California Innovation Fund

“Our leaders talk about questioning the status quo all the time.” Former Dean of University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and soon to be the university’s next Chancellor, Rich Lyons knows that the Berkeley ecosystem is like no other. Take a look at what he had to say about reshaping the entrepreneurial landscape in a talk with Cal Fund’s Vanessa Kahkesh. #ucberkeley #calinnovationfund #entrepreneurship #business #startups #silliconvalley #sanfrancisco #berkeleyhaas #berkeley #haas

✨ Day 5: DTU Executive MBA Silicon Valley Immersion Tour 2024 - FINAL day and Wrap-Up at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ! We capped off a fantastic week of exploring Silicon Valley’s “secret sauce” with final sessions at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, gaining insights into culture, corporate innovation, and leadership timing. These sessions provided valuable frameworks for driving sustainable success and innovation:   🎉 Highlights from our final day: "The Berkeley Changemaker Program" with Laura Hassner, on how leaders at Berkeley managed to shape a winning culture by making it strategically relevant, strong, and adaptive. This session underscored the power of purposeful culture-building in shaping resilient organizations. “Corporate Innovation” with David Charron, who introduced the Location & Fit Framework for building a corporate innovation ecosystem. We explored the four critical quadrants - Internal Development, New Business, Investment, and Acquisition - for aligning innovation strategies within a mature corporation to compare and contrast our learnings on How to Build Successful Starts Ups in Silicon Valley (and beyond). “Innovation Leadership” with Kurt Beyer delved into two crucial factors for entrepreneurial success: Timing and Execution. This session highlighted how, compared to Idea, Business Model, and even Key Investors, the precision of timing and flawless execution are the most significant contributors to achieving entrepreneurial success. 🥇 A personal thank you to Kurt Beyer for collaborating with me on continuous developing the program this year, along with immense gratitude to all the contributing faculty members at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and the exceptional Program Management team Elizabeth Lowry, MBA, Iris Ramirez, and Vanessa - for ensuring smooth operations throughout this unique and inspiring journey. 🙌 A huge thank to our own Executive MBA team Carolyn Rutherford, Stephane Guerraz, Ida Stub Johansson and Wioletta Polakowska for securing smooth operations behind the scene, and top execution during the week long study tour. 😍 Finally, a huge thank you to DTU Executive Education EMBA Cohort 27 and the joining DTU - Technical University of Denmark alumni for making this week an unforgettable, personal experience - we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Your engagement, camaraderie, and personal contributions made this immersion truly exceptional. Thank you all! Stig #DTUExecutiveMBA #SiliconValleyImmersion #Leadership #Innovation #CorporateInnovation #BerkeleyHaas #ChangemakerProgram #InnovationLeadership

Thrilled to announce that SixMap has won the Top InfoSec Innovator 2024 award for "Most Innovative Automated Cyber Defense" at CyberDefenseCon! Honored to be recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine for our groundbreaking tech and its impact on defending enterprises from today’s relentless cyber threats. Catch up with Jason Kaplan and Andrew Glinka in person if you are at the event. https://lnkd.in/eVFZ5t4J #CyberSecurity #Innovation #SixMap #AutomatedDefense

Just in time for Halloween -- Resemble AI has published their latest research on Multimodal Deepfake Detection. Great work by Zhe Niu, Aditya TB, and Piotr Kawa! Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPjxvcPB

Had a fantastic time at the CEO Summit in Sonoma on Friday. A great list of speakers outlined the rapidly shifting market in Biotech. Overall it seems we're continuing to trend upwards on funding numbers, but the market is primarily focused on fewer, larger investments. Hopefully we start to see investments in more companies in the coming quarters, as a vibrant startup ecosystem is necessary for innovation in therapeutics. Thanks Biocom California for an amazing event!

Sagetap Spotlights SixMap! We're proud to see our founder, Austin Murdock, PhD, recognized for leading the way in automated cyber defense with SixMap. From his experience in the intelligence community to solving the challenge of IPv6 mapping, Austin’s journey has shaped SixMap’s innovative platform. 🔐 What sets us apart? Our zero-touch, machine learning-powered platform provides continuous, comprehensive discovery of the extended enterprise and associated networks. Combined with integrated threat intelligence for timely actionable insights and supervised automated defense capabilities, SixMap empowers cyber teams to proactively mitigate threats. 🎥 Watch our founder’s story below and connect with us directly or on the Sagetap platform to learn how SixMap can transform your threat and vulnerability management! #Cybersecurity #AutomatedNetworkDefense #NetworkMapping #CTEM #EASM

My thanks to the whole community.

🎓 It’s always a treat to go back to campus as an alum to support current students, especially when they are fellow Consortium! Yesterday I sat down with this inspiring group of Haasies to share my journey to venture capital, perspectives on impact and climate investing, and lessons learned from my time at Haas. Thank you Max Bertellotti and Amanda Harris for organizing! Angel Tramontin Abbey Mui Sofia Lyons Aseef Raihan #BerkeleyHaas #TheConsortium #CGSM #venturecapital #MBA #GoBears

AnswersAi just crossed 750,000 users! Half a million users joined the journey in the last 3 months With focused building and a strong community, we continue building something special in education 🚀

We are excited to announce our newest partnership with Carnegie Mellon University! 🚀 Our partnership with Carnegie Mellon is made possible by the leadership of Kristina Wong Davis and Keith Gehres to leverage technology to innovate in transfer recruitment & advance enrollment operations with #AI. With a vision to have a transformative impact on society through innovation in education, research, creativity, and entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon ranks #21 Best National University by U.S. News & World Report and #24 in World University Rankings by Times Higher Education. 🏆   As the #4 Most Innovative College 💡 by U.S. News & World Report, CMU is a global leader bringing groundbreaking ideas to market and challenging their curious and passionate students to deliver work that matters. Carnegie Mellon is #26 in Best Value Colleges in the nation, and #13 among research universities by Payscale. 💫 Offering generous need-based aid and merit awards, CMU is committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated need for all students. 👩🏽🎓👨🏼🎓👨🏾🎓 Welcome to EdVisorly! 💙 #EdVisorly #CarnegieMellonUniversity #TransferEnrollment #HigherEducation #CommunityCollege #EdTech #AI