OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, November 7, 2019
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM PST
Haas School of Business, Chou Hall (2220 Piedmont Avenue, 6th floor)
A new state law requires most California companies to have at least one woman serve on their board of directors by the end of this year. By the end of 2021, they'll need three. Hosted by the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at Berkeley Law, this event will reveal how diversity in the boardroom makes a difference and creates company value.
Click here to Register
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
UC Berkeley Sutardja Dai Hall: Banatao Auditorium (2594 Hearst Avenue)
Join CITRIS Research Exchange for a discussion with the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Bitwise Industries, Irma Olguin Jr., about why she decided to build a company focused on strengthening the tech industry in Fresno, Calif. and how the company operates with the goal of activating human potential for the technology industry in underdog cities across the US.
Space is limited - Register to attend.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM PST
Haas School of Business (2220 Piedmont Avenue, C420)
The Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership and Berkeley Law's Women in Business Law Initiative are hosting this event focused on the gender wage gap. Learn about the challenges and solutions needed, including the roles of different stakeholders.
Click Here to Register for this free event
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
6:00 PM -10:00 PM PST
Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley (2495 Bancroft Way)
Check out UC Berkeley's all new showcase for student makers. Techfair will bring together Berkeley students who are creating innovative, disruptive solutions to real-world problems!
Click here to register for this free event
RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Applications due November 6
Activate, which now includes the two-year entrepreneurial fellowship Cyclotron Road program at the Berkeley Lab, as well as a similar one in Boston, is now accepting applications. Selected fellows receive a $80K-$110K yearly living stipend, access to world class research facilities, and unparalleled support in moving their ideas from science to product.
Apply by November 6 -- or spread the word.
Applications due November 15
The Bay Area Regional I-Corps Node is offering a short course based on Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad: Business Model Canvas + Customer Discovery. The three evening sessions (Dec 2, 4, & 9 @ 6-9pm) will teach you to identify and refine your Value Proposition and Customer Segments, which are essential to de-risking your idea and achieving product-market fit.
Learn more and sign up here.
Applications due November 20
The application deadline for the Big Ideas Contest is just one month away! Big Ideas is an annual contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of students who have “big ideas” that can change the world. Up to $300,000 is available for early stage, student led, social innovations.
Learn more and apply here.
Bonneville Labs is expanding and has space opening this November/December. BV Labs is looking for innovative biotech start-ups/emerging companies to join their community. It can accommodate companies seeking lab & office space with fewer than 25 people.
Learn more and take a tour of their facilities today
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.)
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS MAKING NEWS
Berkeley Brewing Science (BBS), the company launched by researchers at U.C. Berkeley, have produced a genetically engineered yeast to make a hoppy beer without adding any additional hops. Drakes Brewing is now using the BBS yeast to make beer at their brewing locations across California. Weird Science – as the new beer is appropriately called – is a 5.2% ABV pale ale.
Learn More where to try this beer in FoodandWine
Over the past three years, companies based in this city famed for its prestigious university, liberal politics, and inventive cuisine have brought in $880 million across at least 257 known rounds. That’s more than much larger cities like Miami and Phoenix. Three of the 10 largest deals this year have ties to the food industry: Bellwether Coffee, a maker of smart electric coffee roasters, Perfect Day, a maker of animal-free dairy proteins identical to cow’s milk proteins, and Wild Earth, a maker of high-protein, meat-free dog food.
Read about some featured startups in CrunchBase
The National Alliance for Water Efficiency at Berkeley Lab has been awarded a five-year, $100-million Energy-Water Desalination grant to address water security issues in the United States through research and development for energy-efficient and cost-competitive desalination technologies.
Learn more about the future of secure, affordable water
Medinas is a software-fueled marketplace for reusable medical equipment. The company's platform allows medical centers to resell their used equipment to other places and handles all aspects of the sale from the beginning inventory check to shipment and re-installation.
Read about this Berkeley-based startup in CrunchBase
Astellas Pharma Inc. and Berkeley-based iota Biosciences Inc, announced a joint research and development agreement to explore new biosensing and treatment measures using ultra-small implantable medical devices. iota develops millimeter-sized implantable medical devices that use wireless communication and ultrasound as a tool for power supply.
Learn more about iota Biosciences' new partnership
Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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