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,…

The eHub’s “Date Before You Marry” is a trial-based process designed to help founders find the right teammates by testing professional compatibility in real-time. Instead of relying solely on resumes and interviews, this program allows potential partners to test-drive their working relationship through a hands-on, short-term project. The process is simple; founders list a short-term project with a clear goal, then interested applicants apply to collaborate on that specific task. Finally, both parties work together to complete the project, evaluating their communication rhythms, work styles, and shared goals before making a long-term commitment. Submit your short-term project by April 12th.

Do you have a STEM technology innovation based startup or startup idea? Berkeley NSF I-Corps offers a free, remote 10 day customer discovery course taught by a seasoned entrepreneur, where you’ll conduct at least 20 customer discovery interviews to validate who your customer is and why, and accelerate finding product market fit. The upcoming course has 3 sessions on Zoom on May 18, May 21, & May 28 from 5-8pm PST. You need to have a team of at least 2 teammates in order to participate, and it’s about a 30-35 hour time commitment over the course.

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.