Varsity Pitch Competition 2023 Finals

Following a highly successful first edition, we were delighted to bring the Varsity Pitch Competition back to the London Stock Exchange in partnership with our friends at Cambridge University Finance and Investment Society. We were particularly excited to be welcoming international submissions, with 3 out of the 5 finalist teams flying in from across the world. The 2023 competition was sponsored by Point72 and Fidelity Investments. The prize for first place was £2500 and second place was £1000.

Finals Hosted at the London Stock Exchange

On Monday, 20th November, the five finalist teams pitched their ideas to three judges from Point72, Fidelity Investments, and Finch Bay Capital at the London Stock Exchange.

Please find below the competition results and links to each team’s pitch deck


1st Place - Team: MIPCO

Short Hayward Holdings (NYSE: HAYW) - View the pitch deck here

  • Ashvin Sivakumar, University of Oxford

  • Amanda Woo, London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Aakash Kapur Aggarwal, University of Oxford

  • Sarah Baek, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

2nd Place - Team: HFAC

Long Churchill Downs (NASDAQ: CHDN) - View the pitch deck here

  • Armaan Tipirneni, Harvard University

  • Hailey Chen, Harvard University

  • James Zollinger, Harvard University

  • Sreetej Digumarthi, Harvard University

 

Finalist - Team: Northern vikings capital

Long Enstar (NASDAQ:ESGR) - View the pitch deck here

  • Alexander Nelson, Lund University

  • Axel Andersson, Lund University

  • Jacob Grimbrandt, Lund University

 

Finalist - Team: SSG

Long Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) - View the pitch deck here

  • Kah Kheng Gan, University of Pennsylvania

  • Olivia Yang, University of Pennsylvania

  • Rayan Yu, University of Pennsylvania

  • Jeffrey Zhang, University of Pennsylvania

 

Finalist - Team: ESL Special Purpose Group

Long Rightmove (LON: RMV) - View the pitch deck here

  • Jay Liu, London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Abigail Kastono, King’s College London

At the competition’s conclusion, all finalists were invited to a post-competition social with the organisers, sponsors and judges.