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Using artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems, 1,200 developers vied for venture capital funding and other prizes over the weekend at a UC Berkeley hackathon. Participants competed Saturday and Sunday in the field of generative AI, which consumes data, learns from it, then produces text,…
At Berkeley SkyDeck, we are constantly on the lookout for new ways to give startups in our accelerator the greatest chance to succeed — […] Today, we’re proud to announce that our ecosystem of resources is expanding thanks to a new partnership with the Jacobs Institute for…
Last Tuesday, SkyDeck hosted a dynamic fireside chat with Scott Kupor, author of Secrets of Sand Hill Road and a leading voice in venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The event was standing room only, as Scott shared key insights from his book, including its inspiration, lessons…
SkyDeck has published the list of startups that will be pitching at its Demo Day on October 1st. 19 innovative startups – focused on AI, climate tech, robotics, blockchain, and more – will present to top Silicon Valley investors. “SkyDeck has always sought out companies…
Chon Tang, Founding Partner of Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, recently appeared on the Venture with Grace podcast hosted by Grace Gong. Chon shared his expertise on evaluating early-stage tech startups, discussed how SkyDeck leverages UC Berkeley’s resources, and quantitative investment strategies. With over 12 years of…
The UC Berkeley AI Hackathon is ramping up to be the biggest in-person AI hackathon ever, organized in partnership between SkyDeck and Hackathons@Berkeley once again. This time around, 10 additional hackathon groups and accelerators from top universities have joined as marketing partners, such as Stanford’s…
Last year’s UC Berkeley AI LLM Hackathon made history as the largest in-person AI hackathon ever, drawing over 1,200 hackers from 250+ global universities and 15 countries, and sponsored by industry giants, such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Mayfield, with judges from top VCs like Lightspeed…
SkyDeck hosted its largest Demo Day in Berkeley last week, with over 320 in-person guests and another 900 attendees online! Batch 14’s innovative founders presented their startups, which included solutions for endometriosis (an incredibly painful disease afflicting women), tools to accelerate integrated photonics design, a…
SkyDeck’s Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, was interviewed for Crunchbase’s “Female Leaders Series,” in which Winnett reflects that the soft skills of “grit, determination, and discipline” that she gained in pursuit of her professional music career, also helped her succeed as a serial entrepreneur. For entrepreneurs just starting…
With the season of applications in the air, startups that are gunning to join an accelerator and leverage the benefits of an insta-network often wonder what the process for selection actually looks like. In his latest blog, SkyDeck Fund’s Founding Partner, Chon Tang, takes readers…
Applications for Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 15 Acceleration Program have just opened. Apply by Aug. 31st here! SkyDeck’s hybrid acceleration program allows global startup founders direct access to Silicon Valley through the collective resources of the entire UC Berkeley ecosystem. In her latest blog post, Caroline Winnett…
Berkeley SkyDeck is hosting the Batch 14 Virtual Pitch Showcase on Thursday, August 4th! Select SkyDeck Europe, Pad-13, and IPP companies will be pitching, followed by one-minute feedback from each of the judges. Judges include Caroline Winnett (Executive Director, SkyDeck), David Riemer (author of Get Your…
Berkeley SkyDeck is well known for hosting the largest Demo Day in the Bay Area for the startups in its accelerator, but it also hosts each cohort a pitch competition featuring the startups in its incubator and Innovation Partner Program. This time around, SkyDeck will…
The SkyDeck Fund is excited to welcome two new members to its team, Riddhi Khanna and Capucine du Besset, as Platform Associates. Both will be focused on deal sourcing, further developing the platform for SkyDeck startups, and facilitating greater connectivity between the SkyDeck network, potential…
Join TechCrunch’s climate-tech conference, TC Sessions: Climate, on June 14th at UC Berkeley. The single day event features some of today’s biggest names, such as Impossible Foods founder, Pat Brown, SOSV’s General Partner, Pae Wu, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Professor Bill Collins among many others….
Last Wednesday, the campus leaders at UC Berkeley met with VCs at an exclusive UC Berkeley: Next Gen Entrepreneurship event to celebrate the launch of the new Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH), a 40,000 sq ft home for world class life science startups. The event featured three speakers,…
Berkeley SkyDeck kicked-off its Batch 14 Program on Monday. Nearly 110 startups joined in person for orientation. The SkyDeck Penthouse was abuzz again for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
