Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship

08/22/2024

Stellar thoughts on the difference between the VC and CEO mindsets. Trust him--he's been a star @ both. 🔥 🔥

For either path, you'll need skills & we've got ya covered! 😉 🐻

Find your place to plug in @ our Open House Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley on Monday, August 28, 6-8 PM. A few more spots left: lu.ma/z8ehvx6j

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/insights-from-recovered-venture-capitalist-bipul-sinha-unb1e/

08/20/2024

Great to see one of our Calvanize alums continuing to work together with a new teammate 😎 🐻

This Dream Team of UC Berkeley undergrads just completed August National Science Foundation (NSF) and is even more committed to solving the problem of access to water analysis for all.

What can our *free* Intro to Lean Startup training to for your idea or startup?

Apply for September (9/9, 11, 16) by midnight on 8/23 to find out: https://lnkd.in/gSbHkmbq

We'll have both a special life sciences track (led by Seo Yeon instead of Darren Cooke) and the regular track for all other teams. Don't miss out!

08/15/2024

Join us on @ 8.26 🐻💙

08/13/2024

Bon voyage & bon chance to Nouf Alhazmi & Natalia Shamoon as Hult Prize Foundation Finalist Plastus Biotech heads to London for the the Global Accelerator ahead of the $1M Finals on September 6.

Go 🐻 🐻 UC Berkeley College Of Chemistry - UC Berkeley UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-pollution-solution-how-plastus-redefining-plastics-theplastus-jelbc/?trackingId=kuDMItCjSMKpi9%2BQBrLyPQ%3D%3D

08/02/2024

Congrats to Hair Robotics on their selection for the highly competitive VentureWell Pioneer grant & training program.

Founded by Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley student/Berkeley Lab data scientist Kadidia Konate, Hair Robotics helps braiding specialists around the world perform their craft faster and with less risk of repetitive injury. As a UC Berkeley Fung Institute For Engineering Leadership M.Eng alum, teammate Demi Ibrahim is also a 🐻.

The pair joined 22 other student teams from across the US for two days of training in Seattle with experts from across Venturewell & beyond. Teams are solving a variety of problems with solutions ranging from a drone-powered AI solution for crop fertilization to extracting/upcycling phosphorus from wastewater.

Our very own Rhonda Shrader was an instructor & wants more UC Berkeley teams in this fantastic program.

Applications for the next round open on Aug 5 with a deadline of Oct 2. More here: https://venturewell.org/e-team-program/

And...the Cheewara Hair Braiding Assistant is coming soon, join the waiting list here: www.cheewara.com 🔥🚀

07/30/2024

🐻 🐻 going for the $1M 🥇 🥇 💰 💰

UC Berkeley Campus Round Hult Prize Foundation winner Plastus is headed to the UK for the Hult Accelerator + Global Finals in London on September 6. Plastus makes PHA biodegradable bioplastic by re-purposing organic waste. 💚 🌲

So excited for Nouf Alhazmi College Of Chemistry - UC Berkeley Bioprocess Engineering & Natalia Shamoon UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

Natalia has been a longstanding fixture Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley, serving as both our Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator and National Science Foundation Regional training TA.

Join us in cheering on this world changing 🚀 🎆

06/26/2024

Go 🐻 🐻 !!

Plastus, the UC Berkeley Hult Prize OnCampus winner. won the Boston Summit & is heading to the $1M Finals in London!! 😍 🥇

Plastus makes PHA biodegradable bioplastic by re-purposing organic waste. 💚 🌲

This dream team consists of three Masters students: Nouf Alhazmi, College Of Chemistry - UC Berkeley BioProcess Engineering, Kevin Antonio Cahya UC Berkeley Fung Institute For Engineering Leadership & Maya Stern UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society.

Big win for UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley & all of the teams + Campus Directors who have come before them. Shoutout to Zachary Zeleznick for spinning up the first Hult Prize campus round almost 10 yrs ago that powered Sneha Sheth to present Dost Education for the first time. 😎

Join us cheering on Plastus on September 6 in London!

06/14/2024

We're smack dab in the middle of National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer 24 , grinding away toward the goal of 100 interviews...always a great time to get good news from past teams. 😉

Congrats to joint UC Berkeley + Berkeley Lab (& Summer 22 National -Corps) team Aepnus Technology!

$8M raise for converting battery waste into 2 key chemicals for further production + mitigating a projected 3 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.💪

Best part? 2 of the nicest guys on the 🌎 Way to go Bilen & Lukas, you are rock stars!! 🤩 🤩

What can I-Corps do for your STEM startup? Apply by 6/28 for the free, 3-evening, virtual class starting 7/15. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xcA2mD

https://bit.ly/3RwxxCv

Led by Clean Energy Ventures, the seed round is composed of an experienced consortium of new and returning investors across the climate tech ecosystem

06/09/2024

No shiny disco balls Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley last Friday, but lots of energetic discussion around all things quantum, microelectronics and materials science.

Participants received expert advice on quantum vs. AI, how startups can collaborate better with deep tech researchers & why fault tolerant quantum is the most exciting recent development.

Thanks to panelists Charles Ling (Foothill Ventures), Xiaoming Yin, Ph.D (Lockheed Ventures) & Nicolas Sawaya, PhD (Azulene Labs) & to Lucian Sweitzer for his expert moderation. Thanks also to Jeremy Greeter, PhD & Kelly Yan from Berkeley Lab for moderating.

Awesome to get a National Science Foundation (NSF) shoutout during the panel--learn more about how I-Corps can bring your deep tech startup idea to life. Apply by 6/28 for the free, 3-evening, virtual class starting 7/15. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xcA2mD

06/05/2024

Got quantum, microelectronics or MatSci?

