UPCOMING EVENTS
TOMORROW, Thursday, March 2 8:30 am-5 pm Virtual
Join EDGE in Tech, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Berkeley Engineering for Smarter Tech for a Resilient Future, a virtual symposium highlighting the experiences of experts using emerging technologies to advance innovation for more sustainable infrastructure. The event will feature professionals who are pioneering new approaches to intelligent transportation networks, healthy indoor environments, aviation infrastructure and next-generation agriculture.
Register to attend virtually tomorrow.
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Wednesday March 22, 9:30 AM On Zoom
Join the Berkeley Chamber and Marketing U’s Lisa Cain, Ph.D., for a workshop on how to use Mailchimp's features for more effective email marketing.
Social media may seem sexier, but ultimately, reminding people regularly in a venue in which they're a bit more captive, works better. And, just seeing your name in their inbox gives you an edge when it comes to recall and recognition. You can even test subject lines and language which can be helpful as you move content across your other marketing channels.
Register Today.
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RESOURCES & DEADLINES
Application deadline: Friday, March 3
Online course times: March 20, 22, and 27 from 5-8pm PST
Do you have a startup idea? Are you looking for a proven method to validate your idea?
Intro to Lean Startup: NSF I-Corps Method includes three evening sessions that teach you to identify your top customer segment, define value propositions to de-risk your idea, and how to find product market fit.
Bay Area Regional NSF I-Corps will also offer a second class at the same time in March: I-Corps @ LSEC, a collaborative course with the UC Berkeley Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center, with curriculum tailored to early stage life science startups.
Eligible teams that complete either course might also qualify for the National NSF I-Corps program, which includes a $50,000 customer discovery grant. Teams that complete the national program have a much higher funding rate, including SBIR grants and investment.
Apply by this Friday, March 3.
Application deadline: Friday, March 3
StopWaste is offering grants with a total of $1.1 million available in funding for projects in six categories. The focus is on innovative approaches to preventing waste in Alameda County and supporting local communities. Businesses, nonprofits, and institutions are eligible for funding, unless noted otherwise.
Apply today.
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 The California Office of the Small Business Advocate has awarded funding to the Chabot - Las Positas Community College District for the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program to provide grants to microbusinesses in the counties of Alameda, Amador, Contra Costa, and El Dorado. This program will provide grants of $2,500 to microbusiness (businesses that have fewer than 5 employees and earn less than $50,000 per year) that were in operation in 2019, are still in operation, and were impacted by the COVID-19 public health restrictions.
Apply before March 12.
Application deadline: March 15, 2023
Course dates: May 22 – June 30, 2023
Berkeley, CA
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Summer Venture Lab Program provides graduate-level students the opportunity to take their new venture project or research one step closer to market. Utilizing the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship, the curriculum provides best practices along with an emphasis on leadership, mindset, and networking in one of the most robust entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world.
Apply today.
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Application Deadline: April 2023
UC Berkeley's Master of Engineering program is now accepting capstone project proposals for the next academic year (2023-24). Every year, Berkeley MEng teams partner with industry leaders to pilot new initiatives, improve existing products, and develop data-driven business strategy.
Propose a project by April 2023.
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 Dharma College in Downtown Berkeley (2222 Harold Way on corner with Kittredge St.) is leasing co-working spaces in a historical landmark building - one where work is balanced with ancient wisdom, mindful practice and whole-person embodiment. The space is ideal for those seeking a better work life balance.
Book a tour.
Address: 2233 4th St.
Real estate brokerage firm Cresa is leasing the entire floor (7,957 RSF) of an industrial building in southwest Berkeley. Potential tenant use ranges from synthetic bio to any advanced manufacturing use (robotics, battery, carbon, etc.)
Contact the brokers for a tour.
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Starting Up is an introductory online entrepreneurship course that is free and open to everyone. In the course created together with the world-famous Finnish startup ecosystem, students learn the fundamentals of startup entrepreneurship, company building, and how to create new products with real-life examples from successful entrepreneurs.
Check it out.
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Companies can use state-of-the-art instruments and services on the UC Berkeley campus for a fee through the Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons (RIC). The Berkeley RIC serves startups as well as large companies and RIC facilities include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), DNA sequencing and genomics, single crystal and powder x-ray crystallographic analysis, elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, and wet lab benches.
Get in touch today.
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BERKELEY INNOVATORS MAKING NEWS
Wild Earth co-founder and CEO Ryan Bethencourt survived the "Shark Tank" and most recently a new round of pitching investors. The Berkeley and Durham, North Carolina-based startup secured $23 million and is developing new lines of pet food using cell-cultivated meats.
Read More in The Business Journals.
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Berkeley-based precision medicine solutions provider Newomics Inc. has announced that it has sold its 100th mass spectrometry front-end system, thereby contributing to successful customer applications in the development of biotherapeutics such as Covid-19 antibodies and gene therapy, blood-based clinical diagnosis, and proteomics research. Customers include 8 of the top 10 global biopharmaceutical companies and leading academic and biotech institutions.
See the Newomics press release in BusinessWire.
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IT layoffs are continuing in 2023: The latest technology company to recently unveil large layoffs is Berkeley-based quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing, which will terminate 28% of its employees. Rigetti had approximately 200 employees as of December, with offices in the US, UK and Australia.
Read more on Computing.co.uk.
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Keep in Touch
To submit information or questions about Berkeley Startup Cluster contact: oedmailbox@cityofberkeley.info
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