As an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, Dylan Chiu studied Public Health and Political Economics and earned the SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. Today, he serves as a Principal at the Berkeley Frontier Fund, where he invests in the next generation of technology startups within the Berkeley network and gives back to UC Berkeley…
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Mar Navarro, originally a student from Spain, joined the SCET community after participating in the Startup Semester at Berkeley in 2023. Since then, she has immersed herself in the Berkeley ecosystem, embracing every opportunity that comes her way. She has taken numerous SCET classes, including Startup Catalyst, Technology Entrepreneurship, Connected Life Challenge Lab, Richard Newton’s…
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At the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET), we believe that students learn entrepreneurship best through hands-on opportunities and direct engagement with industry leaders. Our approach ensures that students learn practical skills from individuals who have tackled real-world challenges and understand what it takes to innovate in today’s fast-paced industries. Our instructors include a…
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As an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, Shuo Chen triple majored in Business Administration, Economics, and Rhetoric, minored in Public Policy, and earned the SCET Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. Today, she is a General Partner at IOVC, investing in early-stage enterprise and SaaS startups. Additionally, she is an instructor at UC Berkeley and Stanford…
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Between October 28 and 30, representatives of the SCET community attended TechCrunch Disrupt, a three-day conference held annually in San Francisco. The event featured keynotes from industry experts, roundtable discussions, and pitch sessions, offering attendees an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the most disruptive technologies and discover emerging startups. At TechCrunch Disrupt, four Berkeley startups—Optigenix,…
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Join us at Collider Cup XV, where innovative Berkeley minds converge for the university’s premier technology showcase and pitch competition. Event Details Register now! Collider Cup XV is Berkeley SCET’s pitch competition and a showcase of Berkeley’s top student venture teams from the Fall 2024 semester. This event is the culmination of a semester’s hard…
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Nicolás Camhi joined the SCET community in 2018 after earning a scholarship from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile to participate in the Startup Semester program at UC Berkeley SCET. Camhi earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, he knew early on that he wanted…
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Minjoo Sur (B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ‘18), co-founder and CEO of Huddle, joined the UC Berkeley SCET community after transferring to UC Berkeley in the fall of 2016. Since then, she has worked as a software engineer at Salesforce. Over the past year, she has furthered her mission to help people stay motivated…
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This summer, I participated in the Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program in Europe, a month-long study abroad experience held in Segovia, Spain, and Porto, Portugal. The program was divided into two parts. The first week, known as Berkeley Leadership Week (ENGIN 183B: Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship), was an experiential, gamified experience held at IE University…
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SimpleCell, the brainchild of Sehej Bindra and Arvind Vivekanadan, was developed in the Spring 2024 SCET course titled Transforming Brain Health with Neurotech. By the end of May, the team earned second place at the Collider Cup and was recently accepted into Forum Ventures. SimpleCell is a platform integrating large language models to streamline bioinformatics…
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