Alpha Epsilon Zeta

Thank you Deedy Das for joining us for the panel at Innovate@Berkeley - the audience truly benefitted from your unfiltered advice regarding founding companies and entering the venture world coming out of college! Looking forward to having you back at UC Berkeley in the future.

Thank you everyone for coming out to Innovate@Berkeley 2024! We heard an amazing keynote from Shaun Maguire on what makes great founders. Tuned in for the VC panel with Deedy Das, Vedant Suri, Jonathan Mendelson, moderated by Arjun Dev Arora. Hosted the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Pitch Challenge with 6 amazing finalists, and Olfera blowing the judges away and taking 1st place. Thank you to our judges: Vedant Suri, Amber Yang, Stefan Sandoval Yepes, Tori Orr, Suffiyan Malik. Brought together 20+ startups for a career fair with 300+ students recruiting for internships and full time jobs. Thanks again to our partner Haas Business Student Association (HBSA) and our sponsors Microsoft, Mayfield Fund, JetBlue Ventures, Singapore Global Network, IDA Ireland, Berkeley ASUC.

We are excited to host Innovate@Berkeley 2024, one of UC Berkeley's largest startup conferences, on November 12 from 5-8pm at Haas (Chou Hall - Spieker Forum, 6th Floor). Register now and join us for keynote speakers, a VC panel, startup career fair, and student-founder pitch competition. Register now (open to all): lu.ma/unzyfzmn Keynote Speakers - Shaun Maguire (Sequoia Capital) VC Panel: - Deedy Das (Menlo Ventures) - Vedant Suri (General Catalyst) - Ann Bordetsky (NEA) - Jonathan Mendelson (Accel) - Moderated by Arjun Dev Arora (Format One) If you are interested in pitching at Innovate@Berkeley register for the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Pitch Challenge, for a chance to win $1,500+ in prizes and present in front of VC judges. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gpNHPfNq Startup Career Fair featuring: Banyan Infrastructure, Ronbow Corp, X-Therma Inc., Enact Solar,Cultivo, HerculesAI, Kaedim, KoBold Metals, Numbers Station AI, Zero Emission Industries, Granica, PLANETARIANS, Revolv, WindBorne Systems, Alembic Technologies, KETOS, RxGuardian Inc., Cribl, Revi , DataPelago, and more! This event wouldn't be possible without our amazing sponsors: UC Berkeley ASUC, Microsoft, Mayfield Fund, JetBlue Ventures, Singapore Global Network, IDA Ireland.

AEZ was thrilled to host an info-session featuring biotech leaders who are pushing the boundaries of healthcare innovation! A huge thank you to our distinguished speakers: ?????Clayton Mellina, CTO of Transcripta Bio, who shared how their AI-powered Conductor AI suite and Drug-Gene Atlas are driving advancements in precision medicine by predicting the effects of new drugs at the transcriptome level. ?????Soujanya Bhumkar, Co-Founder of GEn1E Lifesciences Inc. Lifesciences, who showcased GEn1E’s AI-driven platform's process for accelerating the development of precision therapies for inflammatory and rare diseases, with a focus on immunomodulators and ARDS. ?????Fabian E. Ortega, PhD, Computational Biologist at Rezo Therapeutics, who spotlighted Rezo’s cutting-edge SSD platform that integrates proteomics, genetics, and computational biology to map disease networks and identify novel drug targets. ?????Heta Gandhi, Machine Learning Scientist at Nurix Therapeutics, who shared how Nurix’s DELigase platform uses AI and computational modeling to drive advancements in targeted protein degradation and elevation for cancer and inflammatory diseases. AEZ was grateful to host such pioneering voices in biotech and AI. Looking forward to many more conversations and innovations in this space! Thank you to everyone who came out for the panel, stay tuned for more upcoming professional events from AEZ in the following weeks! #AI #Biotech #Healthcare #Innovation #PrecisionMedicine #UCBerkeley #Networking #Startups?#Entrepreneurship