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The richest public archive of any competition here: every winner's ticker plus a downloadable pitch deck, back to 2020, across equity and credit tracks.

32 pitches across 5 editions

21st Alpha Challenge (Dec 4-5, 2025) · 6 pitches

MIDD — open
MIDD
Middleby Corp
1st
Yale · Equity
-2.7% inconclusive Curated

Ashvin Sivakumar, William Wright, Jingqi Yuan

VSAT — open
VSAT
Viasat Inc.
1st
Wisconsin School of Business · Credit
+414.7% inconclusive Curated

Liam Gerard, Evan Mahan, Ellen Rayne

CLH — open
CLH
Clean Harbors
2nd
· Equity
+37.1% inconclusive Curated
GTN — open
GTN
Gray Television
2nd
Wisconsin School of Business · Credit
+18.1% inconclusive Curated

Liam Gerard, Evan Mahan, Ellen Rayne

VSAT — open
VSAT
Viasat Inc.
3rd
MIT Sloan · Credit
+414.7% inconclusive Curated

Ryan Levy, Iqra Nadeem, Julie Kanagasabai

WEX — open
WEX
WEX Inc.
3rd
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Equity
+37.6% inconclusive Curated

Paraag Megharaj, Katja Muller, Athreya Ramkumar

20th Alpha Challenge (Dec 5-6, 2024) · 8 pitches

BBWI — open
BBWI
Bath & Body Works
1st
Chicago Booth · Credit
-54.4% inconclusive Curated

Caden Kalinowski, Emma Paine, Mathian Vali

WMS — open
WMS
Advanced Drainage Systems
1st
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Equity
-21.7% inconclusive Curated

Altynay Abilgaziyeva, Vincent Galioto, John Murray

DLTR — open
DLTR
Dollar Tree
2nd (prelim)
Chicago Booth · Equity
+18.0% inconclusive Curated

Konrad Wang, Allen Li, Viola Chen

GAP — open
GAP
Gap Inc.
2nd
Northwestern Kellogg · Credit
-9.7% inconclusive Curated

Maggie Kochevar, Nishant Patel, Xiaojun Zhu

LII — open
LII
Lennox International
2nd
Columbia Business School · Equity
-27.3% inconclusive Curated

Katherine Li, Andrew Jacobe, Tommy Rodriguez

NTAP — open
NTAP
NetApp
2nd (wildcard)
Chicago Booth · Equity
+48.4% inconclusive Curated

Konrad Wang, Allen Li, Viola Chen

BMI — open
BMI
Benchmark Electronics
3rd (wildcard)
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Equity
+77.5% inconclusive Curated

Altynay Abilgaziyeva, Vincent Galioto, John Murray

CROX — open
CROX
Crocs Inc.
3rd
Chicago Booth · Credit
-23.5% inconclusive Curated

Amanda Kane, David Oropeza, Melinda Wang

19th Alpha Challenge (Nov 30-Dec 1, 2023) · 6 pitches

JBI — open
JBI
Janus International Group
1st
Columbia Business School · Equity
-49.6% inconclusive Curated

Joseph Ferguson, Yuhong Liu, Garrett Wallis

POST — open
POST
Post Holdings
1st
Chicago Booth · Credit
-2.5% inconclusive Curated

Nicolas Heeren, Benjamin Smith, Hui Wang

PATK — open
PATK
Patrick Industries
2nd
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Credit
+56.6% inconclusive Curated

Jesus Fernandez, Vijay Mishra, Francesca Sacramone

ULTA — open
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
2nd
Wharton (UPenn) · Equity
+14.7% inconclusive Curated

Mine Loyan, Hanying Mo, Sid Puri

AAON — open
AAON
AAON Inc.
3rd
Columbia Business School · Equity
+21.3% inconclusive Curated

Joseph Ferguson, Yuhong Liu, Garrett Wallis

CRL — open
CRL
Charles River Laboratories
3rd
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Credit
+39.5% inconclusive Curated

Ryan Durr, Jacob Melman-Rogers, Theresa Yu

18th Alpha Challenge (Dec 1-2, 2022) · 6 pitches

ENTG — open
ENTG
Entegris Inc.
1st
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Credit
+32.6% inconclusive Curated

Kasturi Bramhane, Harrison Chapman, Daniel Miller

POOL — open
POOL
Pool Corporation
1st
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Equity
-46.8% inconclusive Curated

Stokeley Griffin, Miguel Guevara, Shannon Wulff

TYL — open
TYL
Tyler Technologies
2nd
UVA Darden · Equity
+18.7% inconclusive Curated

Lane Brokaw, Abanikash Rayaji, Vanisha Goyal

YUM — open
YUM
Yum! Brands
2nd
Columbia Business School · Credit
+37.5% inconclusive Curated

Spencer Goldman, Esther Osinaiya, Pranay Udutha

DAL — open
DAL
Delta Air Lines
3rd
UC Berkeley Haas · Credit
+150.5% inconclusive Curated

Meredith Albion, Austin Schoff, Ryan Tan

MTN — open
MTN
Vail Resorts
3rd
Harvard Business School · Equity
-38.8% inconclusive Curated

Alyssa Garrett Wilson, Jack Russ

17th Alpha Challenge (Dec 2-3, 2021) · 6 pitches

F — open
F
Ford Motor Company
1st
UCLA Anderson · Credit
-7.5% inconclusive Curated

Margot Johnson, Christopher Potter

FICO — open
FICO
Fair Isaac Corp (FICO)
1st
Columbia Business School · Equity
+130.9% inconclusive Curated

Scott Hall, Rachita Jain, Jake Wheelock

DPZ — open
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
2nd
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Equity
-21.5% inconclusive Curated

Dalton Bealer, Ali Zimmerman, Davis Morrison

VSTO — open
VSTO
Vista Outdoor Inc.
2nd
UNC Kenan-Flagler · Credit
Curated

Brandon Frey, Logan Shim, London Stewart

ALLY — open
ALLY
Ally Financial
3rd
UCLA Anderson · Credit
-21.6% inconclusive Curated

Margot Johnson, Christopher Potter

LZ — open
LZ
LegalZoom
3rd
MIT Sloan · Equity
-83.8% inconclusive Curated

Stephanie Gomez Menzies, James McNay, Sean Zhang