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Amazon Web Services

For all
Amazon Web Services provides startups with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow any size business. In partnership with AWS, startups affiliated with the Office of Innovation & Commercialization and/or Basement programs are eligible for AWS resources.

♦ Autobahn Labs Collaboration

For researchers
A resource for pharmaceuitcal development, this  collaboration with Autobahn is for new drug discovery and delivery. It includes access to Evotec’s high throughput drug screening and discovery platforms, drug optimization and validation, as well as basic research and preclinical work with cell lines, primary human cells, iPSCs, and animal models.

♦ The Basement Blacksone LaunchPad Incubator

For students
UC San Diego students (both undergraduate and graduate) with entrepreneurial or social impact interests are encouraged to apply to the Blackstone LaunchPad incubator. Participants in the program gain entrepreneurship skills and tools to develop their social impact or business idea.

The Basement's Recruitment Connection

For all
The Recruitment Connection is a database which displays current startup positions available at The Basement, and affiliate organizations such as Talent Foundry and Triton Startup Launchpad. If you are looking for a position, submit the Student Interest Form. For recruiters to display, modify, or remove their postings, submit the Recruitment Intake Form.

Device Acceleration Center

For researchers
Serves as the ideation and testing hub of medical devices at UC San Diego by providing; translational science training; identifying unmet clinical needs amenable to clinician-engineer collaboration, prototype testing; and commercialization.

Entrepreneurship Center

For all
The Entrepreneurship Center offers university-affiliated startups critical incubator space and services to tap into essential resources such as management, legal, and financial support, as well as investment opportunities, facilitating their establishment and expansion as successful, impact-driven enterprises. Members of the community, including investors, entrepreneurs, service providers, incubators, and industry advocacy groups, enjoy direct access to the talent and technologies emanating from one of the world's most innovative universities.

♦ Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR)

For students / faculty
This campus-wide resource is designed to support research-based entrepreneurship. Inventors and student entrepreneurs can get expert guidance on early-stage technologies, commercialization strategies, and startup creation.

EnVision

For students
Hands-on, experiential education facility where visual arts and engineering communities converge. It provides a wide range of design fabrication and prototyping tools, both analog and digital.

First Republic Bank

For all
First Republic and its subsidiaries offer private banking, business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage services. 

Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine

For researchers
Supports projects that identify clinical challenges for which engineering solutions can be developed and implemented to improve health care.

HealthLink

For researchers
UC San Diego's MedTech Incubator, combining physicians and entrepreneurs to solve challenging problems in healthcare.

IGE MedTech Accelerator

For teams / startups
This program wil help to navigate the complex process of bringing medical innovations to market. And is tailored for teams and startups across the spectrum of product and business development.  Applicants can enter at any point in the sequence.

Industry Office Hours

For all
Offered to you at no charge, the Entrepreneurship Center brings in incredible guests who lend their expertise and mentorship to our campus. Walk-ins are welcome as time permits. Appointments are given priority. 

Intelink Law Group

For all
Intelink Law Group is a robust partner of the entrepreneurial community at UC San Diego and enthusiastically supports campus-based entrepreneurial activities and student-led startups. In support of these activities, Intelink Law Group has committed to providing $100,000 in legal funding per year to help startups reduce the costs of legal services for founders who are young alumni, postdocs or students.

Institute of Engineering in Medicine

For researchers
Facilitates the integration of engineering principles and novel technologies with biomedical and translational research.

♦ Legal Office Hours

For students
Get advice on starting and running a business or startup from some of San Diego’s best business lawyers.

 ♦ Librareome

For all
For entrepreneurs of all levels, the Librareome is your self-directed digital library, featuring an exhaustive and ever-evolving curation of incredible articles, lectures, templates, videos and other relevant and informative content to support your entrepreneurial journey.

 ♦ Premier Innovation Partnership

For researchers
Premier Innovation Partners provide critical guidance and industry insights that form the bridge between scientific and commercially viable outcomes for new developments at UC San Diego. 

Omnisync

For all
OmniSync is a VC and govt-backed software and services company that helps find and fund the best American innovations.

QB3 Legal Support

For all
QB3's Legal Support program provides qualified life science startups with free incorporation services through trusted legal affiliates, along with consultations on corporate and intellectual property issues, and options to defer fees until funding rounds. It is designed for biotech and pharmaceutical ventures, with referrals available for medical device and health tech startups.

Qualcomm Institute Prototyping Facility & Design Studio

For students
The services listed on this page are made available to both internal and external collaborators.

Richtr Financial Studio

For all
Richtr Financial Studio helps entrepreneurs build a solid foundation for their business to grow and scale their finance and accounting operations.

San Diego and Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

For all
The San Diego & Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers free business advising, training, and resources to help entrepreneurs and small businesses start, grow, and succeed.

Startup San Diego

For community members
Represents the interests of entrepreneurs, celebrates successes, and fosters a cohesive and collaborative community. San Diego Startup Week, on October 25 – 28th, will hold 8 specialized tracks, receptions, startup expos, pitch competition and tournament, incubator demo night, and startup awards and networking.

Startup Legal Garage

For all
The Startup Legal Garage’s innovative program has been empowering startups with free legal support. They match startups with talented UC College of Law San Francisco students who provide expert legal assistance, all while gaining invaluable knowledge and experience. Our network of partnerships ensures a steady stream of innovative companies and talented legal supervisors.

Startup School

For all
Startup School provides free resources to early stage and future founders.

Startup Science

For all
Startup Science is an all-in-one platform that helps founders successfully navigate the startup journey. Access microlearning courses in step-by-step instructions, exposure to data investors, tools for competitive/market research, and more!

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