Our MEng alumni are changing the world! From hundreds of nominations, both Ava (Thibault Duchemin) and Dray Technologies (Anthony Sutardja) made Inc.’s list of 50 global entrepreneurs under 25. Congrats! The finalists were chosen after being evaluated on the feasibility of the company’s vision. Additionally, a new criterion this year was that each company on the… Read More »
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3rd Annual Crowdfunding Symposium
This past weekend, CrowdBerkeley hosted the 3rd annual academic symposium on crowdfunding to take a global look at the developing phenomena of social finance for SMEs and Innovation - whether strictly “crowdfunding” or more broadly the application of social finance mechanisms including Peer-to-Peer lending, Peer-to-Business lending, and all other forms of crowdfunding and crowdfund investing. Since the 2013 conference, the number of platforms has more than doubled, and despite significant delays in enacting rules to allow equity crowdfunding in the United States, many nations have adopted laws and rules to allow crowdfunding. There has also been significant interest from NGOs, Foundations, Philanthropic groups, universities, and other groups in the application of crowdfunding mechanisms to solve both complex global challenges as well as fund hyper-local programs. These are the articles that were presented at the symposium: CrowdBerkeley – Databases and Tools for the Study of Crowdfunding Adverse Selection on Maturity Equity Crowdfunding, Information Asymmetry, and the Rise of Online Syndication Peer to Peer Rental Markets in the Sharing Economy Bias and Reciprocity in… Read More »
Smart Seat wins two awards at TOM Bay Area Makeathon
Over the weekend two MEng alums, Oscar Segovia and Yakshu Madaan, participated in the Tikkum Olam Makers Bay Area Makeathon. In just 72 hours their team, “Team Smart Ass,” created a Smart Seat to help alleviate the development of pressure sores, a problem that patients confined to a wheelchair are often faced with. Huge congratulations to… Read More »
Take a Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone
The stethoscope, that iconic tool of doctors, has been upgraded several times since it was invented two centuries ago. Eko Devices, a start-up led by three recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley, is betting that it is time for another innovative overhaul. Last Friday, the fledgling company received approval from the Food and Drug… Read More »
President Obama Hosts First-Ever White House Demo Day
Today, President Obama will host the first-ever White House Demo Day focused on inclusive entrepreneurship, welcoming startup founders from diverse walks of life and from across the country to showcase their innovations. The President will also announce new public- and private-sector commitments that promise to provide more Americans with the opportunity to pursue their bold,… Read More »
