Startup Labs is UCLA’s Premier Student-Run Accelerator Program.
Stay in touch with UCLA's entrepreneurs by attending this year's Startup Labs Demo Day on April 6th! This event is open to everyone and will be hosted on an online platform. If you are a VC, please reach out to paoloshamoon@g.ucla.edu or send a message to this Facebook page to become a judge for the event. RSVP to Demo Day here!
Cohort Highlight - Adatto Market
Adatto Market is an online platform providing young adult women with content, community, and care around women’s health issues. Our content includes democratized, doctor-reviewed information around every-day women’s health questions and women’s health & wellness product review comparisons.
Visit Adatto’s website here!
Startup Labs Podcast
“Startup Spotlight” is Startup Labs' new podcast series where we interview UCLA’s most inspiring entrepreneurs and innovators!
Episode #1 - Wendy’s, Duffl, Robinhood
Our first guest was Yash Moondhra (@yash_moondhra), CTO at Duffl, and now an incoming software engineer at Robinhood. From Wendy's to Robinhood, we had the chance to hear how Yash excelled from fast food cashier —> entrepreneur —> software engineer during his time at UCLA.
Watch the podcast here!
Episode #2
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Archway App
Our second episode features Sanjay Malhotra (@sanjay_m98), Co-founder and CEO at Archway. Archway is a private social networking platform for college students to socialize, make meaningful connections, stay up to date with campus events. Archway even offers exclusive access to services, offers, and promotions from local businesses. **Note: Archway has now pivoted to Demia, visit the website here!
Watch the podcast here!
Announcements
Cure N Go x Duffl
IvyBlum: Newsletter
CTRL-F: Closed Beta
Ludus: Technical Co-Founder
Tradeup: Web Developer
Deadlines and Resources
Urban-X Accelerator
Every six months the program selects up to 10 UrbanTech startups and invests $150,000 per company. Its 20-week accelerator program equips startups facing the unique challenges of working with and in cities.
Application deadline: Apply HERE by 4/8/2021.
Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator
At the center of one of the country's most diverse and thriving tech ecosystems, this program focuses on innovations that make the world better. In 2021 this program hopes to provide hybrid virtual/ in-person programming, if possible, dependent on COVID-19 conditions. The accelerator will begin on July 19th and will conclude with a Demo Day on October 14th.
Application deadline: Learn more and apply by 4/7/2021 here.
Almost Founders Group Chats
Do you want to network with other student founders with your same industry interests? A London-based startup called Almost Founders has just launched a new exciting service called Waves. Waves are micro-communities where student founders/aspiring founders across the globe can network and learn. By signing up, students are matched in a group chat with 15 other startup lovers based on their interests, stage, and purpose. Once the Wave chat is set-up, you’ll be able to hop on calls with other “surfers” every weekend and engage with daily relevant content and discussions. After 1 month, the group is shut down and the students get re-shuffled into a new Wave. Best part? It's totally free.
Sign up through the form on their Website here!
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See you soon,
Startup Labs 💓
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