WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Use of the Department of Energy or Laboratory or University or Cyclotron Road’s name for endorsements is prohibited. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or

TRANSPORTATION

Elmworks. NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRIC MOTORS. Elmworks is developing additive manufacturing of high-performance electric motors, critical components for decarbonizing transportation and infrastructure. Fellow: Sam Calisch. WELCOME, COHORT THREE! Adam Vaughan Founder, Dauntless.io. Bio: For over a decade, Adam Vaughan has focused his efforts on the intersection of physical systems and computer control.His work has included engine control electronics for custom race cars (Formula SAE), robotics, electric motor control, and the application of machine learning algorithms to complex, near-chaotic engine combustion.

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

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everywhere

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

SEQUOIA CAPITAL

Problem Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer’s customer) Outline how the customer addresses the issue today 4

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Use of the Department of Energy or Laboratory or University or Cyclotron Road’s name for endorsements is prohibited. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or

TRANSPORTATION

Elmworks. NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRIC MOTORS. Elmworks is developing additive manufacturing of high-performance electric motors, critical components for decarbonizing transportation and infrastructure. Fellow: Sam Calisch. WELCOME, COHORT THREE! Adam Vaughan Founder, Dauntless.io. Bio: For over a decade, Adam Vaughan has focused his efforts on the intersection of physical systems and computer control.His work has included engine control electronics for custom race cars (Formula SAE), robotics, electric motor control, and the application of machine learning algorithms to complex, near-chaotic engine combustion.

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

Calculations Physical (non-cost) Clarify what numbers are vs. calculated (color key) Easy to read : 220,000 vs 224531.692 Show units

everywhere

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

SEQUOIA CAPITAL

Problem Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer’s customer) Outline how the customer addresses the issue today 4 PRESS — JOURNAL — CYCLOTRON ROAD An exciting collaboration between Daniel Riley and Jared Schwede, Cyclotron Road Project Leads and co-founders of Spark Thermionics, and Andreas Schmid of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division, was featured today in Berkeley Lab's Newscenter. Together with Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania, this project was recently awarded $3.8 million under the Advanced WELCOME, COHORT THREE! Adam Vaughan Founder, Dauntless.io. Bio: For over a decade, Adam Vaughan has focused his efforts on the intersection of physical systems and computer control.His work has included engine control electronics for custom race cars (Formula SAE), robotics, electric motor control, and the application of machine learning algorithms to complex, near-chaotic engine combustion.

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within SEPION — JOURNAL — CYCLOTRON ROAD Sepion Technologies, led by Cyclotron Road innovator Peter Frischmann (Cohort Two) was recently awarded a Phase II STTR award totaling $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy, while Visolis Inc., let by alumnus Deepak Dugar (Cohort One), was recently awarded two Phase II SBIR awards, one from the U.S. Department of Energy and the other from the National Science Foundation. OPUS 12 WINS KEELING CURVE PRIZE We’re excited to share that Opus 12, a startup that has developed a method for recycling carbon dioxide emissions into useful and cost-competitive chemicals and fuels, has won a Keeling Curve Prize.The recognition comes with a $25,000 purse. Cyclotron Road fellows Etosha Cave and Kendra Kuhl (Cohort One), along with Nicholas Flanders, co-founded Opus 12 in 2015.

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within ANTORA — JOURNAL — CYCLOTRON ROAD September 21, 2018. Announcement. Antora Energy, Fervo Energy, Mosaic Materials and Visolis—four startups founded by Cyclotron Road fellows and alumni—received a total of $7.5 million in funding from a pair of Department of Energy offices as well as from the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (APRA-E) this month. MC

O'Connor.

BACKSTORIES: ACTIVEMEMS Learn how Erkan Aktakka went from a childhood selling sunflower seeds on the streets of Ankara to launching a venture that could open up new

sensor

NOON ENERGY

MC O'Connor. May 8, 2018. Announcement. We are thrilled to announce our next cohort of Cyclotron Road fellows. These 13 scientists and engineers will spend the next two years embedded at Berkeley Lab, advancing their technology innovations from promising concepts to

first products.

WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Use of the Department of Energy or Laboratory or University or Cyclotron Road’s name for endorsements is prohibited. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or

TRANSPORTATION

Elmworks. NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRIC MOTORS. Elmworks is developing additive manufacturing of high-performance electric motors, critical components for decarbonizing transportation and infrastructure. Fellow: Sam Calisch.

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining

the

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

Calculations Physical (non-cost) Clarify what numbers are vs. calculated (color key) Easy to read : 220,000 vs 224531.692 Show units

everywhere

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

BARRY VAN TASSELL

Announcement. Five Cyclotron Road fellows are named in the inaugural cohort for the GCxN accelerator, a collaboration between Shell’s GameChanger program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The cohort is developing long-term energy storage and control technologies for the energy grid of the

future.

WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Use of the Department of Energy or Laboratory or University or Cyclotron Road’s name for endorsements is prohibited. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof or

TRANSPORTATION

Elmworks. NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRIC MOTORS. Elmworks is developing additive manufacturing of high-performance electric motors, critical components for decarbonizing transportation and infrastructure. Fellow: Sam Calisch.

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining

the

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

Calculations Physical (non-cost) Clarify what numbers are vs. calculated (color key) Easy to read : 220,000 vs 224531.692 Show units

everywhere

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

BARRY VAN TASSELL

Announcement. Five Cyclotron Road fellows are named in the inaugural cohort for the GCxN accelerator, a collaboration between Shell’s GameChanger program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The cohort is developing long-term energy storage and control technologies for the energy grid of the

future.

WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? SEPION — JOURNAL — CYCLOTRON ROAD Sepion Technologies, led by Cyclotron Road innovator Peter Frischmann (Cohort Two) was recently awarded a Phase II STTR award totaling $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy, while Visolis Inc., let by alumnus Deepak Dugar (Cohort One), was recently awarded two Phase II SBIR awards, one from the U.S. Department of Energy and the other from the National Science Foundation. OPUS 12 WINS KEELING CURVE PRIZE We’re excited to share that Opus 12, a startup that has developed a method for recycling carbon dioxide emissions into useful and cost-competitive chemicals and fuels, has won a Keeling Curve Prize.The recognition comes with a $25,000 purse. Cyclotron Road fellows Etosha Cave and Kendra Kuhl (Cohort One), along with Nicholas Flanders, co-founded Opus 12 in 2015. WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

BARRY VAN TASSELL

Announcement. Five Cyclotron Road fellows are named in the inaugural cohort for the GCxN accelerator, a collaboration between Shell’s GameChanger program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The cohort is developing long-term energy storage and control technologies for the energy grid of the

future.

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

IHS MarkIt Chemical Economics Handbook 2 Min. Read. This collection of IHS MarkIt Chemical Economics Studies goes into great depth on working with specific chemicals, buyers, sellers, market forces, and worldwide trends - with a comprehensive list of over 80 resources. Credit: Dev

Gavaskar, Ph.D.

PLAYBOOKS

The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining

the

PLAYBOOKS

02 - Content - Returns Analysis (1) Matthew Nordan - Returns Analysis Template 1 Min. Read. This spreadsheet template by Matthew Nordan with descriptive comments shows the expected returns for a model venture capital firm for a particular investment, using inputs such as revenue, investment made, total invesmtent raised by the startup and ownership and provides metrics such as absolute return

PLAYBOOKS

Stanford d - Design Thinking Method Guide 1 Min. Read. This presentation by the Institute of Design at Stanford takes you through different methods of creative thinking, brainstorming, engaging your group and audience, and demonstrating and evolving your ideas.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by its trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or The Regents of the University of California, or Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory.

TRANSPORTATION

CRAFTING BETTER SEEDS FOR A BETTER FUTURE. Perlumi is developing seeds that, using a novel biological carbon fixation pathway, make important

crops

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within OPUS 12 WINS KEELING CURVE PRIZE We’re excited to share that Opus 12, a startup that has developed a method for recycling carbon dioxide emissions into useful and cost-competitive chemicals and fuels, has won a Keeling Curve Prize.The recognition comes with a $25,000 purse. Cyclotron Road fellows Etosha Cave and Kendra Kuhl (Cohort One), along with Nicholas Flanders, co-founded Opus 12 in 2015.

