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Everything that a bio-entrepreneur needs, all in one location.
There has never been a shortage of entrepreneurs with great ideas designed to tackle the most pressing global challenges — from human health to environmental sustainability.
To grow those ideas into successful ventures, entrepreneurs need space, equipment, and multiple connections to a vibrant ecosystem. That’s why we created Bakar Bio Labs at UC Berkeley. Bakar Bio Labs is built to be the foundational hub for resources where startups thrive.
AI was inspired by the brain. Open Culture is turning it into a tool for neuroscience.
Spencer Seiler spent years building tiny automated laboratories capable of growing and studying millions of human neurons. Now, he’s pairing that technology with AI—and with help from QB3, turning years of academic research into a neuroscience tools company. Read post
Getting ahead of lung disease: Voyra Therapeutics targets pulmonary fibrosis
Rather than waiting until irreversible damage has occurred in progressive lung disease, Voyra Therapeutics is developing therapies designed to protect tissue and promote its natural regeneration. Now, with promising results in human IPF lung tissue and mouse models, the company is raising capital to move its approach closer to the clinic. Read post
How Agilent helps our startups move faster
Agilent Technologies takes viewers inside Bakar Bio Labs in a new video highlighting how its instruments power discovery for our resident companies. Through the partnership, Agilent places and maintains equipment in our shared core facilities, trains scientists, and offers office hours for troubleshooting. Startups featured in the video — FutureBio, Axent Biosciences, and Transition Metal Solutions — use HPLC and LC-MS to verify compounds, the Cytation 5 to automate cell imaging, and ICP for precise trace measurements. By taking instrumentation off founders’ plates, the partnership frees up time and capital so teams can focus on the science! Read post
Endpoints 11: Azalea Therapeutics melds gene editing and CAR-T
Azalea Therapeutics was named to the Endpoints 11, “biotech’s most exciting startups of 2026. Read the full story at Endpoints News (paywall). Read post
Founders and funders connect at this year’s Bakar Bio Labs company showcase
The annual networking event brought together high-caliber investors with high quality startups, catalyzing deals and innovation Read post
Azulene Labs Secures $3.4 Million Pre-Seed Round For Drug And Materials Simulation
Azulene Labs, a startup creating the future of drug and materials development, has raised a $3.4 million pre-seed round. The round was led by Ground State Ventures, with participation from existing Azulene investor Entrada Ventures and angels. Read post Bakar Bio Labs featured in California Magazine
The magazine of the California Alumni Association recently toured Bakar Bio Labs, speaking with our staff and entrepreneurs Chris Eiben of GigaCrop and Chad Miller of ResVita Bio. Check out the story for an inside view of our building and a better understanding of what’s cooking at “the most beautiful biotech incubator in the world.” Read post
HexemBio raises $15.5m to rejuvenate aging stem cells
HexemBio recently announced two new therapies under development: an injectable that would deliver results similar to their flagship therapy, without the need to first collect cells from patients, and another therapy aimed at protecting and treating skin. The company, backed by $15.5M in funding, also brought on an additional investor, Happiness Capital. Read post UC Berkeley maintains its spot as the world’s top producer of startups and founders
UC BERKELEY NEWS — The annual PitchBook rankings again showed how Berkeley’s commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship operates at a scale unmatched by any other university. Read postOur affiliates
Ready to run?
Startups need to focus on making milestones, not managing equipment.
Bakar Bio Labs maintains tissue culture facilities, a freezer farm, fume hoods, basic benchtop equipment and plenty of analytical instruments. Optional lab support services can also make for quick starts that help get results fast.
At UC Berkeley
Bakar Bio Labs is just steps from UC Berkeley’s world-renowned faculty and more than 40,000 students who train in top programs including science, engineering, law and business. Dotting the campus is a network of core facilities that feature a wide range of advanced equipment and services for use by startups. Recruiting student talent and scientific co-founders couldn’t be easier.
Today’s best startups blaze a trail all their own, but they don’t do it alone.
They build their support network to help them navigate the multiple challenges they face. At Bakar Bio Labs, tenants join a community of as many as 50 like-minded teams willing to share the scientific and business insights that help them advance. The incubator spans more than 40,000 square feet of lab and office spaces within the fully renovated Woo Hon Fai Hall, the iconic former home of the Berkeley Art Museum. With so much going on, investors, industry partners and new talent are already taking notice.
Built for startups. For more than 20 years, QB3 has been the University of California’s center for innovation and entrepreneurship in life science. Through pitch summits, seminars, symposia, podcasts, office hours, internships, and workshops QB3 educates, connects, and elevates the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
