Thursday, Aug 22, 2019 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Berkeley SkyDeck // 2150 Shattuck Ave, PH, Berkeley, CA 94704
This Thursday at lunchtime, four leading women in technology will share their perspectives on what it means to be a woman in tech in today’s world. Jill Finlayson, the Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Women in Technology Initiative (WITI@UC), Medinas Health's CEO Chloe Alpert, Bee Partners' Kira Noodleman, and Ayori Selassie from Salesforce will share how their careers began, the challenges they’ve faced, and the tips they have for all founders.
Learn more and register here.
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Berkeley SkyDeck // 2150 Shattuck Ave, PH, Berkeley, CA 94704
Join the Berkeley SkyDeck for an evening fireside with Teddy Liaw, CEO of NexRep and a member of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Entrepreneur Task Force. The discussion will focus on the changing tech landscape in the Bay Area and projected market trends in the coming years.
Learn more and register here.
Monday, Sept 16, 2019 5:00 – 7:30 PM
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse // 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce created the Visionary Awards in 2013 to celebrate people with the imagination and persistence to innovate in the city of Berkeley. Join the Chamber, City of Berkeley, UC Berkeley, and the Berkeley Lab to celebrate the 2019 winners.
Learn more and get your tickets here.
RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Cyclotron Road, a two-year fellowship program for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers who are working toward commercializing an energy- or microelectronics-related research advance, is holding webinars for those interested in applying to the program this fall. Fellows receive access to the Berkeley Lab, a network of investors and scientific collaborators, mentorship and research funds.
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Sign up for a webinar (TODAY, Aug 20 or Sept 17) to learn more or email MC O'Connor if you have a suggestion for a future fellow. (Applications will open in October.)
Sep 9/11/16, 2019 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley // 2220 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720
The Bay Area NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Node is offering a one-week intensive course based on Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad. Three evening sessions will help you de-risk your idea and achieve product-market fit. Outside of class, teams do 15 interviews with potential customers as part of the customer discovery process.
Apply here by Friday, August 23, 2019.
The Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Fiscal Year 2020. The Phase I Release 1 FOA has approximately $31.5 million in available funding to allow small businesses to submit applications to establish the technical feasibility of new innovations that advance the mission of the Office of Science.
Learn more about how to access this funding (for 6-12 months in duration with maximum award amounts of $200,000).
The Startup Law Initiative at Berkeley Law (SLI), an initiative of the University of California, offers free incorporation services to entrepreneurs. SLI’s services allow Bay Area founders to overcome costly barriers to conducting business. Founders will work with Berkeley Law students and attorneys from top Silicon Valley law firms to make ideas become reality.
Learn more and fill out the application form here. (SLI is accepting applications on a rolling basis for entrepreneurs looking to incorporate their business this fall.)
Nestled within the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources, the Energy & Biosciences Institute’s Entrepreneurial Business Incubator (EBI2) has space available for lease by biological and chemical research companies. The facilities contain analytical instruments and equipment for chemical and biological applications such as fermenters, GCs, HPLCs, ICs, anaerobic chambers, and a lyophilizer. Tenants also have access to EBI2 dedicated staff and undergraduate interns as well as a private meeting room.
Visit the website or contact EBI2 Manager Yi Liu for more details. (Applications accepted year-round with leasing terms starting at 1 year and bench space starting at $720/mo.)
UC Berkeley, in collaboration with UCSF and Janssen Research and Development, recently announced the launch of a new data science fellowship program that will explore innovative, data-driven approaches to improve human health and train the next generation of leaders in the healthcare data sciences. The prestigious 2-year program is accepting outstanding candidates from industry and academic data science.
Learn more about the new program and apply for a fellowship. (The first review date passed on July 29th, 2019 but applications may still be considered if vacancies remain.)
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS MAKING NEWS
Moody’s Corporation purchased a controlling stake in Four Twenty Seven, a Berkeley-based company and a 2015 LAUNCH Finalist. The company measures the physical risks of climate change and tracks their impact on 2,000 companies, 196 countries and global supply chains.
Read more about the company's journey and impact in The New York Times.
Voltaiq was awarded Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 North American New Product Innovation Award for the strong performance of the game-changing battery analysis platform Voltaiq Core and the innovative Battery Digital Twin solution.
See the press release on KTVN Channel 2.
With facilities in Berkeley and Emeryville, Perfect Day Foods produces dairy proteins (casein and whey) to get the delicious texture of dairy without milking a cow. Ultimately, they hope to partner with other businesses that mass produce dairy products, but their limited release ice cream was an initial proof of concept.
Learn more about Perfect Day’s innovations here.
Maria Artunduaga, Founder and CEO of Respira Labs, one of Berkeley SkyDeck’s HotDesk Teams, won a Silicon Valley Business Journal "40 under 40" award this year. Respira Labs was chosen for its major accomplishments in lung homecare and for creating healthy communities. Maria also advocates for greater inclusion of underrepresented minorities in STEM jobs.
Read about Respira and Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40 (subject to paywall).
Iota Biosciences is working on cutting-edge technology that could change the way providers treat neurological diseases. The neural dust platform from iota is powered by ultrasound, enabling the company to produce devices the size of a grain of sand that avoid the dangers associated with wire- and battery-powered implantables.
Read more in the Healthcare IT News.
Berkeley SkyDeck, UC Berkeley's premier startup accelerator received more than 800 applications representing 64 countries and 213 cities for its Fall 2019 program. The new program includes 23 accelerator track startups, 105 incubator track startups, and 17 Global Innovation startups representing a wide range of industries including AI, biotech/medtech, blockchain, enterprise, consumer, hardware, robotics, and more.
Read more in TechStartups.com.
Berkeley City Council voted in late May to exempt small businesses from a tax on up to $1 million in research grants. Eliminating the tax could benefit startups that spin out from UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Read more in the San Francisco Business Times
Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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