PCV Prize 2022 Schedule

All students enrolled at any institution around the world are invited to compete in the PCV Prize.
Teams of up to 5 will pitch their early stage climate startup concepts to industry leaders and venture capitalists.
Team eligibility varies by competition track.

Collegiate Tracks

1. Waste & Circularity
2. Energy & Transportation​
3. Food & Agriculture
4. Wildcard

1. High School Track in Partnership with Zipline Theory

Mentor Office Hours

Managing Director @ Obvious Ventures

Come learn about sustainable investing in the energy and transportation sectors from three venture capitalists leading the charge in the sustainability revolution!

• Marisa Sweeney @ Generate Capital
• Ally Warson @ Up Partners
• Logan Grizzel @ Blackhorn Ventures
• Moderator by Stephen Sammut @ Wharton

Come to learn about community mapping, how to build trust with the community you wish to serve, how to make use of existing work relevant to your project, how to leverage partnerships and foster meaningful collaboration and how to involve beneficiaries throughout your processes.

• Pooja Tilvawala @ Youth Climate Collaborative

Shuo Yang @ Fifty Years

Co-hosted by Desiree Izecksohn from Penn Sustainability Consulting
Come to our waste and circularity panel and learn more about the overlap between businesses and sustainability– featuring specialized guest speakers striving to make an environmental impact.

• Thomas Kinnaman @ Bucknell
• Vasiliki Papanikolopoulos @ Coinmatan
• Evan Ehlers @ SharingExcess
• Komal Sinha @ RePurpose

Tune in to hear about the future of sustainable Agriculture Tech and more! Featuring PennVet researchers and leading AgTech investors from Yield Lab and Cultivian Sandbox.

• Dr. David Galligan @ Penn Vet
• Dr. Linda Baker @ Penn Vet
• Kyle Welborn @ The Yield Lab
• Luis Garcia @ Sandbox Sustainability Ventures

Co-Founder and CEO @ Climatebase

Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer @ Third Derivative