REQUIREMENTS

1. UC COMMUNITY

A team member (founder, employee, advisor) affiliated with UC Berkeley, any UC campus, or Berkeley Lab (LBNL). An affiliate is a student, alumni, faculty, staff, postdoc researcher, or visiting scholar. Founders who are foreign nationals without any of these affiliations are eligible to apply through the Global Founders Program.

2. POTENTIAL

Evidence of business potential. This could come in the form of revenue, users, customer interviews, a demo, a prototype, or a patent or significant scientific/technical breakthrough.

3. READY

Team must be for-profit and ready to begin interacting with mentors and potential investors.