The energy was high as VCs showed up last Wednesday for SkyDeck's Batch 13 Demo Day at Zellerbach. It has been two years since SkyDeck’s last in-person Demo Day in February 2020. The Demo Day was held at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, with over...
In an exclusive podcast, Berkeley SkyDeck Executive Director Caroline Winnett chats with Amazon best-selling author David Riemer on his new book, Get Your Startup Story Straight: The Definitive Storytelling Framework for Innovators and Entrepreneurs. What is storytelling? What are techniques you can use to make your...
Berkeley SkyDeck will be hosting an in-person Demo Day on April 6th. All accredited investors interested in hearing from SkyDeck’s current Batch 13 startups and a few alumni startups that are raising a Series A round are welcome to join in-person or via virtual livestream. ...
Last Thursday, Berkeley SkyDeck announced the closure of SkyDeck Fund II with $60M in commitments. Oversubscribed and three times larger than Fund I, Fund II highlights a diverse group of new and returning investors at the forefront of Silicon Valley’s innovation. The SkyDeck Fund also...
SkyDeck is excited to announce that Janet Napolitano, Professor of Policy at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, and founder of the Center for Security in Politics, will be joining SkyDeck as an Advisor. ...
On the hunt for groundbreaking lab equipment? Berkeley SkyDeck and UC Berkeley have you covered! In her latest Medium blog post, SkyDeck Executive Director Caroline Winnett shares about the incredible research offerings available to affiliated startups through the Berkeley Research Infrastructure Commons (RIC), the impact of these...
In her latest blog post on Medium, SkyDeck Executive Director Caroline Winnett shares the unique stories of founders of Coreshell Technologies, Dispatch Goods, and DeepScribe. All three companies came to SkyDeck at an early stage and have raised funds after graduating. Many things are different about...
There are many workshops we host at SkyDeck for every batch of founders, and a perennial favorite in the last decade has always been SkyDeck Advisor David Riemer’s "Product Story" workshop. A few weeks ago, David released a new book, Getting Your Startup Story Straight. In her...
Deepscribe (Batch 8 Cohort) just announced a $30M Series A led by Index Ventures. Deepscribe helps doctors keep digital documentation on patient interaction and deployments using advanced AI. Today, they are scaling at 30% month-over-month with almost 600 physicians signed on. Read more about them...
