The Berkeley Startup Cluster is collaborative effort of: the City of Berkeley‘s Office of Economic Development, the Downtown Berkeley Association, the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, and UC Berkeley. Their shared goal: making Berkeley an even better place to launch a high tech startup.
WeWork is a platform for creators. It provides the space, community, and services you need to create your life's work. Its mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living.
QB3 is the University of California’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship in the life sciences. The institute supports UC researchers and empowers Bay Area entrepreneurs to launch startup companies and partner with industry. With five incubators, two seed-stage venture capital firms, and a special initiative in medical devices — the Rosenman Institute — QB3 helps bio-entrepreneurs create high-value jobs and brings more than $750 million into the Bay Area each year.
Located on top of the tallest building in downtown Berkeley, SkyDeck combines the know-how of traditional accelerators with the vast resources of UC Berkeley. This robust partnership is coupled with SkyDeck’s unique mentorship program to create a powerful environment for your startup.
NextSpace exists to help its members make a life and a living on their own terms. Coffee shops are crowded, living rooms are lonely, and business centers have no soul. It provides the office infrastructure and the community connectivity so you can do your best work possible. It’s that simple.
Cyclotron Road is a home for top entrepreneurial researchers to advance technologies until they can succeed beyond the research lab. Their purpose: support critical technology development and help identify the most suitable business models, partners, and financing mechanisms for long-term impact.
The Foundry is a technology incubator based at UC Berkeley that helps entrepreneurs build companies at the intersection of hardware, software, and services. The Foundry provides access to design, manufacturing, and business tools within a community of mentors that transforms startup teams into founders.
The CITRIS Invention Lab supports faculty, student and community innovation by providing the knowledge, tools and support to rapidly design and prototype novel interactive products, embedded sensing systems and integrated mobile devices. The new facility is a vital piece of the CITRIS pipeline running from the minds of researchers through CITRIS laboratories, and into the markets, industries, and streets of the world.
Big Ideas is an annual contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of students who have “big ideas.” Since its founding in 2006, Big Ideas has inspired innovative and high-impact student-led projects aimed at solving problems that matter to this generation.
