA, Yale and more