Bay Area Startup Foundation

AI and Real Estate - Disruptor or Accelerant
2025-05-06 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fisher Center for Real Estate + Urban Economics (UC Berkeley), 2220 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94720
Join us at the Fisher Center for Real Estate + Urban Economics

Symposium Series

AI and Real Estate – Disruptor or Accelerant?

Headlines, blogs, research, news channels…Everyone is talking about, and maybe hyping, the AI disruption engine. The real estate industry is in the chatter crosshairs regarding how much AI will disrupt our industry. Leveraging Berkeley’s Bay Area position at the nexus of AI innovation, our half-day symposium will attempt to address the impact of AI on the Commercial Real Estate industry and identify the key trends and opportunities that AI presents. We will also present and assess several AI use cases seeking to change the trajectory of commercial real estate.

Tech Weekend May 2025
2025-05-15 17:00 - 2025-05-17 19:00 | Zo House, 300 4th Street, San Francisco, California, 94107
Tech Weekend May 2025 | 100 Founders | 75 VCs | San Francisco

Tech Weekend is a 3 day bootcamp designed to help startup founders find their first investors, customers and partners.

What is Tech Weekend?A 3-day, intensive bootcamp-style event where 100 tech founders and 50 venture capitalists come together in a close-knit setting to connect, learn, and invest in the future of technology.

2025 What's Next Longevity Venture Summit
2025-06-10 00:00 - 23:59 | Claremont Hotel & Spa, 41 Tunnel Rd, Berkeley, California, 94705
Invest in your business by learning from and networking with experts and the “in crowd” of 300 thought leaders in longevity marketplace.

The What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit is the first, and one of the most significant, gathering of venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate executives focused on the longevity economy. Attracting more than 300 leaders in the fields of aging and health, it is the place where forward-thinking entrepreneurs and VCs meet to share and envision innovative products and services for the global longevity marketplace.

Why you should attend:

Find deal flow

Hear from investors who are investing in the market

Be among the first to learn about innovations for the longevity market​

Hear from entrepreneurs on their go to market strategies

Book personalized meetings with startups, investors, and industry leaders with AgeTech One-on-Ones hosted by AgeTech Collaborative™ from AARP.

Gather research about the longevity market

Discover the latest books and podcasts on aging and longevity economy

San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Expo 2025
2025-06-18 10:00 - 17:00 | South San Francisco Conference Center, 255 S Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, California, 94080
Small Business Expo is San Francisco’s Largest Networking & Educational Event for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SMALL BUSINESS EXPO 2025

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Small Business Expo 2025! Get ready for an exciting event dedicated to supporting and celebrating small businesses in the Bay Area. Join us in person on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM PST for a day filled with amazing opportunities.

Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a small business owner, or simply interested in discovering new local ventures, this Expo is a must-attend. Explore a wide range of exhibitors showcasing innovative products, services, and ideas that can help boost your business to new heights.

At the Small Business Expo, you’ll have the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, exchange valuable insights, and forge meaningful connections. Engage in lively discussions, attend informative workshops, and gain inspiration from successful entrepreneurs who have made their mark in the industry.

Don’t miss out on this incredible event that promises to empower and uplift small businesses. We can’t wait to see you there!

Exhibitor information:

For exhibitor rates and information, please visit us online at TheSmallBusinessExpo.com/exhibit

Pitch in person to CVC's/VC's/angels at SF Campus of UCB
2025-06-26 15:00 - 19:00 | UC Berkeley Extension SF, 160 Spear Street, San Francisco, California, 94105
Join us for the first hybrid Pitch Global event of 2025 co-hosted by UC Berkeley Extension at their San Francisco Campus and online via Zoom. The event will present speakers talking about how AI Entrepreneurs can attract investors, especially Corporate Venture Capital (CVC’s), and apply for Govt grants for funding. Following these talks, Entrepreneurs will present their pitches to the audience, including a group of featured investors from our network.

Above is a picture from the 4th Pitch Global CVC Leadership Summit with leaders from SK Group and Niterra Venture Labs (rebranded from NGK CVC). Note that SK Group is the largest investor in life sciences in Korea, and our Sponsor, Niterra Venture Labs, is investing $1 billion in Startups, 50% of which is in life sciences/Health Tech. Many Tech CVCs and investors in the Pitch Global ecosystem have started investing in startups of all stages.

