Berkeley Startup Cluster

Calling all #Berkeley #startup #founders, #businesses, #entrepreneurs, and #innovators! Welcome to the new and improved Berkeley Startup Cluster LinkedIn page. The Berkeley Startup Cluster is a collaborative effort between the City of Berkeley, the University of California, Berkeley, the Berkeley Lab, the Downtown Berkeley Association, and the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. In response to feedback we've received from innovation industry professionals, we created this public LinkedIn page to share Berkeley Startup Cluster news and resources with a wider audience. Follow us today to stay up-to-date on the latest news, resources, events, jobs, and funding opportunities related to Berkeley’s innovation ecosystem. And be sure to tag us in relevant LinkedIn posts so we can help get the word out about the amazing work being done across our network?—?and professional opportunities in Berkeley. Message or comment on this post with any questions! Be sure to also follow the Berkeley Startup Cluster on Twitter if you don’t already: https://lnkd.in/gth5zvPh

The eHub at UC Berkeley hosted a tour for the City of Berkeley’s Mayor Adena Ishii, council members from District 2 Terry Taplin, District 6 Brent Blackaby and District 5 Shoshana O’Keefe Their new eHub is striving to build a community for students from interdisciplinary fields. They offer 3 semester-long practice tracks for entrepreneurship: Search, Test, and Build. Right now most of the students are focused on AI and medical devices.

Bakar Bio Labs welcomed City of Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii, District 7 Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra, District 2 Councilmember Terry Taplin, District 6 Councilmember Brent Blackaby, a representative from District 5 Councilmember Shoshana O’Keefe’s office, and the Office of Economic Development today for a great tour of the facility including the labs, garden, and outdoor meeting spaces. It was cool to learn that 90% of students who go through an internship at Bakar Labs receive a full time job offer and that the program will soon be expanding from 92,000 square feet in Berkeley to 420,000 square feet between Berkeley and San Francisco. It’s great to know they’re also supporting climate tech companies with the new Bakar Climate Labs program. Thanks Jeremy Alberga, David Schaffer, and Darren Cooke for hosting!

Thanks to JLL’s Sam Swan and Lane Partners, LLC’ Nick Menchel for hosting the Berkeley Startup Cluster Advisors at Berkeley Commons yesterday. It was great to hear the tremendous support local innovators have from the City of Berkeley, including Office of Economic Development staff, Mayor Adena Ishii, and District 2 Councilmember Terry Taplin. Plus, so many shared exciting updates like: +Jennifer Cogley from Bayer whose cell therapy solutions for Parkinson’s disease have advanced to Phase III clinical trials, +Taylor Marcus from Berkeley SkyDeck where they received an all time high of 3,000 applications for their next #startup accelerator cohort, +Jill Fuss from Activate which is celebrating its 10th year in #Berkeley and is a finalist for an East Bay Economic Development Alliance Innovation Award +Gino Segre, Jeremy Alberga and Shilpi Kumar from Bakar Bio Labs and Bakar Climate Labs who are celebrating startup successes, including $600 million raised +and so many more from Scotty Vincent at Glyphic Biotechnologies, Beth Roessner at the Berkeley, California Chamber of Commerce, Sam Calisch from Copper (induction stoves), Judith Wetterer from Wareham Development, Todd Pray at the Berkeley Lab, Wesley Jackson at Valitor, Aelisa Carr, P.E. with RePicture .

A huge thank you to JLL and Lane Partners, LLC for hosting a fantastic Berkeley Startup Cluster Advisor's meeting at Berkeley Commons! It was a great opportunity to connect and discuss how we can continue to foster innovation and growth within the innovation community. Looking forward to more of these impactful discussions and continued partnerships!

For innovative #Berkeley startups, the Bay Area National Science Foundation (NSF)-I Corps University of California, Berkeley will offer a course on April 14, 17 & 24 to help you identify and refine your value proposition and target customers. Apply by next Friday, March 21st! https://lnkd.in/ggtk-pW6

Before the Bioneers Conference kicks off, join Women in Cleantech and Sustainability and Women Entrepreneurs of Berkeley on Wednesday, March 26th from 5-7 pm for a relaxed and friendly happy hour. You’ll have the opportunity to network with professionals in the cleantech and sustainability sector, share ideas and discuss innovations shaping our green future, and enjoy delicious drinks and appetizers. Use code BIO20 to receive 20% off you ticket. https://lnkd.in/gcGKxKXx

Berkeley’s startup Copper is manufacturing a new electric stove that plugs into a normal wall outlet! Their stoves are an innovative way to help address climate change that comes from buildings like cooking, heating and cooling living spaces and hot water. https://lnkd.in/g8WjtSnj

I'm looking forward to participating in the Bisnow Commercial Real Estate State of the Market conference taking place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina in #Berkeley on March 20. Local leaders like Jordan Klein, Darren Cooke, Mark Rhoades, AICP, Jeremy Fiance, Patrick Kennedy, Geoffrey Sears, Darek DeFreece, and Andres Orphanopoulos (among others) should provide good perspectives on development activity, investment opportunities, and innovation in the City of Berkeley and greater East Bay. https://lnkd.in/g2xhQAEZ

Join University of California, Berkeley Intellectual Property and Industry Research Alliances?for their webinar tomorrow (3/06) at 12 pm to explore opportunities and mechanisms in working with industry sponsors of research. They will cover a spectrum from identifying industry partners to pitching your research projects and capabilities, to contracts, to publications, reports and intellectual property. https://lnkd.in/gKigQGn8