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Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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About the program · 1 linked sources

The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship helps students and community members learn, prepare, and launch ventures. Programs named on the homepage include Innovation Quest, the Summer Accelerator, the Hatchery, the Elevator Pitch Competition, Startup Launch Weekend, and a community incubator. The HotHouse is the downtown San Luis Obispo home of CIE programs.

Also known as: CIE, HotHouse

How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-10-08); what those sources do not state is left unknown.

Key numbers

Funding range

Not listed

Equity

Varies by investment

Application

Ongoing

Campus Wide

Last activity

Not recorded

High confidence

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    Application and Timing

    The homepage promotes an Elevator Pitch Competition on October 28. The year is not printed in that line.

    Participants

    Cal Poly students and community members. Several competitions are student programs; the community incubator and SBDC also serve founders outside the student body.

    Funding and Equity

    Funding is attached to specific competitions and the summer accelerator, not to a single center-wide grant. Equity terms are not on the homepage.

    Recent Activity

    The homepage is current and promotes the October 28 pitch event and recent startup headlines.

    Known Startups or Winners

    Homepage headlines refer to Novocuff, Abstract Security, NeoCharge, and Mr. Turtle, and to two student startups that won a combined $28,000 at a CSU Startup Launch competition. Details of those outcomes are not on the homepage.

    Research gaps & things to verify

    Verification Gaps

    Which headlines refer to current students versus alumni, and the year of the October 28 event.

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    Evidence

    Official page: https://cie.calpoly.edu/