UC Berkeley Startups Cross $1 Billion Funding Mark

⚡ Transform Your Battery Innovation into a Scalable Venture! ⚡ 🚀 Calling all researchers, Master’s & PhD students, engineers, and entrepreneurial talents across Germany! The wait is over — the Battery Startup Incubator (BaStI) by TUM Venture Labs launches the first batch of the Battery Venture Course 2026 (16 April – 16 July | Thursdays 16:00–18:30 CET). This hands-on, project-based program goes beyond theory, enabling you to explore the entire battery value chain - from materials and cell technologies to systems integration and recycling - and turn breakthroughs into scalable ventures. 💡 What you’ll gain: -Translate deep-tech innovations into viable business models -Conduct structured customer discovery with industry stakeholders -Develop techno-economic analyses (TEA) to assess feasibility and viability -Integrate regulatory, IP, and financing considerations into venture strategy -Design scaling strategies for capital-intensive technologies -Create and defend investor-ready pitches 👥 Program highlights: -Hybrid format: weekly online sessions + 3 on-campus events at TUM Garching -Mentoring from experienced founders, investors, and industry experts -Hands-on team projects with real battery venture cases -Fireside chats and workshops with battery startup founders and ecosystem leaders 💸 Fully online & free of charge — limited seats available! 📌 Applications open until 27 March 2026 Learn more and apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/enX-ErQd Don’t just innovate — commercialize your battery breakthrough and shape the future of energy storage! ⚡ #BatteryVentureCourse #DeepTech #BatteryInnovation #Entrepreneurship #TUMVentureLabs #BaStI #MasterStudents #PhDStudents #CustomerDiscovery #TEA #StartupSkills #GlobalOpportunity

🔬 If you're building a life sciences startup in the Research Triangle this is your roadmap. This is a deep-dive guide on the Top 5 resources every early-stage biotech, medtech, and life sciences founder in RTP needs to know. We're talking about: ✅ Non-dilutive funding you can stack (NCBiotech loans + SBIR + OneNC match) ✅ Free federal grant strategy coaching, yes, actually free ✅ Lab space, accelerators & investor-ready pitch programs ✅ How to leverage Duke, UNC & NC State commercialization offices ✅ A 90-day action plan to get activated in the ecosystem fast RTP isn't just a zip code. It's one of the most powerful life sciences ecosystems in the country and most founders are only tapping 20% of what's available to them. This guide changes that. 🔔 Follow Eureka Biomed Collective LLC and RTP Startups | Powered by Eureka Biomed Collective for more founder-focused resources, ecosystem intel, and life sciences startup strategy straight from inside the Triangle. North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBiotech), First Flight Venture Center, NC SBTDC, CED (Center for Entrepreneurial Development) #LifeSciences #Biotech #MedTech #ResearchTriangle #RTP #StartupFunding #SBIR #Entrepreneurship #NorthCarolina #BiotechStartup

🌍 The iNest is excited to announce that Temple University is a University Partner for the LifeX Accelerator, which transforms technologies into companies and moves life science startups toward commercialization. Transfiguring ideas into industry is the focus of the iNest. The LifeX Accelerator is starting a new virtual program with the LifeX Insight Series beginning on April 14, 2026. Our Temple iNest Innovation Manager, Ram Tantravahi, is here to guide interested companies. The LifeX Accelerator believes groundbreaking science deserves a clear path to impact and built a platform designed to bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization. 🔜 Please check out: https://lnkd.in/emmQ63nF for details and the schedule. Temple University Office of the Vice President for Research Temple University College of Engineering Temple University Barnett College of Public Health Temple University College of Science and Technology Temple University - Lewis Katz School of Medicine #startups #innovation #research #lifescience

The Office for Research and Innovation hosted its second Wolf Den at Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) At Stony Brook University on February 12, spotlighting biotech entrepreneurs who shared their journeys from scientific discovery to building scalable ventures. The event brought together investors, researchers, founders, and business leaders to strengthen Long Island’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Panelists Christopher Ashdown, PhD, Eve McDavid, and Raza Hassan, Ph.D. discussed inspiration, tech transfer, funding pathways, and resilience with moderator James Acquaviva. Their stories highlighted how collaboration, curiosity, and institutional support help turn bold ideas into real-world impact. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e-4q8g5k #SBUResearch #SBUInnovation #WolfDen #Biotech #LifeSciences

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BCBN Feed: LabCentral’s 2025 Impact Report Shows Continued Progress for the Life Sciences Industry https://lnkd.in/gn4-8FfZ 30 new companies supported, 737 jobs created and 22 new clinical trials launched CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LabCentral, the premier Massachusetts-based network of coworking labs designed to accelerate high-potential biotech startups, today announced the release of... ... [...]