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

Calculations Physical (non-cost) Clarify what numbers are vs. calculated (color key) Easy to read : 220,000 vs 224531.692 Show units

everywhere

BARRY VAN TASSELL

The Cyclotron Road and Berkeley Lab communities are mourning the tragic death of Adrian Albert, 35, a visionary scientist and engineer, and emergent entrepreneur.

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? COPYRIGHT — CYCLOTRON ROAD Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by its trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or The Regents of the University of California, or Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory.

TRANSPORTATION

CRAFTING BETTER SEEDS FOR A BETTER FUTURE. Perlumi is developing seeds that, using a novel biological carbon fixation pathway, make important

crops

FOUNDER'S PLAYBOOK

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within OPUS 12 WINS KEELING CURVE PRIZE We’re excited to share that Opus 12, a startup that has developed a method for recycling carbon dioxide emissions into useful and cost-competitive chemicals and fuels, has won a Keeling Curve Prize.The recognition comes with a $25,000 purse. Cyclotron Road fellows Etosha Cave and Kendra Kuhl (Cohort One), along with Nicholas Flanders, co-founded Opus 12 in 2015.

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

HOW TO BUILD A GOOD

Calculations Physical (non-cost) Clarify what numbers are vs. calculated (color key) Easy to read : 220,000 vs 224531.692 Show units

everywhere

BARRY VAN TASSELL

The Cyclotron Road and Berkeley Lab communities are mourning the tragic death of Adrian Albert, 35, a visionary scientist and engineer, and emergent entrepreneur.

EXPERT LISTS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

What We Look For. Entrepreneurial Potential Does the applicant have the ability to mobilize the physical, financial, and intellectual resources needed to advance the proposed project; the ability to identify and prioritize project milestones to create value and reduce risk; and the ability to operate in situations with a high degree of ambiguity and incomplete information? OPUS 12 WINS KEELING CURVE PRIZE We’re excited to share that Opus 12, a startup that has developed a method for recycling carbon dioxide emissions into useful and cost-competitive chemicals and fuels, has won a Keeling Curve Prize.The recognition comes with a $25,000 purse. Cyclotron Road fellows Etosha Cave and Kendra Kuhl (Cohort One), along with Nicholas Flanders, co-founded Opus 12 in 2015. SEPION — JOURNAL — CYCLOTRON ROAD Sepion Technologies, led by Cyclotron Road innovator Peter Frischmann (Cohort Two) was recently awarded a Phase II STTR award totaling $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy, while Visolis Inc., let by alumnus Deepak Dugar (Cohort One), was recently awarded two Phase II SBIR awards, one from the U.S. Department of Energy and the other from the National Science Foundation. WWW.CYCLOTRONROAD.ORG www.cyclotronroad.org

BARRY VAN TASSELL

The Cyclotron Road and Berkeley Lab communities are mourning the tragic death of Adrian Albert, 35, a visionary scientist and engineer, and emergent entrepreneur.

PLAYBOOKS

About the Founder's Playbook. The Founder's Playbook was developed by Cyclotron Road and its partners to be the go-to knowledge repository for hard tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Cyclotron Road, along with the community of educational partners and practitioners below, will serve as a living laboratory for these resources, continually bulding upon and refining the content contained within

PLAYBOOKS

03 - Sector Specific Modeling (6) Steel Decarbonization in Context 2 Min. Read. General market and economic report on steel trends in the 21st century. Credit: Rebecca Walsh Dell, AGCI Simple cost-performance model 1 Min. Read. Example of simple technoeconomic model.

PLAYBOOKS

02 - Content - Returns Analysis (1) Matthew Nordan - Returns Analysis Template 1 Min. Read. This spreadsheet template by Matthew Nordan with descriptive comments shows the expected returns for a model venture capital firm for a particular investment, using inputs such as revenue, investment made, total invesmtent raised by the startup and ownership and provides metrics such as absolute return TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODELING FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS The Third Step | Electrochemical reactor modeling Before modeling an electrochemical reactor, a brief review of relevant electrochemical parameters is provided: 1) Faradaic Efficiency: A measure of an electron’s efficiency of making the desired product. 2) Current Density: Current per area. This is a measure of the size of the system needed to drive the chosen flow

PLAYBOOKS

02 - Content - Design Thinking (4) Stanford d - Design Thinking Method Guide 1 Min. Read. This presentation by the Institute of Design at Stanford takes you through different methods of creative thinking, brainstorming, engaging your group and audience, and demonstrating and evolving your ideas.