This is a hybrid event. Use this current page to register for pitching IN PERSON at the SF campus of UC Berkeley Extension. If you want to pitch ONLINE via Zoom, please register using THIS LINK.

UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and alumni can register to attend this event for free.

Agenda* :

4.30 to 5.00 pm: Registration check-in

5.00 to 5.05 pm: Welcome from UC Berkeley Extension and Pitch Global

5.05 to 5.25 pm: Keynote Address by Chuck Eason, CEO of Large Scale Fab, Inc. and Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) Advisor

5.25 to 5.45 pm: Interview with Special Guest Chris Horton, District Director at U.S. Small Business Administration

5.45 to 6.05 pm: Special Guest Talk by R. Paul Singh, Entrepreneur, Educator, Startup Executive, Forbes Business Council Member.

6.05 to 7.20 pm: Selected startups present in person and online

7.20 pm onwards: Closing Remarks and Networking Reception.

*There may be slight modifications in the agenda closer to the event date.

Event details for startups

Startups will be connected to the UC Berkeley Extension team 5 days before the event. The Extension team will provide logistical details for the event.

During the event, startups will have 6 minutes to pitch and 2 mins for questions from featured investors and attendees (including non-featured investors).

Following the main event, each startup presenter will be connected with a featured investor, who will be assigned based on fit, to enable a short private meeting.

The registered startup company’s name and information will be sent out to our network of investors via our newsletter for increased visibility with investors for the startup.

Some Pitch Global Updates:

As a long-term affiliate of the California Governor’s Office of Economic Development Agencies such as Norcal SBDC, TFG, SJSU Innovation, etc., Pitch Global has been building the Silicon Valley CVC Network on their behalf.

One of our funding success stories is now posted on the NorCal SBDC website. Please email us if you are based in Northern California and want to sign up for State-funded assistance/grants advisory.

Check out this YouTube video to get an idea of the caliber of investors at Pitch Global events. This video is from an event in August 2024, which featured investors like Norm Fogelsong, Co-founder of IVP; Vish Mishra, Clearstone VC & former long-term President of TIECON; Don Su Kim, CEO of LG Tech Ventures; Jon Soberg, Managing Director of MS&AD Ventures (5th largest Insurance company in the world); David “Dede” Goldschmidt, Managing Director of Samsung Catalyst Fund; Kevin Chen, CEO of Lam Research Capital; Abhishek Sud of Applied Materials Ventures; Dr. Shuman Mitra of L’Oreal Innovation, etc.

Watch Nobel Laureate Dr Thomas Sudhof of Stanford Medicine+ Sanofi Board member being interviewed in person at Pitch Global’s JP Morgan Investor Event in 2020. https://youtu.be/G7AV5g2lTX8

Pitch Global is an affiliate partner of the TFG SBDC

D isclaimer: NorCal SBDC Is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration (SBA). Funded in part through a grant with the Funded in part through a Grant with the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (GO-Biz). All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA, Go-Biz, SJSU, PitchGlobal, or Cal Poly Humboldt-sponsored programs.

For questions, please email: startups@pitchglobal.com

UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and alumni can register to attend this event for free.

Refund Policy: Credit may be provided for a future event at the discretion of the organizer

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Startup World Cup Grand Finale 2025
2025-10-17 09:00 - 18:00 | Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California, 94102
STARTUP WORLD CUP

Startup World Cup is a global series of conferences and competitions that bring together the top startups, investors, entrepreneurs and tech CEOs around the world. Starting with regional competitions in nearly 100+ countries across six continents, hundreds of selected top technology startups compete for the chance to move onto the Grand Finale event in San Francisco to win a $1 million investment grand prize. Startup World Cup is organized by Pegasus Tech Ventures in partnership with investors and local sponsors. For more information on the Startup World Cup, please visithttps://www.startupworldcup.io. (www.pegasustechventures.com)

Check out the Grand Finale 2024Highlight Here.

Judges and Speakers Coming Soon!

Agenda Coming Soon!

Please note that all ticket sales are final.

Please note that all sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please also note that details and the content of the event may be subject to change at any time at the organizer’s sole discretion without formal notification.

For more information, please check out the Startup World Cup website atwww.startupworldcup.io.
