Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups emerging from the UC Berkeley ecosystem, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and UC San Francisco. It focuses on life sciences, biotechnology, cleantech, agriculture, and sensor technologies, primarily at the pre-seed through Series A stages.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $24.1M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 WearLinQ | Series A | $14M | Dec 2025 |
 Arima Genomics | Series C | $22M | Jun 2025 |
| AArima Genomics | Series C | $22M | Jun 2025 |
| WearLinQ | Series A | $14M | Jan 2025 |
| BBone Health | Unknown | $5M | Jan 2024 |
| PPrinterPrezz | Series B | $52M | Mar 2023 |
| ZZeda | Series B | $52M | Jan 2023 |
| VValitor, Inc. | Series B | $28M | Oct 2022 |
 Syntegra | Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
 Amplicore | Seed | $4M | Mar 2021 |
 4DMT | Series C | $75M | Jun 2020 |
 Nelumbo | Series A | $14M | Apr 2020 |
| 4DMT | Series B | $90M | Sep 2018 |
| DDNAlite | Seed | $1.5M | Aug 2018 |
 Newomics | Series A | $3.9M | Jan 2018 |
 Vicinitas Therapeutics | Series A | $65M | — |
 Telesair | Series A | $22M | — |
 Syntegra | Seed | $5.6M | — |
| Newomics | Series B | $7.9M | — |
| Arima Genomics | Series A | — | — |
| VValitor, Inc. | Series A | $2.5M | — |
 LogicInk | Pre-Seed | $1M | — |
 Arima | Series A | — | — |
| Arima | Series B | $7M | — |
| AArima Genomics | Series A | $22M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Agilent Technologies4 shared
Illumina Ventures3 shared
Spark Capital2 shared
Stanford's StartX Fund2 shared
Amino Capital2 shared
LDV Partners2 shared
SpringTide2 shared
Lightscape Partners2 shared
Viking Global Investors2 shared
Perceptive Advisors2 shared
ArrowMark Partners2 shared
Ridgeback Capital2 shared
Pfizer Ventures2 shared
TCA Venture Group2 shared
Village Global2 shared
Launchpad Capital2 shared
Innovation Global Capital2 shared
Boutique Venture Partners2 shared
MaRS IAF2 shared
Safar Partners1 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026