1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ Days of Biotech Business School The real goal in biotech isn’t a startup. It’s a legacy. Startups can succeed or fail. Funding cycles come and go. But the people who truly shape biotechnology think beyond companies. They think about what they will leave behind. A biotech legacy can take many forms: • A therapy that changes patient outcomes • A platform that accelerates scientific discovery • A company that outlives its founder • A community that helps thousands enter biotech • Knowledge that shapes the next generation of scientists When you think in terms of legacy, your decisions change. You stop chasing short-term wins and start building long-term impact. Because biotechnology isn’t just about innovation. It’s about improving the future of life itself. And the founders who remember that are the ones whose work is remembered decades later. #Day197 #BiotechBusinessSchool #BiotechLegacy #DeepTechFounders #BiotechFuture #AIBiotech #TheBiotechBoss

Great to see Bakar Bio Labs featured in the San Francisco Business Times for reaching a $1 Billion dollar funding milestone. The four-year-old incubator houses 55 biotech startups and graduates. Bakar Labs companies have created approximately 450 jobs total. Read more in the SF business Times: https://lnkd.in/gYEWqSvB

Cambridge: Where great ideas become great companies The new Beauhurst report shows why: 🔹 University of Cambridge was the top academic institution by both number of equity deals and equity volume - Cambridge Enterprise Ventures 🔹 Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire lead the average equity raised per year by spinouts. 🔹Bicycle Therapeutics, Granta Park is highlighted - one of the largest spinout deals of the last decade building on Nobel prize winning research in Cambridge. 🔹CamGraPhIC Ltd is also highlighted - University of Cambridge spinout developing graphene-based technology to improve 5G telecoms. The report also mentions the Cambridge x Manchester innovation partnership - now in full delivery mode to strengthen research networks, boost scale-up growth and attract private investment leveraging the strengths of both cities The University of Manchester, Unit M. Read more in the ‘Equity Investment in spinouts 2026 report’ here 👉 https://bit.ly/4rWy9BN #21towatch: Celebrating the next wave of innovators, the annual #21toWatch awards returned to The Glasshouse this week. 🔹 Innovation with purpose: Winners reflected Cambridge’s deeptech strengths being applied to society’s most persistent challenges 🔹 Congratulations to the seven Top21.2026 companies Cyclana Bio, FactTrace, Loop52, Protalea Bio, Serenatis Bio, Shuffle Energy, @SomNyx 📄 See all 21 winners and the full press release here: https://bit.ly/4rlsrZ1 Innovation to benefit everyone Thank you to King's College, Cambridge King's E-Lab for hosting the exceptional fireside chat between Gillian Tett and Greg Jackson, CEO Octopus Energy. 🔹 Greg’s drive to innovate and create affordable energy for everyone remains at the heart of his vision.  🔹 A Cambridge, Pembroke College, Cambridge graduate from Middlesborough who created a double unicorn within a decade, Greg encapsulates the Cambridge spirit entirely. 🔹 We left proud, inspired and optimistic for the entrepreneurs of the future. 📅 Upcoming Events Venture Café Cambridge Connect | Tuesday 10 March | 5pm–8pm Exploring how advanced materials across biotech, engineered systems and next-gen manufacturing are enabling new industrial capabilities. A few spots left 👉 Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eEhtX-KJ   Obstacles to Outcomes: Hiring Workshop | Thursday 12 March | 11am–1pm A focused peer workshop for CTOs, Founders, Engineering Managers and People Ops professionals. Benchmark your hiring process, identify friction points, and leave with one clear action. Email to find out more📩 jamie@brdgthegap.com Cambridge AI: AI in Marketing | Thursday 12 March | 5:30–7:30pm Cambridge AI meet - three speakers sharing first-hand experience of putting AI tools to work in marketing Rod Banner (Positive Change Group), Jean-Michel VAN and Mark Liney. 👉 Sign up: https://bit.ly/4cI39QU Faye Holland, Cambridge Management Consulting