Kurt Beyer

Founder California Innovation Fund

2021 - Current

Cal Fund is the University of California affiliated Venture Capital Fund. Kurt founded the fund in 2022 to support student, alumni, and faculty founders from the UNiversity of California ecosystem. 50% of GP carry goes back to UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship programs

Faculty Berkeley Haas Business School

2010

I teach Entrepreneurship and Innovation to Berkeley Haas MBAs, undergraduates, and grad students from other Berkeley departments. As part of The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MBA 295A and UGBA 195P have launched many successful Silicon Valley startups that began as semester projects from this class.

Founder Karl F. Beyer Memorial Scholarship

2020

The Karl F. Beyer Scholarship supports up to two years of study in any graduate degree at the University of Oxford, Brasenose College. Beyer Scholars should not only achieve academic, athletic, and leadership excellence, but demonstrate strength of character, courage in their convictions, and the ability to make difficult choices. Scholars should leverage their experience and relationships forged at Oxford to further contribute to the United States Navy and Marine Corps and should lead a lifetime of service committed to their communities and in defense of the United States Constitution.

Faculty Director and Lecturer UC Berkeley Executive Education Program

2013

UC Berkeley Executive Education specializes in developing strategic solutions for organizations of all sizes and industries. Our partnerships are characterized by collaboration between the Haas School of Business faculty and real-world practitioners to provide our clients with inventive solutions to their business challenges. Since 2013 I have worked with some of the world's top executive teams from Adobe, KPMG, Merrill Lynch, Plantronics, Prudential, Statoil, and Visa.

Advisor to Entrepreneurs and Start-Up Executives

2014

Kurt is an advisor and part owner of Parallel Advisors, a financial advisory firm with over $6 billion under management. My main focus is to advise entrepreneurs and startups in Silicon Valley. Not only have I been involved in building companies, but my research, writings, and lectures, have been focused on technical innovation since 1997.

Faculty UC Berkeley Graduate School of Information

2014

I teach Information-Centric Entrepreneurship and Startup Strategies to some of the world's best computer science, data science, and UX design graduate students.

Advisor to Entrepeneurs and Start- Executives

2009 - 2014

Founder and CEO

2003 - 2008

Riptopia professionally digitizes large archives of media for record labels, online digital content providers, audio video integrators, digital hardware manufacturers, Universities, and radio stations.

Assistant Professor

2002 - 2005

Returned post 9/11 to help start the new IT major

Naval Officer

1990 - 1997

Naval Aviator, F-14 Tomcat Navy Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal