2011 Venture Lab Winners (Photo: Aaron Walburg)

Announcing the 2011 Berkeley Venture Lab Winners!

By Cindy Chien, CET | Sept 20, 2011

BERKELEY - The Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (CET) is delighted to announce the 2011 Berkeley Venture Lab Winners!

On September 15, 2011, twelve technology companies launched by Berkeley students or young alumni were called back to the Berkeley Venture Lab Competition held at the Banatao Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus.  Each company presented its 3-min elevator pitch to the judging panel in a private setting.

Berkeley Venture Lab provides the critically needed platform for Berkeley participants to launch startup companies in the real-world setting.  It is an educational program offered by the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (CET), located within the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley.  Its objective is to educate engineers and scientists to lead, innovate, and commercalize technology to positively affect economic growth at the state, national, and international levels.

The 2011 Berkeley Venture Lab Winners are...

Software service that automatically reduces energy use of commercial buildings by optimizing operation of existing building controls already in place

Web platform for collaborators to easily build projects, get exposure, and sell their work

Social enterprise software that fundamentally innovates online collaboration, attracting more participants faster and yielding deeper, more precise insights with less effort

The first non-degradable, small diameter, bioactive vascular grafts that replace disased blood vessels in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases

Wireless intravaginal medical device for non-invasive diagnosis of preterm birth far before symptomatic labor manifests in pregnancy

Image-identification CAPTCHA solution to protect websites from spam and automated malicious attacks

2011 Venture Lab Judging Panel (Photo: Aaron Walburg)