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Fintech Collider in Singapore – Now Accepting Applications!

By Yeri / March 18, 2016 / Comments Off on Fintech Collider in Singapore – Now Accepting Applications!

The Sutardja Center is now accepting applications for the summer 2016 Fintech Collider in Singapore! We are partnering with the Inter Varsity Entrepreneur Challenge (IVEC), to bring 8 UC Berkeley students to Singapore and compete in an intensive one-week Fintech Challenge from May 29th to June 4th. A total of 48 students from three world-class universities,…

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Former Sutardja Center Startup Eko Named one of TIME Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2015”

By Yeri / November 23, 2015 / Comments Off on Former Sutardja Center Startup Eko Named one of TIME Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2015”

We are excited to announce that the Eko Core “Superior Stethoscope” has been named one of TIME Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2015”! Congratulations Eko!  

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Jessica Mah Speaks at Sutardja Center Newton Lecture Series

Jessica Mah Speaks at Sutardja Center Newton Lecture Series

By Yeri / November 6, 2015 / Comments Off on Jessica Mah Speaks at Sutardja Center Newton Lecture Series

This past week the Sutardja Center hosted an exceptional A. Richard Newton Series lecture – a fireside chat with Jessica Mah, Cal grad and cofounder & CEO of inDinero. Jess is certainly accomplished and articulate, but what made the evening exceptional, was the sincerety, authenticity (even if it’s an overused word) and vulnerability of insights…

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Join Us on 10/13 – NSF Talk: “Creating a National Innovation Ecosystem”

By Yeri / October 9, 2015 / Comments Off on Join Us on 10/13 – NSF Talk: “Creating a National Innovation Ecosystem”

Don Millard, Deputy Division Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps Sites Program, will discuss the NSF’s funding strategy for an Innovation Ecosystem and its support of research driven entrepreneurship. Dr. Millard’s talk will take place on Tuesday, October 13th at 2:15PM in 250 Sutardja Dai Hall. This talk is sponsored by the…

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Berkeley Engineering Launches the Jacobs Institute of Design

By Yeri / August 31, 2015 /

This month, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation is opening in the newly constructed Jacobs Hall at the northeast corner of campus next to Soda Hall. With 24,000 square feet, five design studios and access to the latest equipment for rapid prototyping and fabrication, Jacobs Hall will help provide enough space to let ideas loose.…

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Prime UC Invites UC Startups to Compete for $300,000 in Award Money

By Yeri / August 12, 2015 /

Startup companies from the University of California are invited to compete for a total of $300,000 in award money during the first Prime UC competition, part of President Janet Napolitano’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, it was announced today. In what is hoped will be the first of several such competitions designed to help the most…

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Berkeley-Haas Open Innovation Awards – Deadline Extended to 8/13!

By Yeri / August 3, 2015 /

The Garwood Center and NineSigma are sponsoring the Berkeley-Haas Open Innovation Awards and we’re looking to shine the light and honor start-up disruptors; business model transformers and leaders in Open Innovation! The award is open to all and it would be great if you could send the attached to your teams/contacts, etc. and encourage them…

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