# Berkeley Startup Ecosystem Map 2026: 75 Startups by Sector

> Map of 75 funded startups in Berkeley across 6 sectors, from Biotech, AI and IT Services on: $3.2B raised. Logos, funding and rounds; updated nightly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/berkeley-startup-ecosystem-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Biotech

24

- [Kyverna Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyverna-therapeutics)
- [Caribou Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/caribou-biosciences)
- [Azalea Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/azalea-therapeutics)
- [Kimia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/kimia-therapeutics)
- [Renasant Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/renasant-bio)
- [Channel Medsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/channel-medsystems)
- [SonALAsense](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonalasense)
- [Glyphic Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/glyphic-biotechnologies)
- [Actym Therapeutics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/actym-therapeutics-inc)
- [Cogitativo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cogitativo)
- [Conception](https://millionrounds.com/company/conception)
- [MicroByre](https://millionrounds.com/company/microbyre)
- [Fauna Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/fauna-bio)
- [Aralez Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/aralez-bio)
- [Vivere Oncotherapies](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivere-oncotherapies)
- [*BB* Bell Biosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/bell-biosystems)
- [Izote Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/izote-biosciences)
- [Via Nova Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/via-nova-therapeutics)
- [Catena Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/catena-biosciences)
- [Resvita Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/resvita-bio)
- [Zephyrus Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/zephyrus-biosciences)
- [Nexilico](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexilico)
- [Bikanta](https://millionrounds.com/company/bikanta)
- [Calyx](https://millionrounds.com/company/calyx)

## AI

22

- [KoBold Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/kobold-metals)
- [Brightflow AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightflow-ai)
- [XDOF](https://millionrounds.com/company/xdof)
- [Rigetti Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/rigetti-computing)
- [Kintsugi](https://millionrounds.com/company/kintsugi)
- [Grabango](https://millionrounds.com/company/grabango)
- [Ambi Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambi-robotics)
- [CoreStory](https://millionrounds.com/company/corestory)
- [RelationalAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/relationalai)
- [MeltPlan](https://millionrounds.com/company/meltplan)
- [Quotr.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/quotr-ai)
- [Azulene Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/azulene-labs)
- [Quarrio](https://millionrounds.com/company/quarrio)
- [Boomy](https://millionrounds.com/company/boomy)
- [WideSense](https://millionrounds.com/company/widesense)
- [pap!](https://millionrounds.com/company/pap)
- [Feedback Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/feedback-intelligence)
- [Skills.tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/skills-tech)
- [Buck.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/buck-ai)
- [Windscape.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/windscape-ai)
- [*V* Vectorly](https://millionrounds.com/company/vectorly)
- [ImmunoMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/immunomind)

## IT Services

10

- [LeadGenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadgenius)
- [Sensys Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensys-networks)
- [Reality Digital](https://millionrounds.com/company/reality-digital)
- [AxleHire](https://millionrounds.com/company/axlehire)
- [Stateful](https://millionrounds.com/company/stateful)
- [20n](https://millionrounds.com/company/20n)
- [Socialplex Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialplex-inc)
- [Arroyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/arroyo)
- [Emerging Futures](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerging-futures)
- [Mercury Touch, Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/company/mercury-touch-ltd)

## Cleantech

9

- [Terabase Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/terabase-energy)
- [*V* Verne](https://millionrounds.com/company/verne)
- [Deep Fission](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-fission)
- [Deep Isolation](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-isolation)
- [Capture6](https://millionrounds.com/company/capture6)
- [AirMyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmyne)
- [HyWatts](https://millionrounds.com/company/hywatts)
- [All Power Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-power-labs)
- [Loamist](https://millionrounds.com/company/loamist)

## Pharma

5

- [Aeovian Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeovian-pharmaceuticals)
- [EditPep](https://millionrounds.com/company/editpep)
- [Onyx Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/onyx-bio)
- [Aikium Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/aikium-inc)
- [Synvivia](https://millionrounds.com/company/synvivia)

## Hardware & Electronics

5

- [Sonera Magnetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonera-magnetics)
- [Copper Home](https://millionrounds.com/company/copper-home)
- [Channing Street Copper Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/channing-street-copper-company)
- [Harvest Thermal](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvest-thermal)
- [Arubixs](https://millionrounds.com/company/arubixs)

## Segment by segment

### Biotech

24 startups · $753M raised

- [**Kyverna Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyverna-therapeutics) Kyverna Therapeutics is pioneering a new class of therapies and cures for serious autoimmune diseases. United States $160M
- [**Caribou Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/caribou-biosciences) Caribou Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops CRISPR technologies and allogenic cell therapies for oncology. United States $139M
- [**Azalea Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/azalea-therapeutics) Azalea Therapeutics is a biotechnology company with a primary focus on developing cancer immunotherapies. United States $65M
- [**Kimia Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kimia-therapeutics) Kimia Therapeutics, Inc. United States $55M
- [**Renasant Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/renasant-bio) Renasant Bio is a biopharmaceutical company based in Berkeley, California, focused on developing oral small molecule therapies for United States $55M
- [**Channel Medsystems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/channel-medsystems) Channel Medsystems is a medical device company offering cryotherapy devices for endometrial cryoablation. United States $52M
- [**SonALAsense**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonalasense) SonALAsense develops SDT (Sonodynamic Therapy) intended to turn glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients into cancer survivors. United States $46M
- [**Glyphic Biotechnologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/glyphic-biotechnologies) Glyphic Biotechnologies is a biotechnology startup based in Berkeley, CA, founded in 2021. United States $38M

