Free Ventures

Accelerator · UC Berkeley · Berkeley

Free Ventures is a student-run non-profit pre-seed startup accelerator at UC Berkeley designed to help student founders build and scale their startups with equity-free support.

About

Free Ventures is a student-run non-profit pre-seed accelerator based at UC Berkeley in Berkeley. Founded in 2013, the organization is structured to help student founders build and scale their startups by offering equity-free support. It remains sector-agnostic, supporting founders across a broad range of industries, including consumer products, healthtech, virtual reality, esports media, drones, and enterprise software.

What they run

Since hosting its first event in 2017, the accelerator has organized five events across the Bay Area. Its programming includes mixers to connect the local ecosystem, general startup events, and a demo day to showcase early-stage projects. All five recorded gatherings are past sessions, with no upcoming events scheduled at this time.

Who attends

The primary audience consists of UC Berkeley student founders launching pre-seed companies across diverse technical and consumer sectors. Given the program's demo days and mixers, the gatherings also attract peers and participants invested in early-stage ventures spanning enterprise software, healthtech, hardware like drones, and emerging media formats.

https://www.freeventures.org

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