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Daybreak Labs helps startups shorten the time from invention to market by providing a unique combination of expertise, facilities, and equipment.

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10/13/2026

What a session! Last Friday, Carole-Lynn Glass, Co-founder and COO of Engine Room, led our Build Before You Pitch Cohort 3 founders through Financial and Administrative Foundations.

Thank you, Carole-Lynn, for bringing 30 years of experience and real-world wisdom to our founders. Engine Room has served over 300 life science and tech companies, and it showed.

Now comes the big moment.

🎤 You’re invited to Build Before You Pitch Demo Day!

📅 Friday, October 30, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 Daybreak Labs, 7683 Southfront Road, Suite 230, Livermore, CA

9 founders will take the stage to pitch their ventures using the Bay Angels framework — 4-minute pitch, 3-minute Q&A. These founders have spent 8 weeks refining their science, their story, and their ask.

Build Before You Pitch is proudly sponsored by Cooley and mentored by Bay Angels.

Register here:
🔗 Investors: https://loom.ly/wCtDOLI
🔗 Entrepreneurs & community: https://loom.ly/MJfPKBk

10/06/2026

Build Before You Pitch — Cohort 3 Is in the Final Stretch

While San Francisco buzzes with panels and pitches this week, our Cohort 3 founders have passed the halfway mark of Build Before You Pitch and are heads-down preparing for Demo Day. Turning technical innovation into an investment-ready company is a demanding process. The founders' progress proves their passion, commitment, and coachability.

Special thanks to our sponsor, Cooley LLP, and all the facilitators, experts, and Bay Angels investors. Your dedication makes this program possible.

All eyes on October 30 — Demo Day — when these founders will take the stage.

Investors and founders: interested in attending Demo Day to meet our next wave of investment-ready companies?

Submit your interest here: https://loom.ly/wCtDOLI

10/01/2026

From breakthrough science to growing companies.

Join us for "The Business of Breakthroughs: Life Sciences at Scale", the 2026 Tri-Valley Life Sciences Summit.

Featured speakers include Fiona He, CEO & Co-Founder of OPM Biosciences, Anuj Kalra, Head of Chronic Disease Management at Zeiss Medical Technology, Jay Harger, COO for Themis Bios, sharing insights on commercialization, AI, partnerships, talent, growth, and what it takes to scale innovation and why those ingredients are right here in the Tri-Valley.

📅 October 15, 2026
🕟 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Rosewood Commons, Pleasanton

Register: Reserve Your Spot - https://loom.ly/TdF-7Vg

09/22/2026

Last Friday, our Cohort 3 founders sat down with four attorneys from Cooley LLP for our Legal Foundation session.

Thank you to Lauren Creel, Madhuri Roy, Allison Pang, and Ken Hartman from Cooley LLP for giving our founders direct access to top attorneys who understand startups.

This is Build Before You Pitch, sponsored by Cooley LLP and mentored by Bay Angels investors, where founders build the business before they walk into an investor meeting.

🎯 Investors and industry experts:
To attend Demo Day on October 30 at Daybreak Labs, register here: https://loom.ly/wCtDOLI

09/14/2026

Thank you, David Shefler, for leading our Cohort 3 session on Mastering Customer Acquisition.

David's message was clear — before you sell anything, understand three things:

People — who is your customer?
Market — where do they go and how do they buy?
Product — does your solution solve a real problem they will pay for?

Most founders start with the product. David taught our founders to start with the people.

This is Build Before You Pitch — sponsored by Cooley LLP and mentored by Bay Angels investors — where founders do the work before they walk into an investor meeting.

🎯 Demo Day is October 30 at Daybreak Labs. 12 founders will pitch to investors and industry experts. If you're an investor or industry expert interested in attending, register here: https://loom.ly/wCtDOLI

Up next:
📅 September 18 — Legal Foundation with Cooley LLP

09/10/2026

Thank you to George Parrish, Chief Evangelist at Bay Angels, for leading our "Why Do Startups Fail?" session with Cohort 3 founders.

George didn't hold back. He shared real stories from his experience evaluating hundreds of startups.

George is a Daybreak Labs Investor Advisor who works directly with our founders beyond Demo Day. This is what sets Build Before You Pitch apart. Our founders don't just learn from investors, they build relationships with them.

Up next:
📅 September 11 — Mastering Customer Acquisition with David Shefler

09/09/2026

Cohort 3 is officially underway.

Last Friday, 11 founders kicked off Build Before You Pitch with Business Plan Mastery, sponsored by Cooley LLP and mentored by Bay Angels.

Drew Felker worked across biotech, health tech, AI, cybersecurity, and manufacturing — tailoring guidance to each founder's stage and industry. This is not a lecture series. This is a workshop where founders do the work.

Up next:

📅 September 9 — "Why do Startups Fail?" with George Parrish, Bay Angels
📅 September 11 — Mastering Customer Acquisition with David Shefler

Thank you, Drew Felker, for laying the foundation for this cohort.

The journey to Demo Day on October 30 has begun.

09/01/2026

Congratulations to Moha Shahjamali, Founder & CEO of HidrogeniCs, and Reem Mahrat, Founder & CEO of EazeBio, on advancing to the CSUEB/Pegasus Ventures Startup World Cup Regional Finals on September 10.

Their success comes as interest in Daybreak Labs' Build Before You Pitch program continues to grow. Our newest cohort attracted 33 applications for just 10 available spots, making it our most competitive cohort yet.

💡 Cohort 3 Gets an Investor's Perspective
Build Before You Pitch founders are kicking off September with a Lunch & Learn led by George Parrish of Bay Angels.

As one of the region's most experienced startup evaluators, George reviews hundreds of founder pitches each year. He's joining Cohort 3 to share the most common reasons startups fail and what founders can do differently from day one.

Want to join a future cohort?
Sign up to be notified when applications open for the 2027 Build Before You Pitch program.
Sign up here: https://loom.ly/p9522Pc

08/20/2026

Final call. Applications close today at 12:00 PM.

Pre-seed and seed founders in hard tech, life sciences, biotech, AI, and energy — this is it.

Build Before You Pitch, 9 weeks. 7 pillars. Demo Day October 30.
Sponsored by Cooley LLP and mentored by Bay Angels.

To learn more: https://loom.ly/jfWh8aY

Apply: https://loom.ly/LZNdjK4

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