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Check Out These Campus Programs

♦ The Basement Blackstone LaunchPad Incubator

For students
UC San Diego students (both undergraduate and graduate) with entrepreneurial or social impact interests are encouraged to apply to The Blackstone LaunchPad Incubator. Participants in the program gain entrepreneurship skills and tools to develop their social impact or business idea. 

The Basement's Recruitment Connection

For all
The Recruitment Connection is a database which displays current startup positions available at The Basement, and affiliate organizations such as Talent Foundry and Triton Startup Launchpad. If you are looking for a position, submit the Student Interest Form. For recruiters to display, modify, or remove their postings, submit the Recruitment Intake Form.

Center for Novel Therapeutics

For all
Designed to foster collaboration with scientists and clinical researchers with the common goal of accelerating therapies from the research bench to the treatment at the patient’s bedside.

Device Acceleration Center

For researchers / faculty
Serves as the ideation and testing hub of medical devices at UC San Diego by providing; translational science training; identifying unmet clinical needs amenable to clinician-engineer collaboration, prototype testing; and commercialization.

Entrepreneurship Center

For all
The Entrepreneurship Center offers university-affiliated startups critical incubator space and services to tap into essential resources such as management, legal, and financial support, as well as investment opportunities, facilitating their establishment and expansion as successful, impact-driven enterprises. Members of the community, including investors, entrepreneurs, service providers, incubators, and industry advocacy groups, enjoy direct access to the talent and technologies emanating from one of the world's most innovative universities.

♦ Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR)

For students / faculty
This campus-wide resource is designed to support research-based entrepreneurship. Inventors and student entrepreneurs can get expert guidance on early-stage technologies, commercialization strategies, and startup creation.

EnVision

For students
Hands-on, experiential education facility where visual arts and engineering communities converge. It provides a wide range of design fabrication and prototyping tools, both analog and digital.

First Republic Bank

For all
First Republic and its subsidiaries offer private banking, business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage services. 

IGE MedTech Accelerator

For students / teams / startups
No matter what stage your team is in, our program can help you understand how to navigate the complex process involved in bringing medical innovations to market.

Industry Office Hours

For all
Offered to you at no charge, the Entrepreneurship Center brings in incredible guests who lend their expertise and mentorship to our campus. Walk-ins are welcome as time permits. Appointments are given priority. 

Intelink Law Group

For all
Intelink Law Group is a robust partner of the entrepreneurial community at UC San Diego and enthusiastically supports campus-based entrepreneurial activities and student-led startups. In support of these activities, Intelink Law Group has committed to providing $100,000 in legal funding per year to help startups reduce the costs of legal services for founders who are young alumni, postdocs or students.

♦ Librareome

For all
For entrepreneurs of all levels, the Librareome is your self-directed digital library, featuring an exhaustive and ever-evolving curation of incredible articles, lectures, templates, videos and other relevant and informative content to support your entrepreneurial journey.

♦ National Academy of Inventors, UC San Diego Chapter

For researchers / faculty
This designation provides tools and resources to help UC San Diego raise the profile of its inventions and technologies and encourage innovations on campus, as well as educating and mentoring student entrepreneurs.

Omnisync

For all
OmniSync is a VC and govt-backed software and services company that helps find and fund the best American innovations.

QB3 Legal Support

For all
QB3's Legal Support program provides qualified life science startups with free incorporation services through trusted legal affiliates, along with consultations on corporate and intellectual property issues, and options to defer fees until funding rounds. It is designed for biotech and pharmaceutical ventures, with referrals available for medical device and health tech startups.

Qualcomm Institute Prototyping Facility & Design Studio

For students
The services listed on this page are made available to both internal and external collaborators.

Richtr Financial Studio

For all
Richtr Financial Studio helps entrepreneurs build a solid foundation for their business to grow and scale their finance and accounting operations.

San Diego and Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

For all
The San Diego and Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers free business advising, training, and resources to help entrepreneurs and small businesses start, grow, and succeed.

Startup Legal Garage

For all
The Startup Legal Garage’s innovative program has been empowering startups with free legal support. They match startups with talented UC College of Law San Francisco students who provide expert legal assistance, all while gaining invaluable knowledge and experience. Our network of partnerships ensures a steady stream of innovative companies and talented legal supervisors.

Startup School

For all
Startup School provides free resources to early stage and future founders.

Startup Science

For all
Startup Science is an all-in-one platform that helps founders successfully navigate the startup journey. Access microlearning courses in step-by-step instructions, exposure to data investors, tools for competitive/market research, and more! 

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Check Out These Community Programs

San Diego Innovation Council

For all
Offers a unique forum for organizations looking to engage with the regional innovation economy.

♦ Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

For all
The SBIR program is a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development that has the potential for commercialization. 

Springboard

A flexible, customized process for entrepreneurs ready to scale their startup and connect with capital. Springboard connects tech and life science entrepreneurs with expert advisors.

Additional Resources

Connect's list of venture capital firms

For all
View San Diego non-profit Connect's curated list of venture funds. Connect updates this list regularly and knows everyone on it well enough to make high-level introductions.