Are you looking to hire? Localwise, a UC Berkeley startup is co-hosting the Berkeley Startup Job Fair in partnership with the City of Berkeley on January 28th. The event is focused on promoting diversity in tech startup. ...
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 The CITRIS Foundry is hosting a Demo Day to celebrate the graduation of our Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 cohorts. The Demo Day will serve as an opportunity for...
We're excited to announce that Dr. Rikky Muller, co-founder of Cortera Neurotechnologies, Inc. (CITRIS Foundry Spring '13), has been recognized as an Honoree of MIT Technology Review's annual list of Global Innovators Under 35 for her work in the field of Engineering and Medicine. Rikky, who was part of...
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Kvamme Atrium (3rd Floor), Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 The Foundry at CITRIS is hosting a Demo Day to celebrate the graduation of our Spring 2014 cohort! The Demo Day will serve as an opportunity for all 4 teams to share short...
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...
When the Foundry at CITRIS started in 2013, our goal was to help entrepreneurs from the University of California build companies that make a significant impact on the world. Our mission is to help companies tackle big problems in industries ranging from clean tech to...
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...