UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, December 9th from 4-7 pm
The UC Theatre (2036 University Ave.)
Find local gifts for Berkeley friends, family and coworkers while supporting local businesses at the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair! There will be 25+ vendors selling coffee, clothing, jewelry, baked goods, stained glass, cooking spices, plants, patches, pins, and more, as well as free eco-friendly gift wrapping provided by Berkeley Rotary Club. With a cash bar, it’ll be a great way to connect with the community. (Masks and proof of vaccination 12+ required.)
Can't make it to the Fair? Shop from home through the BerkeleyHolidays.com Gift Guide!
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Friday, December 10 12-3pm
For UC Berkeley students, find your Spring 2022 internship with a SkyDeck startup at the SkyDeck Virtual Intern Fair. This is one of the largest intern fair’s at UC Berkeley and the Bay Area, with the last one drawing 450 students, resulting in over 200 internships.
Register on Eventbrite to meet with 90+ startups.
Friday, December 10 9am-12pm
The Collider Cup is where the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) will showcase the best student teams from the Fall 2021 semester. The teams will pitch to angel investors and industry experts as they compete to win the Collider Cup.
Register on Eventbrite.
RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Application Deadline: Friday, January 7
The HPC4 Energy Innovation Program, where the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a participant, is a great opportunity for those interested in leveraging High-Performance Computing (HPC) for sustainable energy advancements, helping companies get access to resources, and developing full proposal plans.
Application deadline: Friday, January 7
Course: Jan. 24, 26, & 31 from 6-9pm
For anyone with a technology-based startup idea that originated at a university or academic lab, Bay Area NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) offers a one-week course based on Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad. Three evening sessions will teach you to identify and refine your value propositions and customer segments, essential to de-risking your idea and achieving product-market fit. Teams that complete the national program have a much higher funding rate and might qualify for the National NSF I-Corps program which includes a $50,000 customer discovery grant.
Apply now. If you have questions about the NSF I-Corps program or application, email Dave Weiner.
Bakar Labs, UC Berkeley's "Deeptech" incubator supporting startups in biotech, pharma, agtech, foodtech, and other cutting-edge fields, will be a launchpad for more than 50 companies. Tenants can take advantage of shared equipment and connections to investors and industry partners.
Learn more and inquire about the space.
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Dharma College (2222 Harold Way) has beautiful, flexible office space located conveniently in their historic landmark building in Downtown Berkeley.
Get more information about pricing and book a tour.
BERKELEY INNOVATORS MAKING NEWS
Berkeley-based startup MeliBio received a special mention in TIME’s list of The Best Inventions of 2021 for their honey made without bees.
Learn more in TIME.
AralezBio CEO & co-founder Christina Boville (Activate Berkeley Cohort 2019) received the "Founders to Watch" award by Pillar VC at the recent Founder-Led Biotech Summit. Aralez Bio harnesses and trains enzymes to unlock an unprecedented array of amino acids and other chemical building blocks while cutting waste, energy consumption, and costs.
Learn more about Christina and the other founders at Founder Led Bio.
Twelve (formerly Opus 12) is a Berkeley-based carbon transformation company making everyday products out of air. Their founders recently went on the My Climate Journey podcast to talk about the company’s work, mission, and plans for the future.
Hear more on the podcast, My Climate Journey.
Cultured fat company Mission Barns has announced a co-manufacturing partnership with Silva Sausage Co to begin the first-ever full-scale production run of Mission Chorizo Sausage. This is an important step for the company and other Berkeley-based plant food and clean meat companies. Mission Barns has created its animal-free Mission Fat from pig, duck, chicken and cow cells. The fat in the sausage product, the company says, is from pork.
Read more on Food Dive.
UC Berkeley was ranked as the top public university for startup founders and the second among all universities in PitchBook’s 2021 university rankings, a testament to the strong local startup community in Berkeley.
Read more about this exciting achievement in The Daily Californian.
Invesco recently bought 600 Bancroft in Berkeley, a 3-building complex leased to tenants Bonneville Labs, Life Long Medical Care, Lumiphore, and Blue Current for $39.4M. The Class B office complex is nestled among many other West Berkeley research and development facilities.
Read more in The Registry.
Squishy Robotics is a robotics company developing robots that can provide additional information leading to improvements in disaster and emergency response. These robots have been used in many training exercises and are helping current disaster and emergency response teams.
Read more in Squishy Robotics' November 2021 newsletter.
Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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