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

Absolute Climate, Inc.

Absolute Climate is an independent standard and methodology developer that ensures every carbon removal credit and environmental attribute certificate represents ...

Activate

For two years, Activate supports fellows with a full-time living stipend, mentorship, an entrepreneurial education, access to funders and industry ...

AirCapture Inc

Developer of direct air capture technologies designed to help businesses become carbon neutral, or even negative. The company leverages technology ...

AirMyne

Developer of a machine intended to remove carbon dioxide from the air. The company's machine removes carbon dioxide from atmospheric ...

All Power Labs

Manufacturer of biomass gasifier generators intended to offer small-scale gasification products. The company specializes in manufacturing and designing biomass gasification ...

Alternative Energy Consulting LLC

Energy consulting services ...

Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, Inc

Berkeley Air has extensive experience in organizing and carrying out the field work necessary for effective indoor air pollution and ...

BluumBio

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

Calion Technologies

Developer of an isocaloric heat pumping technology designed to provide a drop-in replacement for vapor compression technologies. The company offers ...

CarbonSustain Inc

Developer of accounting and AI Insights SaaS platform intended to track and manage carbon emissions. The company offers AI-driven actionable ...

Clarity Movement

Developer of air pollution monitoring and management system designed to measure environmental data. The company's system develops an air quality ...

Class VI Solutions Inc

EARTH SCIENCE R&D: Class VI Solutions engineers, fabricates and installs subsurface monitoring systems, employing advanced and emerging technologies. Includes carbon ...

Common Spark Consulting Inc

Energy and climate-policy research and consulting ...

CommuteSaver

Provider of a solution intended to assist companies in tracking and reporting the scope of carbon emissions generated from employee ...

Copper

Manufacturer of home electrification products intended to replace gas ranges in homes. The company's products are designed and engineered to ...

Cultivo

Developer of a natural capital investment platform designed to enable large-scale investment in environmental assets and land regeneration. The company's ...

Deep Fission

Developer of underground energy systems designed for low-cost, scalable, and carbon-free electricity generation. The company's platform uses a simplified pressurized ...

Deep Isolation

Developer of an advanced nuclear waste disposal technology designed to dispose of nuclear waste with greater location siting and implementation ...

Foli Research

Provider of advanced manufacturing services intended to solve engineering challenges. The company's services use first principles analysis, and computational design ...

Forest3

Manufacturer of semi-autonomous forestry equipment intended for forest management productivity. The company produces compact machinery with coverage capacity, safety-focused operation, ...

Form Energy

Developing a new class of cost-effective, multi-day energy storage systems that will enable a reliable and fully-renewable electric grid year-round ...

FutureBio

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

Good Ancestors LLC

Professional services: Good Ancestors is a digital product design studio that partners with early and growth stage companies to build ...

GreenGrid Energy Storage Inc

Develops shipping-container battery systems for stationary grid storage ...

High Noon Advisors LLC

Consulting for renewable energy and clean technology ...

Huue Bio

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

HyWatts

Operator of a duration renewable power storage system intended to make alternate energy scalable by providing hydrogen-based services. The company's ...

Iterant

Operator of an online wholesale marketplace intended for businesses to purchase and sell reusable goods. The company's marketplace offers tools ...

KoBold Metals

Operator of an AI-powered mineral exploration company intended to discover the materials critical for the electric vehicle and renewable energy ...

Maxivio Inc

At the forefront of the materials innovation, Maxivio is redefining the integration of photons and electrons to empower energy efficient ...

Metaseismic Inc

R&D METAMATERIALS: Harnessing Frequency, Energy, and Vibration to protect people, goods, and our precious Earth ...

MoonFive Technologies

Operator of electric vehicle charging services intended to facilitate at-home charging for renters in multi-family housing. The company offers a ...

Next-Ion

Manufacturer of batteries created to enhance existing battery architecture with improved safety and quality performance ...

Oleo (Environmental Solutions)

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

Olivine Inc

Olivine delivers turnkey energy program solutions, end-to-end market expertise and award-winning DERMS technology ...

Perawatt Energy Inc

High efficiency inductors, transformers, and stator cores made with innovative soft magnetic materials ...

Picoyune

Manufacturer of chemical sensing products designed to help clients in portable mercury analysis. The company is focused on adapting the ...

Polyplus

Developer of lithium battery products designed to offer higher performance levels. The company's offering includes lithium-sulfur batteries, protected lithium electrodes, ...

Praio

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

Primitives Inc

Biodesign and climate-tech company developing advanced bio-derived materials and circular design principles to restore ecological balance ...

Prometheus Biofuels

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

PVComplete

Developer of solar design software designed to deliver seamless solar design from concept to construction. The company's software offers solar ...

RareTerra Inc.

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

Serinus Labs, Inc.

Manufacturer of integrated chip-scale silicon gas sensors. The company's gas sensors provide custom technologies for existing and emerging gas sensor ...

SimpleLab

Developer of water testing technology designed to improve the treatment for and monitor water pollution. The company's technology consists of ...

SUNCHEM

DEVELOPING NANO FILTRATION DEVICES FOR PRECISION SEPARATION OF CRITICAL METALS ...

Tailwind Climate LLC

Tailwind is an investment firm and ecosystem builder focused on accelerating the deployment of climate adaptation and resilience solutions ...

Tailwind Futures

Tailwind is an investment firm and ecosystem builder focused on accelerating the deployment of climate adaptation and resilience solutions ...

Terabase Energy

Operator of a solar technology company intended to reduce the cost and increase the scalability of solar. The company is ...

terrafuse

Developer of forecasting tool designed to predict climate risk. The company's tool uses machine learning emulators of weather and hydroclimate ...

Twelve

Developer of carbon dioxide recycling devices designed to create a climate-positive world and a fossil-free future. The company's technology bolts ...

Vespene Energy

Provider of renewable energy services intended to offer conversion of landfill methane to fuel Bitcoin mining. The company's services are ...

Westwood Aerogel

exceptional thermal insulation to drive energy efficiency in various industries ...

Windscape AI

Developer of an artificial intelligence-powered wind farm operational management software designed to optimize the efficiency and predictability of wind energy ...

Xcell Assay

XCellAssay has created an affordable technology to alert you, and water districts supplying your water, to the presence of health-impacting ...

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