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Free Ventures

The best part: we take no equity. 

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Company Size

6 - 10 employees

Year Founded

2013

Verified Investor

Yes

Funding Stages

Focus Markets

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Lead Investor

Yes

About Free Ventures

Free Ventures is a pre-seed startup accelerator designed to help Cal student founders build & scale their daring ideas.

Since 2013, Free Ventures has been Cal's leading pre-seed accelerator, combining the power of our mentor network, sponsor-led curriculum, and unique personalized point person structure to elevate student startups at Cal to the next level. We are a semester-long program, running a batch in both the spring and fall.

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