The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast
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.
Episodes
18 episodes
The Voice of the Customer Cubed: Meet Monterey AI CEO and Founder, Chun Jiang
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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39:47
Curiosity Can Change the Climate: LLNL Scientist Drew Wong, PhD and the Roads2Removal Report
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Katie Marcel, CEO of the
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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34:00
The Future is FEmale: Meet Teen Entrepreneur Krisha Singhani
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Katie Marcel, CEO of&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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31:07
Keeping Time with Quantum Technology: Vector Atomic Co-Founder and CEO, Jamil Abo-Shaeer
In this episode, host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, talks with
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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55:56
Once Upon a Sun Shot: Dr. Tammy Ma, Lead, Inertial Fusion Energy Institutional Initiative at LLNL
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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39:13
Fundraising Is Everyone's Job: Buzzkill Founder and CTO, George Farquar and President and CEO, Jeff Heimburger
Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, talks with the founder and CTO of
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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36:18
Why the Tri-Valley Is An Amazing Place to Start a Company: Rezolve.ai Co-Founder Saurabh Kumar
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Hazel Wetherford ( Economic Development Director,City of Dublin) talk ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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35:27
The Walls Are Down: Crosschq Co-Founder and CEO Mike Fitzsimmons
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) finish up the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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29:45
Building a Purpose-Driven Technology Company: Ammad Khan, Co-Founder and CEO of IrisVison
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) continue the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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48:46
Putting Women's Health First, Part 2: Avestria VC Co-Founders, Managing Partner, Linda Greub, and Partner, Tracey Dooley, MD
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 opp...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:13
Putting Women's Health First, Part 1: Avestria VC Co-Founders, Managing Partner, Linda Greub, and Partner, Tracey Dooley, MD
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 opportun...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:01
Compassion, Courage, and Creativity: Meet Raydiant Oximetry's Founder & CEO, Dr. Neil Ray, and President & COO, Russ DeLonzor
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) continue the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:33
Making Micro-Mobility BIG in Transportation: ACTON's Co-Founder and CEO, Janelle Wang
Co-hosts Yolanda Fintschenko (Startup Tri-Valley) and Lynn Naylor (Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group) open the Startup Tri-Valley #GameChangers podca...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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36:47
Tri-Valley 2040: What’s NOW got to do with it? Lynn Wallace Naylor, CEO Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group
Co-hosts Brandon Cardwell (i-Gate Innovation Hub and Startup Tri-Valley) and Yolanda Fintschenko (Co-founder of FounderT...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:09
LIDAR Spells Autonomy: Luis Dussan, Founder and CTO at AEye, Inc
Host Brandon Cardwell speaks with Luis Dussan, the founder, CTO, and board member of AEye, Inc., LIDAR technology company that develops autonomous sensor platforms for the advanced driver assistance...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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53:20
04 - How and Why National Security Labs Fuel Local Innovation: Kim Budil, LLNL and Andy McIlroy, SNL
Host Brandon Cardwell speaks with Kim Budil, lab director for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Andy McIlroy, associate labs director for Sandia National Laboratory and leader of the California site, about the mission of the national ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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57:01
03 - On Being the Catalyst: Monarch Tractor Co-Founder and President Mark Schwager
Host Brandon Cardwell speaks with Monarch Tractor Co-Founder and President, Mark Schwager about how the electric tractor startup is turni...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:37
02 - From the Battlefield to the Boardroom: SafeTraces CEO Erik Malmstrom
Host Brandon Cardwell is joined by Erik Malmstrom, the CEO of SafeTraces, a Bay Area-based technology company and leader in DNA-enabled diagnostic solutions for indoor air quality. Erik is a successful and experienced thought leader driven to c...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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53:18