Christopher Ategeka, a CET Venture Lab alumni, was named to Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Entrepreneurship! Way to go Chris! LINK

Press Release Berkeley, London and Cambridge. The world’s leading entrepreneurial and social finance research center at the University of California, Berkeley is partnering with Nesta and the University of Cambridge to launch the UK Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey. Opens on 25 November and closes on 5 December, this benchmarking survey aims to capture the size,… Read More »

Taken from Berkeley Engineer Fall 2013 Volume 4 (Pictured Above: Richard Swart, Director, Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance) One of the biggest roadblocks to innovation is access to capital. Until last year, laws written decades ago, which were designed to protect everyday investors in an information-poor environment, dictated how the financial world… Read More »

Taken from KTVU News Experts say users will likely see changes because the company must find a way to make money to satisfy its shareholders. “It has got to show the market how it can convert millions and millions of users all over the world into customers,” said John Danner, a senior fellow at UC… Read More »

Taken from Forbes In a move many watchers find promising, the SEC today approved a proposed plan from Congress for the rules to define equity crowdfunding in the U.S., a long-awaited outcome of the bipartisan JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act that was enacted last year. The proposal now remains open for comment for the… Read More »

Taken from Berkeley College of Engineering News Center The first international agreement to share research data on crowdfunding — an increasingly popular financing model that allows entrepreneurs to raise capital using social media — was framed during an Oct. 17–18 symposium organized by the College of Engineering’s Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. The symposium, Crowdfunding:… Read More »

A new symposium at the University of California, Berkeley, held by the Fung Institute, will explore the world of crowdfunding, an increasingly popular financing model that harnesses the power of social networks to raise money. The event will be the first international academic symposium on the innovative funding technique that has allowed small businesses and… Read More »

Equity crowdfunding is much like crowdfunding, which has been popularized in the United States through sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The difference is that instead of individuals supporting campaigns through donations, numerous investors are purchasing small stakes in startups or small businesses. Critics of crowdfunding worry that the industry will be rife with Ponzi… Read More »