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Now, more than ever, startups are struggling to succeed. Berkeley SkyDeck’s Fall 2020 Cohort presents the perfect opportunity for startups to develop the necessary skills and connections to take their business to the next level. Startups selected for the Cohort program will receive $105K investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck…

Starting tomorrow, July 8th, any startup with at least one founder affiliated with any of the ten University of California campuses or based outside the US can apply to SkyDeck’s Fall 2020 Cohort. The deadline to apply is August 8th at 11:59PM PDT.  As a premier…

UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley, is announcing the upcoming Berkeley SkyDeck P&G Ventures Pitch Challenge. The challenge will be sponsored by the early-stage startup studio within Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), P&G Ventures. The pitch will take place…

Seven SkyDeck startups have collectively raised $32 million in seed rounds by tapping into SkyDeck’s robust global network. The companies come from a range of sectors including AI and ML, robotics, fintech, medtech and more. Some of the companies which successfully closed funding rounds are: Coreshell,…

As the Bay Area hunkered down during shelter-in-place, UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck experienced the highest level of investment activity among its cohort startups in its 8-year history.

Caroline Winnett, SkyDeck’s Executive Director, was recently featured as one of SF Business Times’s most influential women of 2020! Professional violinist turned business leader, Winnett has led a remarkable career thus far and continues to play a powerful role in shaping the business world through her leadership…

Over the past few years, SkyDeck has been growing its team of Faculty Advisors to help its startups tap into the deep expertise of leading research professionals. Today, SkyDeck is excited to announce that Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has become the Chair of Faculty Advisors.  

On Friday, May 29th, SkyDeck will hold its first-ever virtual SkyDeck Alumni Reunion for startups that participated in the accelerator/cohort track. The event is the brainchild of the SkyDeck Alumni Council, a group of active alumni founders. “Particularly during this period of Coronavirus, bringing startup founders together…

It may come as no surprise to Berkeley students who have come to know SkyDeck’s name across campus that SkyDeck places a huge emphasis on matching Cal students for internships with their startups. For the last cohort of SkyDeck startups, the average team hired 7 interns…