News

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…

Startup founders looking to accelerate their company’s growth should look no further. Now is your chance to apply to SkyDeck, one of the top accelerators in the country. SkyDeck provides startups with a direct pathway to Silicon Valley, offering 70+ workshops, countless networking events, access…

SkyDeck Fund Manager Chon Tang talks about how fundraising and venture has changed in the past year, and how the SkyDeck ecosystem is poised to meet new challenges and seek new opportunities in the current normal.

Pandemic or not, the first round of institutional investments is a huge milestone for all founders. With VC’s rejecting 98% of the startups they meet with, the pathway to becoming that exceptional success story is one filled with twists, turns, and blockades of all kinds. …

We are members of the UC Berkeley SkyDeck startup accelerator spring 2020 cohort — the first to attend remotely. Many of us were looking forward to visiting Berkeley because one aspect of SkyDeck is a focus on helping teams with international founders connect to the…

SkyDeck Fireside Chats are back and going virtual! Join us for our first-ever online Fireside Chat with Brad Bao, Co-Founder and Chairman of Lime. Tune in on December 2nd from 2-3:30 PM on Zoom, where SkyDeck Executive Director Caroline Winnett will interview Brad on his…

SkyDeck is proud to partner with the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund for the second year to invite startups to pitch at JUMPSTARTER. Launched in 2017 as a not-for-profit initiative by the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, JUMPSTARTER is the world’s largest online startup contest in 2020, celebrating young…