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Early formation · Accelerate

Bakar Bio Labs

Full-service UC Berkeley incubator for life-science startups, with wet labs, offices, a shared core facility and links to campus and QB3 resources.

Early formation · Accelerate

Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials

UC Berkeley incubator for energy and materials startups, with lab and office space, equipment, mentorship, investor access and a pilot program.

Early formation · Accelerate

Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence

Berkeley RDI advances AI and decentralized tech; its free, non-dilutive Xcelerator backs pre-seed and seed AI and agentic AI startups worldwide.

Early formation · Accelerate

Berkeley SkyDeck

UC Berkeley's flagship six-month startup accelerator, with $200K investment per startup, 900 advisors, investor intros and Berkeley talent.

Ideation · Early formation

Berkeley StEP

Ten-week startup incubator that connects UC Berkeley community members with complementary skills to form founding teams and launch their ideas.

Scale

Berkeley-Taiwan Health Innovation Accelerator

The program, which is a partnership between Berkeley Public Health, UC Berkeley–based business accelerator program SkyDeck, and the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development…

Ideation · Early formation

Big Ideas Contest

Year-long social innovation contest and accelerator giving interdisciplinary UC Berkeley student teams training, mentoring and funding.

Early formation

Cal Hacks Fellowship

Cal Hacks Fellowship offers one-on-one mentorship, workshops around topics in entrepreneurship, direct interactions with industry professionals and venture capitalists, office space at The House…

Center for Healthcare Marketplace Innovation

Haas and CDSS research lab, startup studio and policy accelerator building human-plus-AI healthcare products, policies and ventures.

Ideation · Early formation

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Four-campus UC research center whose CITRIS Foundry incubates deep tech ventures and whose Invention Lab and Marvell NanoLab support prototyping.

Ideation

Cleantech to Market

Cleantech to Market (C2M)–the First Cleantech Accelerator–is a partnership between graduate students, startups, and industry professionals to help accelerate the commercialization of leading cleantech…

Ideation

Cradle to Commerce

Cradle to Commerce (C2C), funded by the Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions, is an unprecedented public-private incubator built to accelerate climate technology and equitable…

Early formation

Cyclotron Road

Cyclotron Road, a division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, supports leading entrepreneurial scientists as they advance technology projects with the potential for global impact. The…

Early formation

Energy & Biosciences Institute

Academic-industry energy research partnership whose EBI² incubator offers move-in-ready lab benches to pre-seed and seed climate and biotech startups.

Early formation

Free Ventures

Empowering the brightest founders in Berkeley. Free Ventures is Cal’s leading pre-seed startup accelerator. We empower student founders by providing access to funding, mentorship, and resources to…

Early formation

Health Engine

UC Berkeley's accelerator for early-stage healthcare startups. Our goal is to help healthcare innovators help others live longer, healthier, happier lives. Our program incorporates mentorship, a deep…

Accelerate

Health Tech CoLab

The Health Tech CoLab is a collaboration lab on campus that supports student teams working on medical devices, diagnostic tools, and digital health tools that harness mobile technology to increase…

Early formation

HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science

The HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science program at the Innovative Genomics Institute is now accepting proposals from aspiring entrepreneurs seeking to translate genomics research into impactful…

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

National lab offering technology licensing, startup opportunities, industry partnerships, user facilities and the Cyclotron Road fellowship.

Ideation · Early formation

NSF I-Corps Hub Northwest

Week-long NSF I-Corps Lean Startup courses that help academic researchers and early founders validate a market for their technology.

Ideation

Nucleate Bay Area

Our equity-free Activator program supports companies that tackle the biggest challenges in human health (Bio Track) and sustainability (Eco Track). The program connects scientific trainees and…

Accelerate

QB3 Garage@Berkeley

A 800-square-foot web lab incubator space, the QB3 Garage@Berkeley in Stanley Hall features eight stations with bench and desk space, and network connections; shared access includes a prep bench and…

Early formation · Accelerate

QB3 Innovation Discovery

QB3’s Innovation Discovery Program in partnership with BEVC is designed to provide tailored support to researchers commercializing their cutting-edge discoveries. The program focuses on identifying…

Accelerate

QB3 Mentoring

We connect biotech startup founders to mentors in the industry -- experienced entrepreneurs, investors, or senior leadership at large companies, for intensive one-on-one advising on how best to…

Early formation

QB3-Berkeley

Biosciences institute in Stanley Hall with shared research cores and the QB3 Garage@Berkeley, a wet-lab incubator offering bench space to startups.

Early formation

QB3-Central

WHERE STARTUPS GET STARTED Bakar Labs, part of the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub at UC Berkeley, is home to startups innovating solutions for the most important challenges the world faces today.

Early formation

SCET - Summer Venture Lab

Designed to accelerate your early-stage venture, our program begins with an honest, fact-based assessment of what stage your startup is in, then we prioritize decision-making and establish aggressive…

Early formation

Tory Burch Fellowship

The Tory Burch Fellowship at the IGI furthers the institute's mission of translating genome-editing and biotechnology tools into affordable and accessible solutions in human health, climate, and…

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UC Launch

Zero-equity accelerator for UC-affiliated startups with faculty lean startup training, industry mentors, Demo Day and up to $60K in prizes.