NSF Bay Area I-Corps News
LAUNCH Team DNALite in IndieBio
Congrats to LAUNCH team DNALite for being in the next IndieBio cohort! $250k and a sweet space in SF to accelerate their colorectal cancer therapy–awesome. Source link
NSF Bay Area I-Corps News
Butterfly Medical Develops Urinary Blockage Treatment
More love for LAUNCH from a piece in today’s Daily Cal! Get an update on how accelerator alums like Idan Geva (pictured) and Manuel Acevedo are changing the world for good. Source link
NSF Bay Area I-Corps News
SCET’s MTI + NSF I-Corps = Win-Win
Congrats to our latest crop of NSF I-Corps Immersive Short grads! This cohort was a joint effort with Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s (SCET) Management of Technology Innovation (MTI) class with grad students from across campus. Upon completion of the Immersive Short, students are now 2/3 of the way through Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
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 (CITRIS) and Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
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 (CITRIS) and Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
How Bears Breed Unicorns: Inside Cal’s Vast Startup Ecosystem
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 will email it Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
How Bears Breed Unicorns: Inside Cal’s Vast Startup Ecosystem
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 will email it Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
Accelerating Momentum for Women and Girls in Science
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 women’s participation in Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
Accelerating Momentum for Women and Girls in Science
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 women’s participation in Read more…
CITRIS Foundry News
She Started It: Screening and Discussion, Feb 8th
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 degrees (3). She Started Read more…