### AI

22 startups · $1.9B raised

- [**KoBold Metals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kobold-metals) KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company based in Berkeley, California. United States $1.5B
- [**Brightflow AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightflow-ai) Brightflow AI is an AI-powered financial intelligence platform that assists eCommerce businesses in managing cash flow and accessi United States $100M
- [**XDOF**](https://millionrounds.com/company/xdof) XDOF is a robotics infrastructure company founded in October 2024 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. United States $70M
- [**Rigetti Computing**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rigetti-computing) Rigetti Computing is a quantum computing company that builds and deploys full-stack quantum systems with superconducting qubits. United States $64M
- [**Kintsugi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kintsugi) Kintsugi detects signs of clinical depression and anxiety using machine learning and voice biomarkers. United States $42M
- [**Grabango**](https://millionrounds.com/company/grabango) Grabango is a checkout-free technology for existing, large-scale grocery, and convenience stores. United States $33M
- [**Ambi Robotics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambi-robotics) Ambi Robotics is an AI and robotics company focused on automation solutions for high-volume e-commerce, parcel, postal, and third- United States $32M
- [**CoreStory**](https://millionrounds.com/company/corestory) CoreStory is an enterprise software company based in Berkeley and San Francisco. United States $32M

### IT Services

10 startups · $57M raised

- [**LeadGenius**](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadgenius) LeadGenius is a global provider of real-time, compliant B2B contact data and buyer intelligence. United States $20M
- [**Sensys Networks**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensys-networks) Sensys Networks provides wireless traffic detection and integrated traffic data systems for transport agencies. United States $17M
- [**Reality Digital**](https://millionrounds.com/company/reality-digital) At Reality Digital, we help you create a spark in your social channels. United States $8.3M
- [**AxleHire**](https://millionrounds.com/company/axlehire) AxleHire is a California-based logistics platform that provides services such as same-day and last-mile delivery for sectors inclu United States $4.3M
- [**Stateful**](https://millionrounds.com/company/stateful) Stateful is a software company based in Berkeley, California, focused on enhancing developer productivity and client engagement. United States $4.2M
- [**20n**](https://millionrounds.com/company/20n) The next decade is going to see a biotech revolution fueled by three technologies: ability to read DNA (sequencing), ability to wr United States $2.2M
- [**Socialplex Inc.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/socialplex-inc) Socialplex.com is an event discovery and validation platform. United States $750K
- [**Arroyo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arroyo) Arroyo is a serverless stream processing platform to run SQL queries against your real-time data in Kafka. United States $500K

### Cleantech

9 startups · $393M raised

- [**Terabase Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/terabase-energy) Terabase Energy is a solar technology company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2019. United States $130M
- [*V* **Verne**](https://millionrounds.com/company/verne) Verne is a cleantech startup accelerating pioneering a new high-density, low-cost, and lightweight hydrogen storage system. United States $110M
- [**Deep Fission**](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-fission) Deep Fission is transforming the energy landscape by installing modular nuclear power reactors a mile deep. United States $80M
- [**Deep Isolation**](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-isolation) Deep Isolation is an innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, founded in 2016 in Berkeley, California. United States $33M
- [**Capture6**](https://millionrounds.com/company/capture6) Capture6 is a climate technology company based in Berkeley, California, and Rotorua, New Zealand. United States $28M
- [**AirMyne**](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmyne) AirMyne is a Direct Air Capture (DAC) company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2022. United States $6.9M
- [**HyWatts**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hywatts) Power‐Plant‐in‐a‐Box for EV, Data Centers | Green Energy Everywhere United States $2.9M
- [**All Power Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-power-labs) All Power Labs is a global company that makes biomass gasified generators to serve real world distributed energy needs. United States $2.0M

### Pharma

5 startups · $73M raised

- [**Aeovian Pharmaceuticals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aeovian-pharmaceuticals) Aeovian Pharmaceuticals, Inc. United States $55M
- [**EditPep**](https://millionrounds.com/company/editpep) Editpep is a biotechnology business. United States $8.2M
- [**Onyx Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/onyx-bio) Onyx Bio is a biotech company that offers a virtual immune system for faster and safer development of precision medicines United States $8.0M
- [**Aikium Inc.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aikium-inc) Aikium Inc. United States $1.5M
- [**Synvivia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/synvivia) Synvivia creates organisms that can be controlled with small molecules. United States $256K

### Hardware & Electronics

5 startups · $30M raised

- [**Sonera Magnetics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonera-magnetics) Sonera develops a technology for high-performance, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces to democratize access to the brain. United States $11M
- [**Copper Home**](https://millionrounds.com/company/copper-home) Copper Home manufactures battery-equipped appliances making access to clean energy easy and improve daily lives. United States $9.8M
- [**Channing Street Copper Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/channing-street-copper-company) Channing Street Copper provides Energy Storage Equipped (ESE) appliances. United States $6.9M
- [**Harvest Thermal**](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvest-thermal) Harvest Thermal develops a control system for home use that integrates heating, hot water, and cooling with thermal storage. United States $2.0M
- [**Arubixs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arubixs) Arubixs is a California based manufacturer of ultra-thin, ultra-mobile smartphones offering users a revolutionary new way to exper United States $47K

**How this map is made.** Every startup here is based in Berkeley and has raised money in rounds we track. Each sits under its main sector, read from its rounds; each sector shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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