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== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==
  
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The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.
  
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Fellows must gauge their campus ecosystem based on five parameters as shown in the five sections below. To learn more about these five parameters visit this page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/The_Innovative_and_Entrepreneurial_University http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/The_Innovative_and_Entrepreneurial_University]
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Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. 
  
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If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. 
  
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UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. 
  
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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
  
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''Colleges and universities are investing heavily in the development of their students’ entrepreneurial skills. While many students dream of starting the next Facebook® or Twitter® (both of which were started by students), universities are more focused on the pedagogical value of entrepreneurship as a set of skills that can be applied across professional environments and activities to supplement the students’ classroom experience. Universities are investing both in formal programs as well as in extra-curricular activities to channel students’ interest in solving global problems through entrepreneurship. Examples of formal programs include degrees and certificates in entrepreneurship, while examples of extra-curricular activities include business plan contests, entrepreneurship clubs, and startup internships. Many universities are even experimenting with on-campus accelerators, entrepreneurial dorms, and student venture funds. At the very least, these activities provide critical organizational skills to students, and at the very best, may create the next great university spinoff.''
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Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.
  
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The research you conducted for your Landscape Canvas corresponds to the 5 parameters. Your research will be most robust in this section (Discover, Learn and Experiment), related to "Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship."
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Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. 
  
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== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==
  
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''Faculty and doctoral graduate students conduct the research powering many of the innovations that spawn high-growth startups. However, even at our nation’s most entrepreneurial universities, many faculty and graduate students do not always consider the market and societal relevance of their research. To address this issue, universities are putting in place a series of policy changes to encourage more faculty entrepreneurship, which in turn will complement the student entrepreneurship. These changes include greater recognition of faculty entrepreneurs, integrating entrepreneurship into the faculty tenure and selection process, and increasing faculty connections to outside partners - through externships, engagement with business, and targeted resources for startup creation. Finally, universities are actively working with federal agencies to address some of the regulatory challenges around faculty entrepreneurship, in particular, those related to conflict of interest and national security issues.''
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Berkeley is a hub of entrepreneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these programs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitalist, professors, and startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders building transformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of California students. 
  
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While it doesn't seem as though it directly impacts you, the extent to which faculty are encouraged to innovate and pursue entrepreneurial pathways really does help determine the extent to which they will encourage students to explore their innovative and entrepreneurial potential. Encouragement at the faculty level is one of the things that differentiates more developed I&E ecosystems. Under the "Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship" category, please provide a succinct view of whether faculty are supported to be entrepreneurial or commercialize their research.
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== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==
  
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= Actively supporting the university technology transfer function =
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University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.
  
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''University Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) and Technology Licensing Offices (TLO) have traditionally been the hubs within universities where innovators and outside business leaders engage to commercialize inventions. The recent burst of entrepreneurship on campuses has greatly expanded the role of the TTOs and TLOs. Instead of merely focusing on the commercialization of individual technologies, these offices now act as a central point where students, faculty, alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry can connect with each other. These offices are now focused on identifying and supporting entrepreneurship on campus, helping startups find the best opportunities and building successful business models, changing the culture of their universities, and creating companies that will be based in the communities around the university. TTOs and TLOs have also expanded support beyond their traditional areas, such as energy and life sciences, into education, social innovation, and agriculture.''
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The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made available to students. The university has created a multitude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entrepreneurs, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entrepreneurial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university.
  
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Your research about IP policies in "Pursue" in the Landscape Canvas will give you a view into the resources your technology transfer office provides. Include this overview in "Actively supporting the university technology transfer function". If your school doesn't have a technology transfer office, you can skip this section.
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Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation.
  
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== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==
  
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''Businesses and industry benefit greatly from university research and innovation. Universities are constantly looking for ways to connect their research and students’ education to emerging industry interests. In recent years, universities have put greater emphasis on supporting startup companies, while continuing to engage established companies that have traditionally been their licensing partners. To facilitate greater collaboration and innovation, universities are opening up their facilities, faculty, and students to businesses (small and large) in the hopes of creating greater economic value. Universities are strategically partnering with companies, offering internships and externships, sharing facilities with startups, such as accelerators, and creating venture funds and incentive programs funded by industry, all of which drive increased innovation and product development by university students, faculty, and staff.''
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Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups.
  
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The "Spin Out" section of your Landscape Canvas relates to research centers, industrial parks and industry/mentor networks and will give you a sense of whether the University is "Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration."
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Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunities for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures. 
  
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''Historically, local economic development has been an important mission of the nation’s large universities. Many of America’s leading universities, particularly land-grant universities, have always felt a strong responsibility for the betterment of their surrounding communities. These days, universities are increasingly focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship as key contributors to the growth and success of local communities. Universities are requesting the federal government to include commercialization and innovation-driven economic development in their grant programs. In addition, regional economic development planning now often starts with an assessment of a local university’s research strengths. In turn, universities are seeking partners to supplement their strengths and overcome their weaknesses through partnerships with community colleges, non-profit economic development agencies, governments, and entrepreneurship groups. Some universities, such as Tulane University, are asking their students and faculty to contribute to local community development through service and projects. Others, such as North Carolina State University, are building innovation-driven campuses that help surrounding cities and communities prosper.''
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley_Student_Priorities#Related_Links University of California, Berkeley Student Priorities]
  
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The "Spin Out" section of your Landscape Canvas also reveals the extent to which the University is engaging with regional and local economic development efforts. Many campuses also have an economic development office and staff whose responsibility it is to leverage the University's research and development for positive local economic benefit.
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=== University Innovation Fellows ===
  
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==== <u>Spring 2017</u> ====
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Precious_Listana Precious Listana]
  
