Who are we?

The Hard Tech Fund is a startup development program founded by Hyperloop at UC Davis , Space and Satellite Club , Blockchain at Davis , Bioinnovation Group at UC Davis, and Quantum Computing at UC Davis. All of these clubs have built or assisted in the construction of hardware that will help decrease emissions , reconstruct supply chains, and change the public perspective on environmental conservation. They wanted a dedicated space for their members and the UC Davis community to build hardware with this mission in mind. This 10 week program during the summer session will provide the time, funding, and workshops necessary to turn these projects into products for future licensing or as the basis of future businesess.

What is our program?

We run a program that takes a hardware project from ideation to minimum viable product (MVP).

June 19 - June 21: Program Kickoff
June 24th - June 28th: Week 1 - Establishment of production timelines and business roadmaps
July 1st - July 5th: Week 2 - Product design, beginning of manufacturing
July 8th - July 12th: Week 3 - Establishment of bill of materials, manufacturing techniques
July 15th - July 19th: Week 4 - Manufacturing
July 22nd - July 26th: Week 5 - Round 1 of testing
July 29th - August 2nd: Week 6 - Tweaking of first MVP
August 5th - August 9th: Week 7 - Manufacturing part 2
August 12th - August 17th: Week 8 - Scaling of processes
August 19th - August 21st: Pitch practice
August 28th: Demo Day to investors and possible clients in San Francisco. 7-9pm at Mousebelt Headquarters.

We are still looking for speakers for each of these weeks and attendees for demo day.
If you would like to speak during our program, email kdesh@ucdavis.edu
If you would like to attend our demo day, email check out the event

First Cohort Teams

Partners and Sponsors

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