Events

FireBreak is an ongoing event series hosted by the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator (BGA) and the Berkeley Institute for Security and Governance (BISG), defining how the East Bay’s academic, research, entrepreneurial, and policy communities can work together to advance wildfire innovation.

Coffee, breakfast bites, and the deep tech community in one room. Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials, the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator, and COMPASS are teaming up for a Friday morning of good conversation — founders, investors, researchers, corporate innovators, and government partners all in the mix. Come share what you're building, trade notes on where the industry's headed, and leave with a few connections worth keeping.

Quantum computing is coming fast, and BGA is bringing the East Bay Black community together on Saturday, September 12 to unpack what it means: from cybersecurity risks to new job, startup, and investing opportunities. Expect keynotes, panels, and breakout conversations with founders, investors, and researchers over breakfast

An evening with the people building the hard stuff. Cal Innovation Fund and the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator are teaming up for a two-hour mixer: six founders pitching, two minutes apiece, then drinks, bites, and open conversation with institutional investors, angels, and friends of the Berkeley deep tech ecosystem.

The first wave of AI-bio was about discovery. What comes next? As AI capabilities become table stakes, the frontier is shifting — toward deployment, closed-loop systems, real-world data, and defensibility. Join Berkeley Gateway Accelerator, DiagnoBacs, and Bits in Bio for a sharp, debate-forward panel on what it actually takes to build enduring AI-native biology companies.

A keynote from Daniel Theobald (Founder of Vecna Robotics, Chairman of The Founders Guild) and founder panel on deep tech fundraising, SF burnout, and building for the long game.