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BERKELEY STARTUP CLUSTER HIGHLIGHTS
 Thursday, January 19, 5-7pm
Donkey & Goat Winery, Tasting Room & Wine Shop 1340 Fifth Street Berkeley, CA 94710
Join the Women Entrepreneurs of Berkeley (WEB) and the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce for a Winter Mixer featuring natural wine, delicious snacks, and exceptional networking. The evening will bring together women who lead Berkeley businesses, manage key business initiatives or teams, and are involved in supporting female entrepreneurship locally.
Register today. The first 50 attendees will receive a free drink ticket!
 Tuesday, February 7, 12:30-1:30pm
Bonneville Labs 626 Bancroft Way, Suite A, Berkeley, CA, 94710
Join coDesign and the Berkeley Startup Cluster for a discussion on the challenges hyper-growth startups face with regards to creating their ideal physical workspace, and how the CoDesign team can be a resource throughout the workplace design and buildout process. The lunch and learn will be hosted at Bonneville Labs - Berkeley and staff from the City of Berkeley will be available to answer questions about building codes and doing business in Berkeley.
coDesign is a local strategy+design+build firm that provides a frictionless, end to end project experience for tenant improvement projects – for both offices and labs. Their unique process eliminates the challenges that can occur when using separate strategy, design, and construction firms.
Register today! Lunch will be provided.
The Berkeley Lab recently launched an entirely new web presence at lbl.gov, the culmination of a two-year project. It is their first significant web redesign since 2006, and visitors to the site can learn more about how the Lab is addressing critical challenges for science, people, and the planet. The new site spotlights the Lab's research, capabilities, and people, while reflecting its dedication to the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability.
Check out the new website at lbl.gov.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, January 9, 3-5:15pm
555 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105
Join Biocom live in San Francisco to hear remarks from Dr. Ira Kalish, Chief Global Economist at Deloitte, on the economic outlook and trends for 2023 in a fireside chat with Biocom President and CEO Joe Panetta. Dr. Kalish will provide perspectives on how the challenges in the global economy blow headwinds in the direction of companies and will comment on what we may expect in terms of disruptions on the life sciences and technology business sectors.
Register today.
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Registration deadline: Wednesday, January 25
Course schedule: Wednesdays, February 8 - March 29
This workshop (held on Zoom) will take you through all the steps necessary to successfully file a well-written SBIR/STTR grant application. You will learn how to craft an appropriate research plan, obtain persuasive letters of support, develop an efficient budget, and anticipate reviewers’ comments. The workshop culminates in a submission clinic that will ensure your application is correctly filed.
Register today.
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Thursday - Saturday, April 6-8
For over three decades, the Bioneers Conference has served as a trellis on which this visionary movement of movements has grown and grown together around authentic “solve-the-whole problem” solutions. Join the Bioneers Conference 2023 to explore the ways in which leaders are navigating the “Great Unraveling.”
Registration opens today! Use the code BERKCLEANTECH for a 15% discount.
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RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Application deadline: TODAY, January 5
Applications open TOMORROW, January 6
The ICA Fund is recruiting its next cohorts for two programs.
The Accelerator is ICA's flagship, 14-week program for established, growth-stage companies earning ~$500K or more in annual revenue. Qualifying participants are eligible for up to $750K in investment from ICA following completion.
The Lab is an 8-week program for high-potential, seed-stage companies earning revenue and includes up to $50K in investment.
Apply today!
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Application deadline: TOMORROW, January 6, 2023
Online course times: January 23, 25, and 30 from 5-8pm PST
For early-stage Berkeley startups, the Bay Area National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps offers a course to help you identify and refine your value proposition and target customers. This immersive training will help you conduct 15 customer interviews to identify your top customer segment, validate your commercial market, and accelerate finding product-market fit.
Apply today.
Application deadline: Sunday, January 8
Thinking about launching a life sciences startup based on research at UC Berkeley? Want money to do it? Check out LSEC's Venture Grant Program! The 12-month structured program begins in February 2023 and offers mentoring and up to $100k unrestricted R&D grant to academic teams to promote translation of Berkeley life sciences technology to commercialization.
Apply by Jan. 8.
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Application deadline: Friday, January 13
Through the Startup Law Initiative (SLI), Berkeley law students team up with attorneys from top law firms to provide free legal incorporation services to Bay Area startup founders and local entrepreneurs. SLI’s services allow founders to overcome costly legal barriers to conducting business.
Apply by Jan. 13.
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Application deadline: Sunday, January 15
You’ve got preliminary data for a life sciences technology that can improve people’s lives. How do you move toward commercialization? This QB3 Bakar Labs program connects inventors with mentors who have decades of experience leading and investing in life science companies.
Apply by Jan.15.
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Virtual info session: Tuesday, Jan. 10, Noon–12:30 pm
Application deadline: Monday, January 30
The CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program helps UC students pursue world-changing research and accelerate their careers. Through eight-week paid internships, students will build in-demand skills through on-the-job experience. Participants will receive training in leadership and project management, and will be supported throughout the internship program by dedicated CITRIS staff and peers in their cohort.
Attend the virtual info session or apply by Jan. 30.
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Application deadline: Friday, February 17
CSL is a leading global biotech company that develops and delivers innovative biotherapies to help people living with life threatening medical conditions live full lives. CSL's Research Acceleration Initiative aims to fast-track discovery of innovative biotherapies. Successful applicants will receive up to $400K over 2 years.
Apply to the program.
Looking for a space away from home to get that new startup idea off the ground? Then check out Mothership Hackermoms in the Lorin District in South Berkeley for available work space, programming, and access to a community of other working moms.
Reach out to schedule a tour.
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BERKELEY INNOVATORS MAKING NEWS
Berkeley-headquartered UPSIDE Foods recently announced that it became the first company in the world to receive a "No Questions" letter (NQL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cultivated meat, poultry, or seafood. This letter indicates that the FDA accepts UPSIDE's conclusion that its cultivated chicken is safe to eat.
Read more in PR Newswire.
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Caribou Biosciences, a Berkeley-based biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has received clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for CB-011, a genome-edited allogeneic cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma cancer.
Read more in the company's press release.
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Rachel Haurwitz was recently recognized as one of the most admired CEOs by the SF Business Times. Ms. Haurwitz cofounded Caribou Biosciences back in 2011 and has overseen its growth to a publicly-traded company of 124 employees. Ms. Haurwitz credits the recognition partly to the company's diversity: "There are few publicly traded companies that have more women than men on the board. Our leadership is half women, and there are more women across the company."
Read more in San Francisco Business Times.
Pivot Bio, agriculture’s leading nitrogen innovator, joins the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) as an Innovation Sprint Partner, committing at least $291 million in product development funding over four years to accelerate the adoption of climate-resilient microbial nitrogen fertilizers.
Read more on Yahoo.com.
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Perfect Day, a Berkeley-based company developing alternative dairy products, recently announced that it deepened its investment in the enterprise biology business with a new brand identity, nth Bio. The company also announced a partnership with Onego Bio, a company making animal-free egg whites.
Read more on Vegconomist.com.
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Harvest Thermal–a Berkeley-based startup that makes a clean energy home heating and cooling system–announced that it raised an additional $2.5 million in "seed-plus" funding. The round brings Harvest Thermal's total funding to just shy of $7 million.
Read more in Bay Area Inno.
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Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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