Welcome to Built By Berkeley, where we announce all the funding rounds by Berkeley-founded companies. This is a community effort, so please let us know if we missed a company here. 🐻
Big Game, Big Win: Berkeley came back from a 14-0 deficit to defeat Stanford in the Big Game. It feels a bit like a lavishly funded startup throwing money at the problem to gain quick initial traction, only to be overtaken by the efficient, Berkeley-funded startup...
This week, $691M was raised, with one company alone securing $400M, backed by investors including Jeff Bezos, and a vertical farming startup raised $150M.
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Summary by the #️⃣ & 💰:
10 Berkeley-founded companies funded
$691M of capital raised from the 18th November to 24th November
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Acquired
🌊 KatRisk. Acquisition 🇺🇸 Catastrophe risk modeling software. 💰 Technosylva
🐻 Guy Morrow, Co-founder. MSCE Structural Engineering. Article.
📈 RepTrak. Acquisition 🇺🇸 Corporate reputation measurement. 💰 Periscope Equity.
🐻 Dr. Charles Fombrun, Founder & Chairman. M. Phil Organizational Behavior Studies. Article.
Closed Rounds
🤖 Physical Intelligence. $400M Series A 🇺🇸 AI-powered robotics for industrial applications. 💰 Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, Jeff Bezos
🐻 Chelsea Fan, Co-founder. PhD EECS. Article.
🍓 Oishii. $150M Series B. 🇺🇸 Vertical Farming 💰 Resilience Reserve, Miyako Capital
🐻 Hiroki Koga, Co-Founder & CEO. Haas MBA. Article
💻 MatX. $80M Series A 🇺🇸 AI-focused computer chips - gameon Nvidia. 💰 Homebrew, Nat Friedman, Spark Capital.
🐻 Mike Gunter, Founder & CTO. BS. Article.
🧬 Genedit. $25M Series B 🇺🇸 Nanoparticle-based gene therapies. 💰 Bow Capital, Eli Lilly and Company
🐻 Kunwoo Lee, Founder & CEO. PhD Bioengineering. Article.
💊 TwentyEight. $18M Series A 🇺🇸 Women’s health platform. 💰 Acumen America, Alumni Ventures, Impact Engine.
⚡ Elevation Microsystems. $15M Series A 🇺🇸 Energy-efficient power management products. 💰 Vestel Ventures.
🧠 Inner Cosmos. $2M 🇺🇸 Brain enhancing digital pill 💰 Brainstorm Ventures, Deepwater Asset Management, Masnavi Capital.
🐻 Theodore Kucklick, Co-founder. Bio-Entrepreneur.
🎖️ RallyPoint. $0.5M 🇺🇸 Military networking platform for veterns. 💰 DBL Partners, Harvard Business School.
🐻 Yinon Weiss, Founder & CEO. BS Bioengineering. Article.
🌬️ NuvOx Pharma. $0.2M 🇺🇸 Pharmaceutical development to improve the flow of blood to your lungs. 💰 K2X, Keiretsu Capital, VisionTech Partners.
🐻 Evan Unger, Co-founder & CEO. BS Economics. Article.
🩸 Sunna Technology. Undisclosed 🇨🇳 Micro-nano artificial blood tubes. 💰 Jiadao Valley Investment.
🐻 Wayne Dai, Founder & CEO. PhD EECS
Built By Berkeley Tracker
Date Built By Berkeley Started | Companies Funded | Total Raised ($M) |
7/8/24 | 193 | 14,821 |
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