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7 NOVEMBER 2026 · PROPOSED EVENT FORMAT

CUPEC
Value Creation
Challenge.

What would you do if you invested in a real business?

Choose a company, work out a fair price, structure the deal and explain how you would grow its value. Build a plan for the business—and for the investors backing it.

Participant workspace preview · any code works in demo mode.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE EVENT

Take a business from
research to an investment plan.

Work through the case with your team, then present the decisions you would make and explain the numbers behind them.

01

Understand the company.

Start with the company database provided in the participant workspace. Explore the ten businesses, use their company profiles, financial records and linked sources, and choose one. Identify what it does well, what needs to change and what you still need to know.

02

Make the investment.

Propose a fair market valuation, choose your ownership stake and explain the purchase price, funding and deal structure.

03

Create value.

Explain your operating strategy and where technology or AI could help. Set out your 3-, 5- and 10-year plans with financial targets and risks.

04

Explain the investor outcome.

Would you keep growing, hold for income or exit? Present your reasoning, expected returns and assumptions for discussion and judging.

INSIDE THE PARTICIPANT WORKSPACE

Everything for your case,
in one place.

The workspace brings the brief, company research and your team’s proposal together. Return to each part as your thinking develops.

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READY TO WORK THROUGH THE CASE?

Start with a company.
Make your case.

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