Introducing Free Ventures' Batch XI
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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 companies pitch and network with the entrepreneurs and students in the Berkeley community!
Congratulations to the Blitz Esports team (Batch IV) on their acquisition by Discord!
Alexander Kern and Nikhil Srinivasan from Distributed Systems (Batch VI) were featured on Forbes 30 under 30 for Enterprise Technology.
COBA was recently featured on the Korea Times for their work in creating a solid coffee bar.
Read our full article on Batch X. Below are short company introductions.
Batch XI
Atlas Mental Health: Building a K-12 mental health support network to supercharge communities with the knowledge and tools they need to keep each other mentally healthy. Their mobile applications connect parents, students, and schools to prevent student suicides and barriers to getting help for those that need it.
Fourthstate Labs: Blockchain scalability company working on Plasma, a layer 2 solution to reduce transaction fees and increase throughput of blockchains. Plasma allows users to step off the main chain(i.e. Ethereum) onto cheaper and faster side chains where transactions can be conducted. To learn more about their product, read their article on Plasma.
COBA: COBA, the coffee bar, is a solid coffee alternative made from whole coffee beans that empowers busy people to do more. While traditional coffee utilizes only 20% of the coffee bean, their bar utilizes the whole bean and contains the caffeine content of 1 cup of coffee. Read their FreeV Spotlight to learn more about the process of making a bar.
Escape Technologies: Escape is is creating an enhanced augmented reality experience through proprietary optical architecture that will enable a compact, lightweight headset with high shareability and field of view.
Pit Vidura: Pit Vidura offers safe and affordable sanitation services for low-income households in dense urban slums. By developing innovative hardware and software tools, they aim to make emptying pit latrines hygienic, efficient, and affordable. Pit Vidura is backed by Unilever and the Gates Foundation to bring sustainable solutions to sanitation problems in developing countries.