Berkeley Gateway Accelerator x Learn2Launch: A French-Inspired Startup Mixer

​Join UC Berkeley’s brightest entrepreneurs, engineers, and innovators for an evening of international connections, conversation, and creativity.

​Event Description:

​Celebrate startups and innovation - avec une touche française!

​Join Professor Matt Rappaport, Director of the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator and Professor Mark Coopersmith, Faculty Director of the Learn2Launch @ Berkeley Gateway Accelerator HQ, for a dynamic evening bringing together graduate students and innovators from across UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, and around the world.

​This cross-campus mixer welcomes grad student participants from the Learn2Launch program (including our collaborators from HEC Paris and École Polytechnique) alongside students from business, engineering, law, and science programs at UC Berkeley. Learn more about programs at the newly launched Gateway Accelerator and associated VC funds. Enjoy French hors d’oeuvres and drinks (wine?) as you connect with fellow founders, future collaborators, and mentors shaping the next generation of global ventures.

​The evening will feature:

• ​Brief remarks from Matt Rappaport and Professor Coopersmith

• ​Introductions and networking across Berkeley’s entrepreneurial community

• ​A showcase of one-minute “elevator pitches” from select teams

​Agenda:

• ​5:00 – 5:30 PM:  Arrival, drinks & mingling

• ​5:30 – 5:40 PM: Welcome remarks (Matt Rappaport & Prof. Mark Coopersmith)

• ​5:40 – 6:15 PM: 1-minute founder elevator pitches

• ​6:15 – 7:00 PM: Open networking with founders, students & mentors

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​Space is limited — please RSVP early to save your spot!