UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight: Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:30 - 7:00 PM
The Overture // 1812 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703
A great opportunity to get connected with other members of Berkeley's business community, the Berkeley Chamber is hosting a networking event on the roof of The Overture. There will be live music, delicious snacks, and great prizes. Entrance is free for members of the Chamber and Women Entrepreneurs of Berkeley.
Learn more and RSVP here.
Thursday, October 18, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Banatao Auditorium // 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, 2594 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720
This free conference will explore the interplay of drones in society with presentations by leaders from industry and academia. A networking hour and student poster session will follow.
Register to attend.
Sun, October 28, 2018 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology // 2227 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology is partnering with the Haas School of Business to host its first series of gender discussion workshops. The workshops, a new addition to the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BMoE) bootcamp this year will focus on sharing stories and experiences through speakers and discussions to provide insights for both men and women.
Email BMoE program director Gigi Wang to attend or learn more.
Berkeley Visionary Lab: 3 Startups Every Berkeley Resident Should Know
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Berkeley City College auditorium, 2050 Center St, Berkeley CA 94704
To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 (#GEW2018), November's Visionary Lab will provide the broader Berkeley community
with an informal opportunity to get to know local startup leaders who have created solutions that improve child learning, make work space flexible, affordable and tailored to your professional needs, and increase disposable income. Through networking with drinks and hors d’oeuvres followed by
a moderated panel discussion with Enuma COO Eugine Chung and Hiven Founder Christelle Rohaut, among others, Berkeley residents will have an opportunity to hear how innovative Berkeley
startups are creating technologies that can be used in everyday life.
Save the date for now -- registration will be available on Eventbrite soon.
November 16, 2018 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Banatao Auditorium // 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, 2594 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720
The 3rd annual symposium on Women in Tech will highlight women's experiences in AI and representatives from established companies, startups, academia, and government will explore the promise of the new technology. Sponsors include the Women in Technology Initiative at the University of California, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Berkeley Engineering.
Learn more and register here.
RESOURCES & DEADLINES
A new free coworking space is available to the entrepreneurs of Berkeley. The Commons, located on the first floor of the Central Berkeley Public Library at 2090 Kittredge St., has opened a new work space with a wide array of comfortable seating and table options and increased electrical outlets for device charging.
Do you have an idea for how to address all the waste created by single use cups? The NextGen Cup Challenge is seeking to identify and commercialize solutions for the single-use, hot and cold fiber cup system. Top ideas are eligible to receive a portion of the $1 million in funding and the top six ideas will have the opportunity to enter into a business accelerator program.
The challenge opened on October 9, 2018. Learn more here.
The City of Berkeley Office of Economic Development (OED) is surveying all Berkeley businesses to better understand the profile of Berkeley companies and inform the design of City policies and programs. If you represent a Berkeley business, we would greatly appreciate your response! Thank you for taking the time (< 5 minutes) to provide your feedback.
Fill out the survey by 5pm on Monday, October 15.
Are you a California resident under 28 with an innovation to help your community? Submit your early stage prototype for the chance to win $40,000 in cash prizes. Individual founders or founding teams of up to four may apply.
Learn more and apply here by Monday, October 15th.
The D-Prize Global Competition is designed to fund new entrepreneurs who increase access to proven poverty interventions. Winning teams will receive up to $20,000 to launch organizations that address the challenge of distributing mass-scale poverty interventions.
Learn more and apply here; early decision applications are due October 14 and regular submission applications are due November 4.
What pressing issues do you think need to be explored in the coming decade? The National Science Foundation is seeking research question submissions. Participants can earn cash prizes and receive public recognition, as well as help set the U.S. agenda for fundamental research in STEM and STEM education.
Learn more and submit your question by October 26th.
Are you a scientist or engineer with an idea for a product you want to bring to market? The Cyclotron Road fellowship provides two-year fellowships for entrepreneurial scientists developing solutions in electronics, energy, and manufacturing; this includes funding, access to world-class research facilities and expertise, and an intensive program of mentorship, education, and networking.
Learn more and apply here by October 31st.
Big Ideas is an early-stage, student-led, innovation contest that connects students with the mentorship, training, and resources needed to successfully conceptualize, deploy, and scale their social ventures. Open to undergraduate and graduate students, the contest awards up to $300,000 in prizes annually. Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has inspired over 2,000 student-led projects aimed at solving the world's most pressing problems.
Learn more and apply here by November 14th.
The Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries to redesign the way economies work. Participants contend for over $30,000 in total cash prizes to show the world what the future of problem solving looks like.
Learn more and apply here by November 18, 2018.
UC Berkeley's Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances (IPIRA) offers a number of programs that support the translation of university research into real-world solutions.
Learn more here.
BERKELEY ENTREPRENEURS MAKING NEWS
Two UC Berkeley startups aim to connect and aid others. Bear Founders, created to help Cal entrepreneurs, is open exclusively to Berkeley students, graduates, and staff and allows them to browse Berkeley-based startups, view job openings, and message others on the platform.
Squishy Robotics is creating technology to aid first responders in disaster response, including drones that deposit robots with visual, audio, chemical, biological, radiological and GPS sensors.
Learn more about both companies in The Daily Cal.
Kinshapes, a Berkeley-based creative incubator, will launch VR programs utilizing art and content created in the Afro-Futuristic style in order to reach young people of color. Co-founders Achille Massoma and Tyrone Schieszler hope that by telling the stories of black and brown communities, they will inspire and enable children in these communities to engage in tech.
Learn more about Kinshapes new program here.
Kiwi Campus, a startup based in both Berkeley and Bogotá, aims to revolutionize short-distance food delivery services. Ideal for compact campuses like UC Berkeley, the roving robots are already rolling around the streets of Berkeley.
Read more about the company in this Finance Colombia article.
Health 2.0 offers early stage digital health companies a platform to promote themselves. This year, Supportiv was highlighted among the most promising. The digital platform convenes peer support groups moderated by company-trained psychology students.
Read more on MedCity News.
Fervo Energy, which applies fracking techniques to the geothermal industry, is among the first companies selected to receive funding from Bill Gates' $1 billion clean energy fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Read more in the MIT Technology Review.
Dog snacks made from eco-friendly, koji-based, cultured protein by Berkeley-based Wild Earth Pets will be released for the first time on Oct. 15.
Learn more and pre-order today.
Bleximo, a Berkeley-based company working to develop "quantum application-specific integrated circuit technology" took in a single seed round of $1.5 million and announced a partnership with another startup called Q-CTRL.
Learn more about Bleximo's work on Nanalyze.
Keep in Touch
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To submit information or questions on the Berkeley Startup Cluster, contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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