See you on Friday @ Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley!

05/31/2024

Congrats to the Spring 24 Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley Trione Seed Fund Award winners! Each team will receive $5k for their startup. 🚀 🚀

Winners include alums from programs such as Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator, Berkeley StEP, National Science Foundation (NSF) & classes such as Lean LaunchPad.

From improving human health to fighting retail fraud to making the planet more sustainable, our students are fearless in tackling the world's toughest challenges.

Go, 🐻 🐻

AfriClimate
Code Blue AI
Freya Health
Optigenix
Prop360
Pyronaut Aierial Firefighting
Rimba
Sinner's Pop
Yant AI

05/24/2024

Congrats to the latest cohort of teams wrapping up May National Science Foundation (NSF) & thanks to Seo Yeon Yoon Dave Weiner Natalia Shamoon for making it happen!

Great teams from UC Berkeley Stanford University & Yale University with one of our favorite VCIC alums, Bear Häon co-leading Geo-Sward alongside PhD student Ruth Kravis.

Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley was also well represented, with MBA/MPH Apoorv Kumar co-leading Mekateka & incoming BEA Co-Pres Akash Jain & Zhenxiong Jia co-leading SwiftCool AI. Through the course, they were able to validate several of their value propositions--and more importantly, begin prioritizing them. 💪

What can this free, monthly training do for your startup? Apply by midnight for our double feature June cohort, with one track led by LSEC head Darren Cooke and the other by another beloved instructor, Chris DeNoia.
https://bit.ly/3WJ9YKm

05/17/2024

Happy commencement & congratulations to our Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley Gloria Appel Leadership award winners:

Mohammad Naqvi
Ran Yang
Yuguang Yuan

All 3 are who went completely Beyond Themselves in serving as Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator & Berkeley Entrepreneurs Association co-chairs.

We appreciate & will miss you more than you can ever know! Infinite gratitude to you for your leadership, humor & hustle. 💙 💙 🐻 🐻

05/15/2024

Congrats to Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley MBA alum Chinmay Malaviya, co-founder of Ridepanda for being recognized in Fast Company's latest award list. 🐻💙🔥

See the finalists and honorable mentions in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards in the transportation category.

05/07/2024

Seed funding deadline extended until May 12. Get your applications in for one of 10, $5k awards. Must have a current Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley student on the team. 🐻💙🔥

Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Startup Seed Funding In this Page: Requirements Process Frequently Asked Questions Past Recipients In Brief: The Trione Student Venture Fund was endowed by a gift from Victor Trione, MBA 70, and provides a prize package that includes $5,000 to enable experiential learn...

05/03/2024

Congrats to Kelly Ochoa & all the other Berkeley StEP volunteers on another fantastic semester! 🐻💙

See their LI post below for all the details. Great representation from across campus, including all 4 Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley programs + UC Berkeley schools, including a finalist team from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

And...in breaking news, 2nd place team Code Blue (& National Science Foundation (NSF) -Corps alum) took top honors at Big Ideas Contest the next night. 🐻💙

🏆 Introducing Our Winners! 🏆

If you couldn't join us for the StEP Spring 2024 Showcase, you missed out on some fun! It was a pleasure to see student founders, VCs, supporters, and community members gather to celebrate the 28 startups from our Spring 2024 cohort! 💙 💛 🐻

We shared laughs, indulged in tasty treats from our HighTide Eats | Sinner's Pop team, learned about local news with YULI, and explored cool devices from Metior.AI.

🎉 Congratulations to our winners!

1st Place: Rimba (Timothy Daniel, Akshay Sharma, Ryanza Prasetya)
2nd Place: CodeBlue ( Ashmita Kumar, Ericka Maria C.)
3rd Place: Prop360 (Laura Dirtadian, Brittany Hampton)

🌟 Congratualtions to our standout finalists:

HighTide Eats | Sinner's Pop (Rachael Oczkus, Rohan Halageri Uday, Jeet Shah, PMP)

YULI (Maria Fernanda Bernal, Roshan Mohan)

Pursuit.AI (Vinay Pappu, Kimberly S., Krissy Estrada)

Metior.AI (Sam Green, Jack Simon, Dom Barrale, Nicholas Carrasco)

AtlasNova (Xing Wen, Michael Wohlert, Oleksandr Krotenko)

🌟 Thank you to our judges who provided our teams with insightful and challenging questions

David Bloom | The House Fund
David Hehman | Underdog Labs
(Kai) Sidhant | WestBridge Capital
Rhonda Shrader | Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship

💙 And let's not forget our mentors, alumni, and supporters who have been with us every step of the way, sharing laughs and lending support!

Let's look forward to doing it all over again next semester! Stay tuned...

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship, Santiago Pezzoni, Santiago Freyria Dueñas, Sàman K, Kevin Dewald, Dave Weiner, Rhonda Shrader, Adeeba Fazil

04/30/2024

Thanks to the Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley Marketing team & photographer Jim Block for the Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator love. 💙🐻🔥🚀

Startup teams at UC LAUNCH Demo Day last week pitched ideas ranging from more efficient package delivery to better nutritional supplements.

04/28/2024

Thanks to the incredible Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley UC Berkeley student leadership team for making it happen! Saumya Shahi Ruth Mbanali Natalia Shamoon Samreen Asad Lauren Miller Ashish Aggarwal Naomi Jacobson

Infinite gratitude to outgoing co-chair Mohammad Naqvi who is literally, the man who saved Launch: The University of California's Startup Accelerator. He stepped up at a critical time, staying on for an unprecedented 3 semesters, all while working full time, having a son and finishing his . His leadership, ability to help our teams progress and energy embody our Defining Principles. 🐱 💙