What is Early Formation?
Early formation typically refers to the initial stages of a startup's development, where the company is in its infancy and is taking its first steps toward becoming a viable business. Successful navigation of this stage is essential for the startup to progress to later stages, such as growth, scaling, and maturity.
How can Berkeley help?
UC Berkeley offers a wealth of resources and support for individuals and teams looking to start and grow startups. With the university’s diverse academic programs and talent pool for co-founders, employees, and advisors, the university's dedicated startup resources can help you get the guidance needed to turn your startup idea into a successful venture.
Popular Programs
Big Ideas Contest
Big Ideas is an early-stage university-based innovation contest that connects students—the world’s next generation of social entrepreneurs—with the mentorship, training, and resources needed to successfully conceptualize, deploy, and scale social innovations. Big Ideas plugs student…
Startup@Berkeley Law
Startup@BerkeleyLaw hosts FORM+FUND, a workshop series for Berkeley-affiliated entrepreneurs. Now in its sixth year, FORM+FUND teaches the core legal, financial, and organizational aspects of starting and scaling a venture-backed business.
Bakar Fellows
The Bakar Fellows Program supports faculty with proof-of-concept funding for projects that are more advanced than basic research, but not yet to the point of commercialization, to mature and translate their ground-breaking discoveries and innovations….