Taking Venture Creation to the Next Level

 
 

By The Numbers

 

500

Total
Teams

200

Startups
Launched

200

International
Teams

120M

Money
Raised

 

 

What's New

IGE MedTech Session

Innovative Minds, High-Impact Solutions: How UC San Diego Accelerates MedTech

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Leaders from seven Japanese biotech startups

Japanese Biotech Startups Learn the Ropes from UC San Diego Innovation Experts

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Limber Prosthetics

Landmark UC San Diego Seed Investment Bolsters Campus Spinoff

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What We Do

IGE MedTech Stage One Apps Due

IGE MedTech Stage One Apps Due

IGE invites early-stage startups to learn more about bringing their medical technology to the market. Apply to our 12-week intensive boot camp, where teams will learn about the process of bringing their medical technology to market and hear from industry experts who will guide the process. The final week's session will be team presentations in front of a panel of judges.

*The first five sessions will be following the NSF I-Corps Curriculum. Applicants will automatically be considered for the I-Corps program after filling out this application*  

Location: 

Application

N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

Interact with students with like-minded interests in entrepreneurship and innovation. Meet mentors, learn about entrepreneurial resources, find teammates, and EAT FREE FOOD. Jointly sponsored by the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Office of Innovation.

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Time:  4:30PM - 6:00PM 

Location: 

RSVP

NSF I-Corps® Sustainability Application Deadline

NSF I-Corps® Sustainability Application Deadline

In collaboration with the NSF Desert and Pacific Region Hub, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur (IGE) at UC San Diego is hosting a special sustainability-themed cohort.

Teams will complete a hybrid, four-week intensive NSF I-Corps® training, which is an assumption/hypothesis testing, customer discovery-focused process to gather essential insights on problem/solution fit and product/market fit to maximize the impact of an innovation.  Teams of two or more members are preferred; at least one team member is expected at each session.

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N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

N.E.T.working (Taco Tuesday)

Interact with students with like-minded interests in entrepreneurship and innovation. Meet mentors, learn about entrepreneurial resources, find team mates, and EAT FREE FOOD. Jointly sponsored by the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship, the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Office of Innovation.

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM 

Location: 

RSVP

Entrepreneurs Night

Entrepreneurs Night

Student Entrepreneurs Network, Healthlink, and Sigma Eta Pi are hosting an Entrepreneurs Night for the clubs and students to get to know each other, as well as to share the campus entrepreneurial resources with them.

Date: Tuesday, October 10th

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: 

RSVP

IGE Fall Kick-off Mixer

IGE Fall Kick-off Mixer

It's time for our annual Fall Mixer! This invite-only is our way of thanking our partners and mentors for their support in the commercialization process.