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Free Ventures is an initiative for the students, by the students. We like to call it a microgrant.
Free Ventures is UC Berkeley's leading pre-seed startup incubator, crafting highly individualized paths for student founders across industries and academic backgrounds in a 3-month program. Our mission is to free students from the constraints that hinder exploration, allowing for the pursuit of high-impact ventures. To start out in the efforts to improve life for entrepreneurs on campus, we have put together a program that is launching in Fall of 2013. In the program students receive two upper division UGBA units for participating in the Free Ventures program, to help ease the load of classe. Free Ventures also gives funding to teams on a need basis, while taking no part of the venture and expecting no money in return. Eachh project team is assigned a mentor with project specific background from either industry or academia as well, to help provide real world experience to the team. The program also has guest lecturers that hold workshops and sit down with each individual teams for domain advice tailored to each group, as well as giving students dedicated space to work. You can see us featured on Bloomberg TV, by the Daily Cal, and by Big Ideas @ Berkeley below. Please feel Free to reach out to us if you want to partake in any way, or think you can help our efforts! http://bloom.bg/18TqTN3#ooid=lqa2loYzp2p9X0Dwge33qegsRyrwgSwe
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/19/uc-berkeley-students-participate-in-36-hour-hackfest/
http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/2013/06/20/bloomberg-hackfest/
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03/13/2021
Midterms got you cramming the internal application in at the last minute? Good news: we're extending the deadline to tomorrow night, 3/13 at 11:59 pm PST!
Free Ventures Free Ventures hosts a semester-long accelerator program in the fall and spring academic semesters. We connect founders to experienced mentors who can help think strategically about how to grow their businesses and provide a host of personalized resources to help startups scale into the future.
03/08/2021
Work closely with the top student-run, early stage companies at UC Berkeley: Free Ventures, Cal's leading pre-seed startup accelerator, is recruiting for our internal team!
Internal team members receive:
- unparalleled exposure to Berkeley's leading startups.
- opportunities to select founders, operate the accelerator, and manage portfolio companies and partner relations.
- opportunities to help batch companies with strategy, fundraising, marketing, and more.
You'll curate a support network of top venture capitalists, resource partners, and founders from around the Valley. FreeV alumni companies have been backed by Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, 8VC, and more, and have collectively raised over $55 million in funding.
Apps are due on Friday 3/12 at 11:59 PST at http://www.freeventures.org/apply/. We can’t wait to read yours!
Free Ventures Free Ventures hosts a semester-long accelerator program in the fall and spring academic semesters. We connect founders to experienced mentors who can help think strategically about how to grow their businesses and provide a host of personalized resources to help startups scale into the future.
02/06/2021
Cal Founders!
Feeling rushed to submit? No worries. We're extending our batch apps by 24 hours to TOMORROW, 2/6 midnight PST.
Join the 60+ teams who have been through our batch program:
https://tinyurl.com/freev-apply-s21
https://www.freeventures.org/
Free Ventures Free Ventures hosts a semester-long accelerator program in the fall and spring academic semesters. We connect founders to experienced mentors who can help think strategically about how to grow their businesses and provide a host of personalized resources to help startups scale into the future.
Had a busy week? No worries — our Internal Team app deadline is being EXTENDED by a day.
Apply at freeventures.org/apply by Saturday 10/24 at midnight to work with Cal's most promising student startups. We can't wait to hear from you!
10/01/2020
We're excited to spotlight our next Fiat Lux speaker, Jessica Ou! Jess joined NEA in 2018 as an investor focused on both enterprise and consumer technology companies. Prior to joining NEA, Jess spent two years at Morgan Stanley in their Global Technology Group in Menlo Park, covering companies across enterprise software, infrastructure, and consumer internet.
From Jess: "I’ve felt improving gender diversity in the business world is of huge importance ever since I joined Berkeley Women in Business my freshman year in college. Female founders, investors, and operators are significantly under-represented in the tech industry across all levels. I’ve found it very important in my career to find senior female mentors for guidance in navigating the industry, so I’m excited to speak at Fiat Lux."
Come hear from Jess and other amazing women TOMORROW at Fiat Lux | Female Leaders (Hosted by Free Ventures)
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