Are you looking to work with or support a Berkeley Lab startup? External entrepreneurs can team up with Lab scientists to create new companies, work with the Lab on research and development, or mentor Lab startups. Entrepreneurs with their own startup companies can also leverage Lab resources to advance their ideas from concept to viable first product. Venture capitalists and other investors can also explore Berkeley Lab startups.

Startup Sunchem team in 2024.

More than 80 startups have been founded on Berkeley Lab technologies, creating more than 3,000 jobs and attracting more than $5 billion in private funding.

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Are you an entrepreneur looking for an opportunity to commercialize national lab technology? Talk to our team about cutting edge, patented and patent-pending technologies with startup potential.

 Cradle to Commerce team and entrepreneurs.

Interested in joining a Department of Energy national lab startup? The Cradle to Commerce program seeks entrepreneurs to partner with scientists at four national laboratories to form startups that will bring Lab technologies to market.

 Lukas Hackl and Kate McKessy collaborate on a machine at Aepnus, advancing electrolysis methods at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Do you have your own startup and seek Berkeley Lab scientist and facility support? Cyclotron Road is a 2-year incubator program run by Berkeley Lab’s Strategic Partnerships Office in collaboration with the not-for-profit Activate. This program is for entrepreneurs who are starting hard tech companies, offering support and mentorship from Berkeley Lab scientists, access to user facilities, and entrepreneurship training.

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are an important source of early stage technology funding and R&D support for small businesses. SBIR and STTR funding opportunity announcements are issued twice a year; the programs offer opportunities for industry to work with Lab scientists to bring technologies towards commercialization.

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Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Lite is a 4-to 6-week, low time commitment, part-time program run by Berkeley Lab, focused on exploring markets and workshopping a minimum viable product.  It is designed as a feeder course to the full-time, two-month program run by the DOE called Energy I-Corps.  We are seeking entrepreneurs to partner with Lab scientists on these innovation teams!