FreeV Spotlight

Why COVID-19 isn’t the kiss of death for student startups

As the world races towards a vaccine, some founders are tackling other crises emerging from the pandemic.

Jul 10, 2020 • 

Shaantam Chawla

February 2020

November 2019

Demo Day & Interview with Snackpass Founder/CEO

Come listen to Batch XIII pitch at Demo Day! Register for Demo Day on December 9th 6-8pm at The House to see our companies pitch, hear Founder/CEO Kevin…

Nov 25, 2019 • 

Kathy Kong

October 2019

May 2019

Introducing Free Ventures' Batch XII

FreeV Updates Batch XII Demo Day: We successfully wrapped up Batch XII with 5 amazing companies. Register to come to our Demo Day Monday, May 6th from…

May 3, 2019 • 

Kathy Kong

November 2018

Introducing Free Ventures' Batch XI

FreeV Updates We successfully wrapped up Batch XI with 5 amazing companies. Register to come to our Demo Day next Monday 7-9pm at The House to see our…

Nov 30, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong

October 2018

Introducing COBA: The Coffee Bar

FreeV Updates COBA (Batch XI) launched a Kickstarter campaign and was featured on NowThis Food with over 270k views. Instagram: @coba.coffee & Facebook…

Oct 31, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong

September 2018

Machine Learning Series: Reinventing Psychiatry

We are excited to have 5 companies in our Batch XI that are in a variety of industries including food, AR, blockchain, and wellness! Read our full…

Sep 28, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong

August 2018

Machine Learning Series: Decontaminating Beer

FreeV Summer Updates Applications for our Fall 2018 Batch XI are open. If you are currently enrolled at UC Berkeley and working on a product or service…

Aug 30, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong

May 2018

Introducing Free Ventures' Batch X

FreeV Updates We successfully wrapped up Batch X and look forward to seeing what our 6 amazing companies do next! RoBhat Labs (Batch X) was recently…

May 30, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong

April 2018

Machine Learning Series: Fighting Fake News

Introducing FreeV Spotlight! Free Ventures is a nonprofit student-run accelerator at UC Berkeley for student-founded startups. Our internal team helps…

Apr 19, 2018 • 

Kathy Kong