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[Your campus name] Strategic Priorities
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Kamgar Alex Kamgar]
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sydney_Zachariah#Biography Sydney Zachariah]
  
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Hyperlink the name of every UIF who has ever gone through the program and point people to their wiki bio. List them in reverse chronological order. Use headings to separate cohorts like this "Fall 2017:'. Here's an example:
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Zamora James Zamora]
  
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Spring 2016: [[Ann Delaney]]
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jared_Karp Jared Karp]
  
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Adam Eastman
  
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Contents

Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship

The University of California, Berkeley is leading the forefront in student innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in higher education. Students have the options to pursue I&E classes through the Saturdja Center, or develop their own ventures with the support of The House, Skydeck and various startup competitions led by the Haas School of Business. These various resources have encouraged collaboration between cross-disciplines from students and faculty.

Since 2005, the Saturdja Center for Entrepreneurship & Tech (SCET) has pioneered the the practice of technology-focused innovation and entrepreneurship. Every year, students from diverse backgrounds participate in application-based classes offered by the SCET. These classes first start with awareness through the Newton Lecture Series and the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (BMOE). Top executives from small startups to big companies share their entrepreneurial journey in the Lecture Series, and the BMOE provides students the opportunity to pitch and create their own in startup in one-week! That awarness is then chanelled to theory and practice through semester collider projects, challenges labs, & skills development courses. The goal of the SCET is to guide students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to launch their startup in or after college. 

If a student decides to launch their startup while in college, they can reach out to The House and Skydeck for initial seed funding. The House also provides a workspace for aspiring entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate together. Similar to The House, Skydeck is UC Berkeley's primary startup accelerator. Skydeck was founded on a partnership between the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business, with the goal of bringing students from multidisciplinary backgrounds transform their discoveries into startup ventures. 

UC Berkeley is ranked as the "#2 university worldwide for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs" (Skydeck). This is possible because of the campus's commitment to bringing diverse students together in the classroom and spaces of collaboration, creating their own curriculum for entrepreneurship & tech through the Saturdja Center, and funding student ideas into scaleable businesses. 

Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is seen both inside and outside the classroom. The faculty in the College of Letters & Science (L&S) collaborated with the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program to guide students to turn their ideas into scaleable ventures. This is seen through interactive courses like the L&S 5 and L&S 105, where entrepreneurs share their experiences on what it means to be an "entrepreneur". By connecting humanities with business, students and faculty from non-traditional entrepreneurial backgrounds are gaining the opportunity to understand what it means to start a venture.

Outside of the classroom, the campus partners with various industries to ideate, inspire and invent new forms of technologies. For example, Berkeley launched RISElab (Real-time Intelligence with Secure Execution), sponsored by IBM, Intel, GE Digital, and more, to bring together faculty and students to explore and innovate Big Data analytics. The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) fosters collaboration between the computer science, statistics and applied math departments between faculty and students to lead the data science revolution. Both RISElab and BIDS are just two of the many industry alliance programs that connect faculty, students and companies to cultivate faculty innovation and entrepreneurship. 

Actively supporting the university technology transfer function

Berkeley is a hub of entrepreneur and innovator opportunities for its students. Numerous resources connect aspiring students to professors, companies, and investors in the area. These resources include 'the House', AMPLab, Berkeley IP and Technology Transfer, Signature Innovation Fellow, Berkeley Angel Network, SkyDeck, Citirus Foundry, and many more. All these programs are connected with faculties in specific schools like SkyDeck is with the Haas School of Business. They are connected to huge companies like AMPLab is with companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, etc. They are also connected with everything ranging from angel investors, venture capitalist, professors, and startups. Berkeley has plenty of resources available to its students. Citirus Foundry for example, is an accelerator for founders building transformative technology companies. They invest and help found tech startups and startup idea from a select group of University of California students. 

Facilitating university-industry collaboration

University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These developments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with businesses and industries outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.

The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and facilities made available to students. The university has created a multitude of spaces for students and other aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect with alumni and faculty in order to promote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. One example of this the Berkeley Angel network, which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup ideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, advisory or business networks for their students to create a supportive environment that fosters the growth of their students. One program is VC connect which involves students, network entrepreneurs, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and investor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, alumni, and faculty of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to create influential startups and companies with the aid of fellow graduates. They accomplish this by communication of goals, transferring of information about ideas, experiences, and connections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of business that has contacts in the entrepreneurial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university.

Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research by creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry innovation.

Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts

Various programs on campus are participating in regional and local economic development efforts to grow the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The Berkeley Angel Network brings together angel investors, UC Berkeley faculty and alumni to help scale startups started by students. These students are connected to a huge network of mentors to guide them in their business model canvas, team synergy and execution of their strategies. Similar to the Berkeley Angel Network, there are numerous accelerators on campus that transform startups into fundable businesses. Launch brings in UC Berkeley faculty and serial-entrepreneur mentors to connect student entrepreneurs to working professionals, develop their MVPs, and gain initial funding. If students are looking for biotech accelerators, the QB3-CLSA Accelerator helps their members with research and commercializing their products. These Accelerator programs are opportunities for students to gain the support and space to scale their startups.

Outside of network and mentorship, Berkeley provides numerous opportunities for seed funding including the Berkeley-Haas Dean's Startup Seed Fund and the House fund. The House Fund was started by a Berkeley student because he realized that there are limited programs on campus that invest in student discoveries. Not only do they provide initial funding, but they also provide a collaborative environment for student-entrepreneurs to work with their teams. From networking to seed funding, UC Berkeley is transforming the way students develop their startups into successful ventures. 

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