UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday April 7th from 3-6pm
Are you an accredited investor interested in cutting-edge Seed and Series A startups from all around the world? SkyDeck's Batch 11 Demo Day will be (virtually) featuring the startups from their most recent cohort as well as a handful of alumni companies raising their next rounds.
Apply now to attend SkyDeck’s Batch 11 Demo Day. (First-time investors can apply; prior attendees do not need to apply again.)
Wednesday & Thursday, April 28 & 29, 3:15-5:15pm PT
The Biocom Institute Education Symposium invites K-12 educators, nonprofits and industry partners who are reimagining Life Science/Biotech learning experiences in their classrooms, schools and districts. Participants will engage in a variety of professional learning and networking opportunities to connect with innovative educators and industry experts & scientists, such as the leaders of Berkeley companies, Bayer and Caribou Biosciences.
Read more on the Biocom website.
Friday, May 7th from 10:00am – 12:00pm (via Zoom)
At the Sutardja Center’s Collider Cup VIII, student teams will pitch to a panel of investors and industry experts as they vie to win the grand prize from Pear VC fund!all-star showcase of the best student teams from the Spring 2021 semester will
Register to watch the event.
Friday, May 7th from 9:00am – 12:00pm (via Zoom)
SkyDeck’s Virtual Intern Fair will provide SkyDeck startups with necessary talent and Summer 2021 internships to Berkeley students.
Sign up through Eventbrite.
RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Application deadline: Friday, April 23
Online classes are May 10, May 12, May 17 from 6:00-9:00pm PT
The Bay Area Regional I-Corps Node offers a one-week course based on Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad (Business Model Canvas + Customer Discovery). The three evening sessions will teach you to identify and refine your Value Propositions and Customer Segments, which are essential to de-risking your idea and achieving product-market fit. Outside of class, you'll do at least 15 interviews with potential customers as part of the customer discovery process. Teams that complete this course with instructor endorsement may qualify for the National I-Corps program which includes a $30k or $50k grant for customer discovery.
Apply now. If you have any questions, contact wdavid@berkeley.edu.
The California Manufacturers Accelerator Plus (CMA+) program provides tailored advising to help manufacturers with 3-20 employees revamp their facilities, financials, administration, e-commerce and HR processes or otherwise sustainably grow their businesses, even during the current crisis. Businesses must have at least one production facility in the Bay Area to qualify for the technical assistance program.
Learn more.
LOCAL BUSINESSES MAKING NEWS
Proceeds from the financing will be used to further develop the company's next-generation CRISPR technology platform and pipeline of allogeneic immune cell cancer treatments. “Given its pioneering and selective approach in the field, Caribou Bio’s CRISPR technology platform should continue to serve as a powerful engine for therapeutic development,” said UC Berkeley Nobel Prize winner, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., co-founder of Caribou.
Read more in BusinessWire.
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) revealed 10 winners of the third stage of the Waves to Water Prize, including the HydroNode Team from CalWave Power Technologies Inc. The winning teams were each awarded a cash prize of $80,000 and will compete in the fourth stage of the prize. CalWave’s mission is to unlock the vast and steady carbon-free power from ocean waves with a proprietary wave energy converter technology that achieves high performance while surviving storms and extreme conditions.
Read more in AltEnergyMag.com.
Clarity Movement Co.’s state-of-the-art air quality monitoring solution, already deployed in 50+ countries globally, is now available for resale by distributors, resellers, and integrators. The launch of the Clarity Partner Program will support the company’s mission of empowering the world to reduce air pollution and ensure repeatable success for all Clarity Partners.
Read more on Clarity's website.
Fifteen top U.S. universities, including UC Berkeley, joined forces to launch a one-stop shop where corporations and startups can discover and license patents.
See more in TechCrunch.
Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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