Varsity Pitch Competition 2026

We were delighted to bring the Varsity Pitch Competition back for its fifth rendition in 2026, once again in partnership with the Cambridge University Finance and Investment Society. The finals have just been held at the Chamberlain Hotel in London, where five finalist teams, selected from a global pool of submissions, pitched to a panel of industry judges. The 2026 competition was sponsored by Point72, Fidelity Investments, and Citadel.

Finals hosted at the chamberlain hotel

On Thursday the 15th of October, the five finalist teams pitched their ideas to three judges from Fidelity Investments, and Citadel at the Chamberlain Hotel in London.

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

 

1st place - Team: PEIC Capital

Long Somnigroup International (NYSE: SGI) – View the pitch deck here

  • Steven Chen, New York University

  • Cam Khater, University of Chicago

  • Dhruv Nagarajan, Yale University

  • Justin Zheng, Middlebury College

 

2nd place - Team: Warwick hedge fund society

Long Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) - – View the pitch deck here

  • Armaan Niaz, University of Warwick

  • Colin Frawley, University of Warwick

  • Jayden Fung, University of Warwick

  • Matthew Huang, University of Warwick

 

Finalist - Team: aNCHOR Capital

Short OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ: OSW) – View the pitch deck here

  • Ashleen Kaur, Georgetown University

  • Brady Lavin, Georgetown University

  • Alex Lee, Georgetown University

 

Finalist - Team: OREO Capital

Short Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) – View the pitch deck here

  • Sakthisolai Saravanan, University of Oxford

  • Nishant Vats, National University of Singapore

  • Wong Zhao Yang, National University of Singapore

 

Finalist - Team: YALPHA

Short CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNH)

  • Vinh Nguyen, Yale University

  • Pranav Karthikeyan, Yale University

  • Dylan Liu, Yale University

  • Claiborne Tompkins, Yale University

 

PARTNERSHIP FOR VARSITY PITCH COMPETITION 2027

If you would like to find out more about the sixth rendition of the Varsity Pitch Competition in 2027 and how your firm can be involved, please contact our team at oxfordalphafund@gmail.com