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Chemical & Engineering News
https://cen.acs.org/business/start-ups/UC-Berkeley-new-starthub/99/web/2021/05
Melody M. Bomgardner
May 11, 2021
A start-up incubator focused on life science, engineering, and data science is coming to the University of California, Berkeley, this fall. The non-profit Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will stand out in the entrepreneurial Bay area, organizers say, for its size, affiliation with the university, and focus on innovations that benefit society. The incubator will also offer start-up founders the usual ability to connect with other entrepreneurs. "What's different is scale," Bakar Labs' general manager Gino Segrè says. "Berkeley has an incredible number of scientific resources across campus that are available to start-ups." The hub is looking for technologies that can fight climate change or improve human health, not another consumer product. For more on this, see our press release at Berkeley News. Stories on this topic have also appeared in TechCrunch and YahooFinance.