Startups

The Berkeley Startup Cluster maintains a list of innovation companies in Berkeley.

Businesses by Industry & Neighborhood

Click on a circle on the map and choose to "browse features" for more information about the innovation companies at that location. (Note that the numbers on the map denote the Berkeley City Council District.)

 

Innovation Sector Companies

712 North

Operator of a pharmaceutical company aimed at spearheading personalized mitochondrial medicines for patients with complex diseases, such as Alzheimer's dementia, ...

ABMUNO II LLC

Developer of therapeutic drugs ...

Adams & Chittenden Scientific Glass

Manufactures laboratory glassware and glass tools for scientific and industrial uses of all sorts ...

Aikium

Developer of protein therapeutics intended for neuro-inflammation and oncology. The company leverages breakthroughs in synthetic biology and deep learning to ...

ANGSTROM INNOVATION INC

plasmid sequencing services ...

Aralez Bio

Developer of amino acids designed to make valuable products in a sustainable way. The company has invented a novel enzymatic ...

ARCHER THERAPEUTICS Inc.

Makes T cells that hit the right target. They develop next generation cancer therapies which activate immune cells to hunt ...

Ariz Precision Medicine

ARIZ Precision Medicine is focused on the epigenetic changes that occur in the cancerization of a cell to develop targeted ...

ASO Therapeutics

The company is currently operating in Stealth mode ...

Aurora Bio

Operator of a decaffeinated coffee brand based in Berkeley, United States. The company is currently operating in Stealth Mode ...

AutoMate Scientific

Designs, manufactures and distributes precision biomedical equipment ...

Axent Biosciences

Developer of stem cell therapies designed to address unmet medical needs in human health. The company's platform technology in stem ...

Azalea Therapeutics

Operator of a biotech company intended to revolutionize genomic medicines. The company offers cell-specific delivery that provides precision therapeutics for ...

Bay Genomics LLC

Biotechnology consulting company ...

Bayer Corporation

Global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials ...

Berkeley Advanced Biomaterials

Producer of calcium-based materials. The company's calcium based materials include hydroxyapatite (HAP), tricalcium phosphate (TCP), calcium sulfate, calcium phosphates, and ...

Berkeley Ultrasound

Developer of an ultrasound device designed for the human brain connectome. The company's platform helps in treating brain disease by ...

Bettani

Developer of a proprietary protein platform designed to create dairy-free cheese that is inclusive, sustainable, and nutritious. The company offers ...

Bifrost Biosystems

Developer of an advanced biological data analytics platform designed to connect single-cell phenotypes to genotypes at scale. The company offers ...

Bikanta

Developer of a medical device designed to help in medical diagnostics and optical imaging at the molecular and cellular levels ...

BIOIVT LLC

RESEARCH BLOOD PRODUCTS: From biospecimen access to specialized services, we elevate science by empowering you to move your research forward ...

Biophysical Research Consultant

Biophysical research consultant ...

Blue Key Bio

A team of scientists and dreamers who see the potential of seaweed to improve our health and environment. They look ...

BluumBio

Developer of a bio-based remediation technology and bio-based products designed to remove toxic industrial chemicals from the environment and manufacturing ...

Calcott Consulting

Calcott Consulting LLC is an experienced and dedicated consulting service that is completely customer focused and objective. It specializes in ...

Caribou Biosciences

Caribou Biosciences Inc is a clinical-stage Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives ...

Catena Biosciences

Developer of an advanced protein coupling technology intended to cure autoimmune disorders. The company's technology allows the attachment of any ...

Coagulant Therapeutics

Developer of therapeutic drugs intended for the treatment of acute bleeding and related indications. The company's drugs offer an optimized, ...

Compound Foods

Sustainably producing the world's first beanless coffee ...

Conception Bio

Developer of biotechnological techniques designed to help women become biological parents at any point in life. The company focuses on ...

Cyclarity Therapeutics

Cyclarity develops easy-to-use drugs that prevent common age-related conditions such as atherosclerosis, heart-attack and stroke by addressing the root cause ...

CYTOSCIENT LLC

Cytoscient offers expert services for pharmaceutical and biomarker development. Their goal is to provide high quality data that is cost-effective ...

