Opportunities

Apply by Sunday, April 26th at 11:59PM PST for $5,000 to support your high risk, high reward projects that embody the Haas Defining Principle to Question The Status Quo. The Trione Student Venture Fund provides a prize package that includes $5,000 to enable experiential learning to 20 early-stage student startups each year. The Sega Sammy Fund for New Media was provides $5,000 awards to four student startups annually that are focused on ventures such as entertainment, gaming, or new technology for use in prototype development and customer discovery. Teams must have at least one current MBA or undergrad Haas student. If the startup results from classwork, a single-page Faculty recommendation will also be required. Awardees will be selected by a committee comprised of Faculty and Institute for Business Innovation leadership along with investors and leaders from the Berkeley entrepreneurship ecosystem. Awards are a one-time contribution. Awardees can apply again for other student experiential learning ventures,…

For early stage/ideation stage startups: LEVEL UP YOUR IDEA OR PROTOTYPE WITH LEAN STARTUP TOOLS. Learn the basics, find out if there is a true market need, and pivot if needed. We’ll show you how! Link: https://forms.gle/dwUnbtcJruJpDD3z5

With $190,000 in prizes, the DEBUT Challenge is open to undergraduate student teams working on innovative solutions for unmet health and clinical problems. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell have come together to support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge, a competition that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical design and innovation. Contact: Jianming, hello@venturewell.org.