Double Dose From The Daily Cal
A two-fer from The Daily Californian! Profiles on National NSF I-Corps team Squishy Robotics led by Professor Alice Agogino AND one of our LAUNCH standouts, senior Jeremey Hammer, founder of Bear […]
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LAUNCH’s Byte Foods Raises $16.9M
Congrats to Megan Mokri (Berkeley-Haas EWMBA 16) founder of Byte Foods on the company’s latest round, bringing the total to $16.9M. If you work in SF, you’ve most likely enjoyed a […]
UC Berkeley & UCSF Team Named As Finalist for Collegiate Inventors Award
Team Vidi, a National NSF I-Corps team from Summer 18 has been named a finalist in this annual competition sponsored by the US Patent and Trade Office. Federico is a […]
NSF I-Corps Team Making Gene Therapy Affordable & Accessible
Great feature on National NSF I-Corps team (and now company), Mekonos. In addition to I-Corps, they have continued to refine their collaborative chip technology through both the UC-wide LAUNCH accelerator […]
NSF I-Corps Helps Postdocs Change The World
The Bay Area Node proudly supported the third annual Bay Area Postodoc Symposium and had a ball. Lots of smart cookies and even a Science Battle at the end. Note: 8 […]
Neurofit @ B-School Disrupt
More Entrepreneurial Leads in the news—Team Neurofit, led by Lida Papadopoulos, MD & Haas EMBA ’16, was one of two teams representing Haas in the annual B-School Disrupt event with […]
LAUNCH Team @ Top of YC Class
They’re at it again! Medinas Health, founded by Chloe Alpert, continues crushing the competition. They were part of Y Combinator’s Summer 18 batch and were featured in a TechCrunch article, […]
Six Cal Teams @ Bay Area Summer Nationals
UC Berkeley & Berkeley-Haas were well-represented at National NSF I-Corps with a whopping six teams including, two female-founders (both MDs!) Neurofit: led by Lida Kourita #EMBA16 Respira Labs: led by Launch: The University of […]
Got Blockchain? Our NSF I-Corps Teams Sure Do!
Founder, MBA and software engineer Andy Coravos is using blockchain tools to power solutions that improve health across the globe. “There are three areas where software as a medical device […]
polySpectra’s 3D Printing Superpower
A graduate of our one week Immersive Short course in 2016, this Cyclotron Road team received an NSF Phase I SBIR in 2017. Read more about their Additive Future here.