Editpep

The company creates a class of peptides capable of delivering CRISPR enzymes into clinically-relevant and previously untransfectable cell types, enabling ...

Elenae Therapeutics

Applying antisense oligonucleotide technology to target coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 ...

Epana Bio

The company is currently operating in Stealth mode ...

Foresight Mental Health

Operator of a mental health and wellness clinic intended to offer a wide range of treatments and healthcare services. The ...

Foundry31

Operator of a co-working and lifestyle space located in Berkeley, United States. The company offers medical, office, manufacturing space as ...

FutureBio

Operator of a biomanufactured plastic company intended to achieve recycling rate through biomass Vitrimer technology. The company offers a plastic ...

GigaCrop

Manufacturer of bio-derived hydrogen peroxide intended to improve photosynthesis. The company engineers enzymes that are used instead of traditional chemical ...

Gisens Biotech

Has a mission to shape the future by revolutionizing the field of personalized medicine, and portable diagnostics, powered by nanotechnology ...

Glyphic Bio

Operator of a biotechnology platform intended to increase binding affinity and improve consistency to help create personalized, precision cancer vaccines ...

Hermes Biosciences

Hermes Biosciences develops and commercializes integrated systems to isolate and analyze exosomes and other extracellular vesicles (EVs) ...

HOPO Therapeutics

Operator of a therapeutics and drug development company designed for heavy metal poisoning from the threats posed by radiological hazards ...

Huue Bio

Developer of a proprietary bio-synthesized dye designed to eliminate the need for toxic chemicals in the color production process. The ...

Inapill

developing novel therapeutics that tune immune cell metabolism (immunometabolism) to treat disease ...

Insamo

Operator of a biotechnology platform intended to pioneer the discovery of membrane-permeable and orally available cyclic peptides with antibody-like binding ...

Intropic Materials

Unlocking a new bio-active products market with its enzyme stabilizing technology. By embedding degrading enzymes directly inside plastics, Intropic is ...

Iris Medicine

pioneering a new RNA modality: small binding RNAs (sbRNAs). The sbRNA platform unlocks multiple therapeutic approaches, from allele-selective inhibition to ...

Izote Biosciences

Developer of an oxygen-free industrial fermentation platform designed to improve the production of chemicals, fuels, and food ingredients. The company ...

KarnaTeq

Developer of tools for RNA sequencing intended to help scientists and health providers in the future. The company's tool can ...

Keylika

Keylika is developing the world’s first Rx buccal patch to treat iron deficiency anemia, combining the ease of oral supplements ...

KONZEPT LLC

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry consulting ...

Laboratory Glass Apparatus, Inc

Laboratory Glass Apparatus is committed to Manufacturing high quality and reliable laboratory glassware and equipment that makes possible new scientific ...

Laguna Bio

Developer of drug discovery platform designed to selectively activate and expand the innate immune system against cancer. The company specializes ...

LevGo

LevGo specializes in developing simple, easy to use tools for everyday laboratory tasks. They call these tools smartTools because they ...

Libby Laboratories

Manufacturer of skincare and haircare products in California. The company manufactures a variety of paraben-free and sulfate-free products for hair ...

Lumiphore

Developer of bi-functional chelators designed to offer biomedical applications in drug discovery research, diagnostics and therapeutics. The company's bi-functional chelators ...

Magnetic Tides

Developer of a neuroscience biotech company designed to form non-invasive brain stimulation and kilohertz transcranial magnetic stimulation. The company's research ...

Million Marker

Provider of pathological services intended to measure the exposure to environmental chemicals like bisphenol and phthalates. The company's service includes ...

Minutia

A Next Generation Cell Therapy Company working towards a transplant of insulin producing cells combined with nanosensors for diabetes ...

Moab Therapeutics Incorporated

Developer of modular therapeutic agents designed for targeted biological intervention. The company utilizes bio-inspired scaffolds with antibody-like potency, incorporates machine ...

Modular Bionics Inc

Modular Bionics is dedicated to delivering realized neurotechnologies. We develop and manufacture neurotechnology products for neuroscientists and clinical researchers ...

