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Bakar Labs is a world-class incubator for life-science startups. Now open to teams from around the world so anyone can leverage all that UC Berkeley offers.
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Facility
We enable bio startups to hit the ground running and focus on advancing their technology.
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Resources
At Bakar Labs, we connect you to sophisticated resources from UC Berkeley and the Bay Area, tailored to early-stage entrepreneurs.
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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. But to grow those ideas into successful ventures, entrepreneurs need space, equipment, and multiple connections to a vibrant ecosystem. That’s why we created Bakar Labs, part of the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub at UC Berkeley. Bakar Labs is built to be the foundational hub for resources where startups thrive.

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Ready to run?
Startups need to focus on making milestones, not managing equipment.
Bakar 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 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.
Scale means community

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 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.
Bringing the innovation community together.
Funding raised to date
Bakar Labs gives startups great exposure to savvy, motivated investors and industry business development.
Tenant and alumni companies
We welcome companies from all sectors of life science who have a need for specialized wet lab operations.
Affiliations
We’re building a mutually beneficial ecosystem that brings startups together with biotech, pharma, VC, law firms and banking.
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.
