As a vital engine of California’s economy, UC Berkeley has been generating startups at an ever-faster rate in recent years and stimulating more and more companies and jobs, according to a study released today by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.
Counting back to 1968, the campus has spawned 260 startups, 99 of which were still active as of June 2015, the study showed. About half of the active startups are in the information technology field. The report details the many ways that the campus supports entrepreneurial efforts.
Image: Caroline Winnett, executive director of Berkeley’s SkyDeck startup accelerator - https://news.berkeley.edu