MZR Neurotech

Developer of an in-ear sleep improvement system designed to measure sleep. The company's in-ear electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor is packed with ...

Nanotein Technologies

Developer of ex vivo cell therapy technology designed for the expansion of T cells to support cancer treatment development. The ...

Newomics

Developer of a biotechnology platform designed to create multi-omics diagnostic assays for diabetes, Alzheimer's, and other diseases. The company's platform ...

Novel Farms

Developer of a cultivated meat company aiming to bring culinary delicacies into the future of food. The company produces whole ...

NV Therapeutics

Developer of non-viral gene editing technology designed to improve cell and gene therapies ...

Oleo (Environmental Solutions)

Operator of a biomanufacturing platform intended to produce sustainable oil products. The company specializes in transforming waste into carbon-neutral and ...

Plastus

Manufacturer of biodegradable bioplastics intended to offer polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). The company offers novel fermentation technology to create bioplastics that biodegrade ...

PLATFORM2THERAPEUTICS LLC

Business Consulting ...

POG CONSULTING INC

BIOTECH CONSULTING-coordinating, across disciplines, the research, manufacturing and development of novel therapeutics ...

Positivo Biotechnology LLC

A company focused on developing non-viral DNA gene delivery and expression systems for treating various diseases, including cystic fibrosis. Their ...

Praio

Praio enables economical manufacture commodity chemicals using synthetic protocells with a reduced carbon footprint ...

Prellis Biologics

Developer of a bioprinting technology designed to recreate and engineer human tissues in vitro. The company's technology precisely reproduces the ...

Prometheus Biofuels

Pulling CO2 from the air to make zero net carbon fuels and carbon negative goods ...

Protocols.io

Developer of an open-access platform designed to share and discover life science protocols. The company's platform leverages mobile and web ...

QUiCKR Bio

QUiCKR Bio builds tools to provide Instant Quantification of genetic modifications for Cell and Gene Therapy researchers ...

Radar Therapeutics

Radar Therapeutics leverages the explosion in single-cell transcriptomic data, advances in our understanding of RNA-editing enzymes, and simple, elegant logic ...

Rareterra

Developer of an acid-free microbial bioprocess intended to recover and separate rare-earth elements (REEs) from complex and waste sources. The ...

Ray Therapeutics

late-stage preclinical Bay Area biotechnology company pioneering the first-to-market precision optogenetic therapy for vision restoration that is highly active in ambient ...

Renasant Bio

in stealth mode ...

ReRx Therapeutics

Developer of oral therapeutics intended to transfer clinical outcomes of patients with severe metabolic disorders. The company targets severe metabolic ...

ResVita Bio

Developer of skin probiotics intended to treat chronic skin diseases. The company is developing a versatile skin microbial platform by ...

Rhea’s Factory

Developer of an enzyme blend designed to degrade plastics, utilizing a proprietary combination of machine learning algorithms and biochemical processes ...

Sampling Human

Developer of a genetic analysis technology intended for complex single-cell data. The company's technology provides pre-symptomatic screening, personalized medicine, drug ...

Sonera Magnetics

Developer of a magnetometer designed to measure weak magnetic fields generated by brain activity in a portable and cost-effective device ...

SoteriSkin

**Soteri Skin** is a dermatology startup that develops and sells over-the-counter, non-prescription topical products for atopic dermatitis. Their formulations are ...

Survey Genomics

Using technology from top research universities to revolutionize spatial biology. Along with platform/product development, they'll use their technology to identify ...

Umaro Foods

Umaro Foods is food startup that has created plant-based bacon from red seaweed ...

UPSIDE Foods

Operator of a cultivated meat company intended to help firms produce real meat, poultry, and seafood without slaughtering animals. The ...

Valitor Bio

Developer of new generation drugs designed to improve the current treatment strategies for a variety of diseases. The company's drugs ...

Varada Agriculture

Developer of an RNA interference technology designed for nature's biology for sustainable agriculture The company's technology offers a range of ...

Vivere Oncotherapies

Operator of a gene therapy delivery company intended to unlock the full potential of immunotherapy for cold, solid tumors. The ...

Xalud Therapeutics Inc

Biotechnology research and development ...

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