Our friends over at Free Ventures are ramping up for another cycle this semester, and they are currently accepting applications! Check them out below: Free Ventures is a student-run, non-profit startup incubator that provides students with funds, resources, and mentors to turn an idea or prototype into a...
Thursday, February 12, 2015 12-1PM Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Come hear Marc Tarpenning CS'85, Co-Founder & Former VP of Electrical Engineering of Tesla Motors, share his experience as an entrepreneur co-founding the most disruptive and innovative company in the auto industry within the last 100 years. Mr. Tarpenning ran...
This past month was quite a month at The Foundry. We co-hosted Cal Hacks, hosted international visitors, had our CITRIS retreat at UC Merced, held the final week of the Intel Make-It-Wearable Challenge, welcomed Max Levchin to Cal and, oh yeah...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 5-6:30PM Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Come hear Jack McCauley, VP of Engineering for Oculus, share his 30+ years of experience shaping the video gaming and entertainment-wear industries. Jack's talk will include time for Q&A and a demo of the latest...
Fireside Chat with Max Levchin: Data, Fintech, & How to Solve Hard, Valuable & Fun Problems Thanks to low-cost sensors of every imaginable type, near-ubiquitous wireless broadband, advances in distributed computing and storage, data is becoming our most plentiful, and most under-exploited commodity. The insights mined...
Gagan Biyani, Co-Founder and CEO, Sprig; and Co-Founder of Udemy Matt Kent, Co-Founder and Engineering Lead, Sprig Join us for refreshments and conversation with Gagan Biyani, Econ '08, co-founder of two of the hottest startups in the Bay Area--Sprig and Udemy--and creator of the popular Growth Hackers Conference. Along the...
Five new teams have recently joined the CITRIS Foundry. Created in 2012, the Foundry helps entrepreneurs build companies that make a significant impact on the world. The teams are granted a six-month residency (with a possible six-month extension) providing access to design, manufacturing and business...