The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast

May 16 2024 18 ep. 40 mins 12
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The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosted by i-GATE Innovation Hub  Executive Director Yolanda Fintschenko, PhD, and other co-hosts from the Tri-Valley Startup Ecosystem, features in-depth conversations with the leaders making the Bay Area’s Tri-Valley region the go-to ecosystem for science-based startups. Listeners can expect to hear from local founders, investors, and other domain experts whose insight can help science-based companies go from startup to scale.

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The Voice of the Customer Cubed: Meet Monterey AI CEO and Founder, Chun Jiang

May 16 2024 39 mins  
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Hazel Wetherford, Deputy City Manager for the City of Dublin, talk with Chun Jiang, CEO and co-founder of Monterey AI, an early stage startup located in Dublin, CA. Co-founders Chun Jiang and Ben Kramer joined Y Combinator Summer 2022. During the batch, Monterey AI started wit

Curiosity Can Change the Climate: LLNL Scientist Drew Wong, PhD and the Roads2Removal Report

Apr 25 2024 34 mins  
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Katie Marcel, CEO of the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group (ITV), talk with Drew Wong, PhD, a staff scientist and materials engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), about his work on the Roads to Removal Report, a new nationwide report on carbon dioxiode

The Future is FEmale: Meet Teen Entrepreneur Krisha Singhani

Feb 06 2024 31 mins  
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Katie Marcel, CEO of the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group (ITV), discuss the entrepreneurial journey of 16-year old award-winning innovator, Krisha Singhani, a 2023 ITV Dreammakers and Risktakers award winner. Krisha shares her journey of creating 'FEmale, an innovative

Keeping Time with Quantum Technology: Vector Atomic Co-Founder and CEO, Jamil Abo-Shaeer

Aug 23 2023 55 mins  
In this episode, host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, talks with Jamil Abo-Shaeer, atomic physicist, co-founder and CEO of Tri-Valley startup, Vector Atomic.Jamil is focused on transforming abstract research into practical devices. With 20+ years of research and development (R&D) experience within industry, government, and aca

Once Upon a Sun Shot: Dr. Tammy Ma, Lead, Inertial Fusion Energy Institutional Initiative at LLNL

Aug 01 2023 39 mins  
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, talks with plasma physicist, Tammy Ma, PhD, Lead of the Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Institutional Initiative at Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL). Tammy is an experimental laser-plasma physicist at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the LLNL. Besides doing experiments on the world�

Fundraising Is Everyone's Job: Buzzkill Founder and CTO, George Farquar and President and CEO, Jeff Heimburger

Jun 06 2023 36 mins  
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, talks with the founder and CTO of Buzzkill Labs, George Farquar, and President and CEO, Jeff Heimburger. Buzzkill Labs, a Daybreak Labs alum, is a sensor company that is modernizing drug testing in a legalized world. Their first product is a rapid saliva test for THC. This test is sorely needed

Why the Tri-Valley Is An Amazing Place to Start a Company: Rezolve.ai Co-Founder Saurabh Kumar

Apr 19 2023 35 mins  
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Hazel Wetherford ( Economic Development Director,City of Dublin) talk with Saurabh Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Tri-Valley company Rezolve.ai located in Dublin, CA. Rezolve.ai enterprise software provides internal help desk that uses proprietary AI to seamlessly connect employees to company information, services, and tools that

The Walls Are Down: Crosschq Co-Founder and CEO Mike Fitzsimmons

Feb 16 2023 29 mins  
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) finish up the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers2022 podcast series with a conversation with Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO and co-founder of Crosschq, the company who has pioneered Human Intelligence Hiring™, the next essential software category for building great companies and optimi

Building a Purpose-Driven Technology Company: Ammad Khan, Co-Founder and CEO of IrisVison

Jan 11 2023 48 mins  
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) continue the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers podcast series with a conversation with IrisVision CEO and co-founder, Ammad Khan. Videos illustrating the transformational power of IrisVision for people with low vision on their YouTube channel that includes a powerful user react

Putting Women's Health First, Part 2: Avestria VC Co-Founders, Managing Partner, Linda Greub, and Partner, Tracey Dooley, MD

Oct 18 2022 33 mins  
Startup Tri-Valley is thrilled to present the co-founders of Avestria VC, a Raydiant Oximetry early stage investor, and Tri-Valley-adjacent residents. Their thesis is to focus on the unseen opportunity presented by female founders in healthcare and by entrepreneurs focused on developing solutions for women's health. Our conversation was so rich with information for Tri-Valley found