The following four sponsorship levels are available. In addition to the visibility, identity and exposure benefits outlined below, your sponsorship contribution to the UC Davis Business Plan Competition benefits you and your organization in the following ways:

• Access to the UC Davis Community
  Connect with the faculty and students within the UC Davis research community and utilize the contacts and resources.
• Networking with top investors and business executives
  Meet potential valuable contacts in the venture capital industry and corporate world from Sacramento, the Central Valley and the Silicon Valley.
• Exposure to top students and alumni at UC Davis
  Meet, inspire and recruit the most dynamic students and alumni from UC Davis.
• Contribute to social and economic development of the region
  Support and encourage the entrepreneurial spirit at the university and help to accelerate the process of company formation originating from UC Davis.
• If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Grant Haidinyak, Big Bang! Chair.

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• Exclusivity: Big Bang! accepts only one Platinum Sponsor from each of the following categories: Accounting, Commercial Banking, Consulting, Investment Banking, Law, Public Relations.
• Co-Brand Big Bang Events: "Event Brought to You By xxxxx". Get to choose one of three major events: Kick Off, E-Grill, or Final Event. Over 250 people from the Sacramento and Bay Area business community attended the standing-room only Final Event last year.
• Visibility: First choice among other sponsors in your category in selecting which events and in what capacity you will participate. Choice of serving as either moderator or exclusive panelist in your category at the major Big Bang! events, which include the kick-off event; entrepreneur's grill; public presentations by finalists at the awards ceremony; and mixer events organized jointly by the professional UC Davis schools and Big Bang! Choices will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Press Release: Identification as a Platinum Sponsor of the UC Davis Business Plan Competition in official University press release(s) distributed to media nationwide by the UC Davis News Service.
• Identity: Recognition as Platinum Sponsor on promotional material and Web site
• Networking: You and your colleagues will receive invitations to all events
• Judging: Invitation for one person to observe and network at final round of judging
• Access to all semi-finalist Executive Summaries (upon request)

Gold Sponsor

• Visibility: Opportunity to serve as speaker or panelist at mixer events organized jointly by the professional UC Davis schools and Big Bang!
• Identity: Recognition as Gold Sponsor on promotional material and Web site
• Networking: You and your colleagues will receive invitations to all events
• Judging: Invitation for one person to observe and network at final round of judging
• Access to all semi-finalist Executive Summaries (upon request)

Silver Sponsor

• Identity: Recognition as Silver Sponsor on promotional material and Web site
• Networking: You and your colleagues will receive invitations to all events
• Judging: Invitation for one person to observe and network at final round of judging
• Access to all semi-finalist Executive Summaries (upon request)

Bronze Sponsor

• Identity: Recognition as Bronze Sponsor on promotional material and Web site
• Networking: You and your colleagues will receive invitations to all events