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Berkeley SkyDeck is thrilled to announce Mayfield AI Garage at Berkeley, a groundbreaking initiative that aligns venture capital with public education to empower UC Berkeley student entrepreneurs driving AI innovation.  This collaboration between Mayfield, SkyDeck, and the Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society…

Berkeley SkyDeck is proud to collaborate with JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) in support of Japanese startups, and over 60 startups from Japan have joined SkyDeck over the years! Last week, our Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, and General Manager, Sibyl Chen, had the privilege of…

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…

Last Wednesday, Rich Lyons, UC Berkeley’s Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Officer, was announced as UC Berkeley’s next Chancellor. The former Dean of the Haas Business School has spent the past several years in a key leadership role on Berkeley’s campus,…

VentureBeat has published an article covering Berkeley SkyDeck’s upcoming Batch 17 Demo Day, spotlighting the fact that despite shifts in the greater macro-economic landscape, SkyDeck startups have raised over $200M in the last 12 months…