Need a private work space? Or a lab bench? Schedule a tour and see all the amazing amenities FOCUS studio offers!
About FOCUS
FOCUS Innovation Studio is the product of a tireless partnership between the Gasser Family Trust and Innovation Properties Group.
Today, FOCUS thrives in the beloved landmark Adolph Gasser Photography Building, located in the heart of San Francisco’s SoMa District. The redevelopment of the project was executed with unwavering attention towards maintaining the building’s storied history in innovation and the arts.
Landmark Adolph Gasser Photography Building
Adolph Gasser, the owner and founder of Gasser Photography, was an absolute innovator in every sense of the word. One of the most paramount inventions by Mr. Adoph Gasser was the development of a photographic technology that was used in B-29 Bombers in World War II. His technology and equipment was able to capture clear images while in extreme cold elevations and in turn provided the Air Force with accurate mapping intel for strategic airstrikes.
Throughout the years, Mr. Adolph Gasser maintained his technical passion and innovative spirit, designing The Big Eye sports camera, developed special enlarged photographs for Ansel Adams (one of his best friends) and also invented a state-of-the-art strobe unit used in an unopened Egyptian Pyramid.
Mr. Gasser discovered many technical breakthroughs throughout his career and his spirit of innovation is truly felt by the members of the FOCUS family. It is truly a special place and we hope you stop by for a visit sometime.
Our Neighbourhood
In our “HOOD” you’ll Develop Your Dreams!
181 2nd street, san Francisco
FOCUS is located in the South of Market’s (aka SoMa) district which its multifaceted character brings together all sorts of people. Tech-savvy entrepreneurs rub elbows with well-read bohemian types, world-class artists and the FOCUS adjacent SF MoMA curators share these sidewalks.
Hip bars, clubs, and specialty coffee cafes hide within SoMa’s converted historic “brick and timber” warehouses. Ironically, this revitalized district now boasts the highest commercial rent districts in all of San Francisco, and FOCUS is smack dab in the heart of it.
On game day, visitors to SoMa include those looking to hear the crack of the bat—this neighborhood is the home of the San Francisco Giants which is only a few blocks away.
At FOCUS Innovation Studio, you will work alongside many diverse start-ups with access to 6,000+ square feet of shared amenities and 13,000+ square feet of open workspace. FOCUS cultivates a phenomenal community in a landmark building at competitive rates.
LOCALS Say:
- Lofts
- Warehouses
- Restaurants
- Artsy
- Yerba Buena
- Hip
- Clubs
- Cool
- Concrete
- Startup People
- Mixed Use
- Global Tech Scene
FOCUS has some of the best rates in town and we still provide all of this!
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Amenities
- 181 2nd Street
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Transbay Terminal Park
- Salesforce Tower
- BART
- SFMoMA
- Riverbed Technology
- Whole Foods
- South Park
- Giants Stadium
- Crunch Fitness
- Mascone Center
- Caltrain
- Ferry Building
The Focus Family
Bloomlife’s mission is to empower women by delivering unprecedented insight into her health. With its smartphone-connected sensor and app, Bloomlife puts clinically validated information into the hands of expecting parents starting with a better way to visualize and track contractions.
Text IQ applies machine learning techniques to language analysis in conjunction with human interactions.
Reflect made it easier than ever to find the right therapist for you. Talk therapy for modern life.
ZBiotics is on a mission to use biotechnology to improve people’s lives.
Next Biotics is a biotechnology platform that engineers viruses for good using CRISPR
Inflect brings interconnected global networks, cloud, and data centers together in one software platform. They enable a holistic, neutral view of the internet infrastructure industry so that professionals can get actionable data to make better, faster decisions.
Ejenta’s platform is based on AI technology, exclusively licensed from NASA, where intelligent agents currently run 24/7 in NASA’s Mission Control for the International Space Station.
Hyphen is the new way coworkers express themselves openly. Every employee – from the new intern up to the CEO – can post any question anytime anonymously, get real-time responses and start unbiased, safe conversations. Hyphen boosts employee engagement, increases productivity and retention.
ExcepGen produces complex human proteins at scale.
Kinta Artificial Intelligence helps manufacturers increase their throughput, decrease downtime, and automate the production planning process. They does this by using our existing operational data to create a cloud deployed AI production planner, which provides actionable plans and schedules.
Berkeley BioLabs’ mission is to accelerate biotech and cleantech innovation through a collaborative, high throughput approach to scientific discovery and business development. They enable scientists and biotech entrepreneurs to research and develop their products by providing economical lab facilities, a large biotech community, and a host of services to accelerate their success.
Envirosurvey is an environmental consulting firm and technical services provider engaged in multidisciplinary environmental services since 1991.
InstaViser enables to empower a new world of global connection and learning for people of all ages and walks of life. The one of its kind InstaViser platform combines the power of human connection with technology to build private label effective mentorship and professional development networks for organizations, universities, and learning institutions.
Purple Go is an iPad-based platform that manages all operations in an intuitive and affordable package that connects seamlessly online.
Tegmine is an early-stage, well-funded, startup that’s going to restore futures lost too soon. We believe that the high cost of healthcare can be addressed by mixing biology, technology, and machine learning.
Curate Art Group, art stylists for your environment. Curate delivers beautiful artwork options for all budgets and spaces; their clients include; hospitality, corporations, residential, healthcare, restaurants; they’ve recently worked on Embassy Suites, Crowne Plaza, and the Strava HQ.
NEAR is a blockchain protocol designed to bridge the adoption gap for DApps
Sutro allows you to measure, monitor, and buy supplies on our marketplace without having to leave the comfort of your pool or spa.
Innovation Properties Group provides premier global commercial real estate services.
Sense is reinventing the way staffing companies build long-term relationship with this workforce by creating the industry’s first engagement platform to provide a “white-glove” service to the consultants.
Kofile partners with government agencies nationwide to help them meet their citizens’ needs by modernizing information management and access systems
Resilient Network Systems is a privately held, venture-backed company based in San Francisco, with customers in the U.S. Government, law enforcement and healthcare.
Adidas Venture Capital Group of the United States is based out of FOCUS and is a founding member of FOCUS.
Meristematic specializes in the production of high-quality starter plants for the Cannabis and Hemp industries.
Asensei is a coaching app that lets world-class coaches guide and monitor practice on a client’s Concept 2 rowing machine.
Pendulum is a company founded and based in San Francisco, whose team consists of scientists, doctors and innovators. They created a discovery platform of high-resolution DNA sequencing and bioanalytics to validate their vision of addressing health at the root level.
OmniVis makes handheld devices to rapidly detect for dangerous pathogens, anywhere in the world.
renegade.bio is a team of scientists, entrepreneurs, and community organizers, mobilizing in the public interest to provide fast, affordable COVID-19 diagnostic testing for individuals, workplaces, schools, and communities.
Civic Edge Consulting is a women-owned, employee-led consulting firm based in San Francisco.
Pano is a platform biotech venture focused on the clinical development of patented small molecule drugs targeting mitochondrial ion channels addressing a constellation of complex disease states.
Founded in the Summer of 2012, VELDT had released unique connected watches in the Winter of 2014. Praised at the world’s largest watch exhibition in Switzerland “BASEL WORLD”, VELDT has been focusing on “wrist-wear”.
