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UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the premier startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), announces that the Fall 2019 program marks the accelerator’s largest number of applications from global startup innovators. SkyDeck received more than 800 applications representing 64 countries and 213 cities…
On October 10th, SkyDeck will host the semi-pitch Alibaba’s JUMPSTARTER pitch competition in the Bay Area. Out of the 30 competitors, five startups will be chosen to attend the Grand Finale in Hong Kong, all expenses paid for two people per company. At the end of…
UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator, which launched bike rental company Lime, robot delivery service Kiwi, and microchip designer Chirp, among many other companies, is pushing even harder into the Wild West of startups. With a serial entrepreneur at its helm, and a venture capital-backed fund so popular it’s now…
its Global Participation and Expands its Role as a Hub for Entrepreneurship
On Wednesday, July 17th, Berkeley SkyDeck led the newly admitted 23 cohort teams through the scenic UC Berkeley campus tour. In addition to stopping at iconic landmarks like Sproul Plaza and Doe Library, the teams got to hear about the campus’ history for political discourse,…
This Monday, SkyDeck kicked off the Fall 2019 program with 145 new Cohort, HotDesk, and Global Innovation Partner startup teams. During the most recent application period, over 850 applications were submitted from 213 cities and 64 countries. The geographical diversity of our teams has grown…
In the second installment of the Berkeley SkyDeck podcast, Paul Chen, a former senior investment manager at Alibaba and former tech banker at Goldman Sachs, discusses the various reasons Silicon Valley must pay close attention to what’s happening in the Chinese startup ecosystem. He highlights…
Respira Labs took home first place for the most innovative company in the annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition by beating 104 teams from all over the country. Along with the $20,000 dollar first place prize, CEO Maria Artunduaga became the first Latina founder to win…