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ACTIVATING TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY LEADERS CYCLOTRON ROAD SUPPORTS LEADING ENTREPRENEURIAL SCIENTISTS AS THEY ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GLOBAL IMPACT. SINCE 2015, WE HAVE AWARDED NEARLY $18 MILLION TO 56 FELLOWS WHO HAVE GONE ON TO GENERATE $150 MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR PROJECTS.

HOW IT WORKS

Every year, we recruit a cohort of entrepreneurial scientists and engineers from around the world. For two years, these innovators are embedded in the Berkeley research ecosystem, where we provide them funding, access to Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, and a program of intensive mentorship, professional development, and networking. Our goal is simple: empower our fellows to mature their ideas from concept to first product, positioning them to align with the most suitable commercial path to bring their technology to scale.

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Jun 12, 2019

Meet Cohort Five

Jun 12, 2019

Cohort Five includes research scientists, recently minted Ph.D.’s., chemists, electrical engineers, teachers, a guitarist, a mountaineer, a classical violinist, three muay Thai practitioners and a cage

fighter…

Jun 12, 2019

Jun 4, 2019

Backstories: Antora Energy

Jun 4, 2019

The story of how this startup was born, the path it is making for a cleaner electric grid, and why it’s already a Cyclotron Road

success story.

Jun 4, 2019

Feb 7, 2019

Backstories: Bleximo

Feb 7, 2019

Alexei Marchenkov likes a challenge. In fact, he arguably _needs_ a challenge. Thrives on it, even.

Feb 7, 2019

Dec 20, 2018

Antora Energy and Feasible Join Inaugural GCxN Cohort

Dec 20, 2018

Five Cyclotron Road fellows are named in the inaugural cohort for the GCxN accelerator, a collaboration between Shell’s GameChanger program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The cohort is developing long-term energy storage and control technologies for the energy grid of the future.

Dec 20, 2018

Dec 11, 2018

Activate 2018: 'Like Getting a Jolt of Energy'

Dec 11, 2018

Activate is the event of our year, every year—it’s when our fellows get to shine and show the power of their innovations. This year’s event made Cyclotron Road co-founder and managing director Sebastien Lounis more optimistic than ever about our program and its

future.

Dec 11, 2018

Dec 6, 2018

How Deepak Dugar is Fermenting Change in the Chemical Industry

Dec 6, 2018

By displacing petroleum-derived material feedstocks with engineered, bio-based alternatives, Visolis is focused on creating renewable products for the circular economy. With key pieces of the puzzle now set in place, Visolis’s founder, Deepak “Sultan of Scale” Dugar, is moving the firm from pilot scale to mass production.

Dec 6, 2018

Oct 26, 2018

Our 2018 Impact Report Is Here 💥

Oct 26, 2018

Our 2018 Impact Report takes a deep dive into some of the key progress indicators we're tracking and the impact we are making for our fellows. The bottom line: our support is enabling a new path for the development of an innovator and their idea that would otherwise not

exist.

Oct 26, 2018

Sep 25, 2018

Cohort Four Fellow Alexei Marchenkov Closes $1.5M Seed Round

Sep 25, 2018

Bleximo Corp., a startup that is bringing quantum computing from the research lab to industry, has announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round.

Sep 25, 2018

Sep 21, 2018

Cyclotron Road Fellows Awarded More Than $6 Million in Dept. of

Energy Funding

Sep 21, 2018

Antora Energy, Fervo Energy, Mosaic Materials and Visolis—four startups founded by Cyclotron Road fellows and alumni—received a total of $7.5 million in funding from a pair of Department of Energy offices as well as from the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (APRA-E) this month.

Sep 21, 2018

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