Reverse Tank
Reading between the lines
- 9 days is enough, which means you'll use two of them.
- No PPO. Enter for the prize or the practice — just be honest about which.
The ask
Where Founders Become Investors. Where Investors Have to Earn the Deal. Most competitions ask you to build a startup and pitch it. Reverse Tank asks you to do both sides of the deal. Every team enters with one Founder and two Investors . You will build and pitch a startup, defend your business under questioning, evaluate other teams' startups, conduct due diligence, negotiate terms, deploy a limited fund, and ultimately defend your investment decisions before a panel of industry experts. There are no external case packs. No outside startups. No pre-written deals. The participants create the deal flow. The strongest founders from one stage become the startups that investors compete to back in the next. The sharpest investors earn their place in the Finals, where they must prove not just what they invested in, but why they were the right investor to make that decision. Welcome to Reverse Shark Tank - Strategia's flagship finance track. The Core Concept: Reverse Shark Tank is designed around one central question: Can you think like a founder, invest like a VC, and negotiate like a dealmaker? Every team consists of: 1 Founder - responsible for building and defending the startup. 2 Inve…
Who can enter
Read this before you write forty slides, not after.
- Engineering Students
- Postgraduate
- Undergraduate
- Management
- Medical
- Law
Skills involved
And the ones you'll add to LinkedIn on Sunday night.
- Due Diligence
- Financial Analysis
- Negotiation
- Valuation Modeling
- Public Speaking And Presentation Skills