CITRIS Berkeley Foundry and Hub Ventures Announce Collaboration to Accelerate...
BERKELEY, CA and SAN FRANCISCO CA – October 3, 2012 – Today CITRIS Berkeley Foundry and Hub Ventures (www.hub-ventures.com) announced an innovative collaboration to accelerate startups using...
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If you are running a young social enterprise or looking to start one, a pit stop at a social enterprise incubator or accelerator program may be all you need to kick start your business
View ArticleSOCAP 2012: Entrepreneurship Gone Global
This year at SOCAP was especially exciting since it gave a special voice to all the intrepid entrepreneurs out there, busy changing the world one idea at a time. What was also strikingly evident at...
View ArticleHuman Safety Startups Get Cash Injection
After a successful first year, Hub Ventures and Lakeland Ventures Development are renewing their partnership
View ArticleTechnology for Good Startup Weekend
Hub Ventures is hosting a Technology for Good Startup Weekend from 12/7-12/9 that will bring together startup enthusiasts for 54 hours to build technology solutions for big social and environmental...
View Article30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurs
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View ArticleAnnouncing our Spring13 Cohort
AgGrow: A stealth-mode startup building technology tools to scale sustainable agriculture Eko: A telehealth company revolutionizing the medical industry by building a mobile electronic stethoscope that...
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 2: 2nd Nature
Every 2 weeks, you’ll hear from one of the founders of our Spring13 cohort companies. They’ll tell you about what they’re working on and what’s been going on in the program so far. First up is Chris...
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 4: SunFunder
It’s week 4! Hear from Cindy Nawilis of SunFunder about the company, and what they’ve been up to these past few weeks. We at SunFunder are a small team fueled by a big mission: to catalyze $1.2 billion...
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 6: UClass
We’re halfway through! This week, hear from Chris Yim of UClass. At UClass, we’re connecting classrooms around the world, to create a generation of students who possess the global competencies...
View ArticleShare Practice Aims To Give Doctors Treatment Information And Feedback From...
During their work with patients, doctors will frequently contact colleagues with questions, trade horror stories, or converse about treatment methods. There isn’t really a technological solution to...
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 8: Share Practice
“Experience, not knowledge, is the biggest limiting factor between good doctors and great doctors.” This week we hear from Dr. Andrew Brandeis, of Share Practice. Good doctors make bad decisions...
View ArticleTraditional VCs Get Big Returns from Positive Social Impact Investments
Can you stand to invest in ways that make the world worse? Mitch Kapor of Kapor Capital and a founder of several household names including Lotus and Mozilla asked this question of an audience of...
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 10: AgGrow
We’ve got just 2 weeks to go in the program! This week, hear from Zach Warder-Gabaldon from AgGrow. The global population will reach nine billion people by 2040. Industrial agriculture depletes soil...
View ArticleMaternal Health Startup Makes History As First ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Benefit...
A Michigan startup company founded by University of Michigan students has made legal history by becoming the first “do-it-yourself” benefit corporation in the state
View ArticleSpring 13, Week 12: Eko Devices
Hear from Connor Landgraf, founder of Eko Devices about the final weeks of the program. Eko Devices believes in one thing: we believe in harnessing the power of computer assisted diagnosis for...
View ArticleProject Repat Recycles Old T-Shirts Into Blankets
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View ArticleU.S. Approves a Label for Meat From Animals Fed a Diet Free of Gene-Modified...
The U.S.D.A. vetted the Non-GMO Project’s standards, requirements and auditing processes before giving its approval. “It has to approve every single label that goes out into commerce, but this sets a...
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