We are excited to announce that we have officially brought on Dr. Maher Hakim as the new Executive Director for the CITRIS Foundry. Maher was previously the Managing Director of the Qatar Science and Technology Park as well as professor of entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon...
At CITRIS Foundry, our founders are inventing the future. Walk into our brand-new entrepreneurship center on campus and you’ll see them working at the frontiers of gene editing, artificial intelligence, programmable hardware, energy systems, and other deep technologies. For the past twelve months, the Fall...
Reposted from Berkeley News By Brett Israel | Media Relations | March 7, 2017 The UC Berkeley campus has a new innovation hub that is the result of a partnership between Enel, a multinational power company, and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society...
Reposted from California Magazine. By Bill Snyder How’s this for a modern take on the venerable office vending machine? You swipe your credit or debit card, open a fridge-like glass door, and choose from an array of fresh entrees and snacks. If you want a receipt, the machine...
Reposted from the Huffington Post, By Camille Crittendon | Deputy Director, CITRIS Participation by women in scientific research is rising — women now outnumber men majoring in biological sciences and the percentage of women awarded doctoral degrees in life sciences grew from 15 percent in 1969 to 52 percent in 2009. Yet...
Join us for a screening and discussion of the new documentary, She Started It, on February 8th. Did you know? 96% of venture capitalists are men (1). Women still account for less than 10% of founders for high growth firms (2) and earn only 12.9% of computer science...
Groupe INSEEC creates a Foundation to foster entrepreneurial mindset and innovative partnerships in Silicon Valley INSEEC appoints Alain Labat, an INSEEC Alumnus as President of the INSEEC Foundation. (Silicon Valley, Paris — December 13, 2016) Groupe INSEEC has created a foundation to give itself a new tool...
The CITRIS Foundry is hosting a Demo Day to celebrate the graduation of our Fall 2015 cohort. The Demo Day will serve as an opportunity for teams to share short presentations about their companies and showcase their accomplishments. They will be available to discuss both...
Tuesday, October 25, 12PM-4PM Sutardja Dai Hall Atrium RSVP at https://entrepreneursexpofall2016.eventbrite.com...
Congratulations to WattTime, a CITRIS Foundry alumni company that is creating technology to make using clean energy as simple as tapping your smartphone. WattTime is an environmental nonprofit spinning out of the latest power grid research by University of California, Berkeley PhDs. WattTime’s "environmental demand response" platform makes it possible...