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Last week’s Batch 22 Bio+Health Track Dinner had the highest turnout to date for our biannual showcase of next-generation biotech innovation. SkyDeck gathered an incredible group of investors, visionary Berkeley researchers, and founders dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in medicine and biotechnology.

Berkeley SkyDeck’s recent fireside chat and book signing with New York Times best-selling author Eric Ries (The Lean Startup) was standing room-only. Drawing on two decades of experience working alongside top founders and investors, Ries offered a candid look at building enduring companies, with a core message…

Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 22 has officially launched and the bar has never been higher. With a 0.4% acceptance rate, this cohort represents some of the most promising deep-tech founders from around the world, joining an alumni network that has collectively raised over $3B in funding….

Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 21 Demo Day and Demo Night are officially in the books! On April 2nd, investors and industry leaders packed UC Berkeley’s iconic Zellerbach Hall to watch 17 SkyDeck Accelerator founders take the stage, pitching technologies across enterprise AI, robotics, digital health, logistics,…

If you’ve seen the headlines but haven’t acted yet, this is your final reminder. Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 21 Demo Day is happening April 2nd. With SkyDeck alumni having raised over $2.7B to date, the founders taking the stage this year are the next generation of…

It was a full house at SkyDeck last week, as big ideas took center stage at SkyDeck’s Batch 21 Pad-13 Pitch Competition, where the top 10 Pad-13 startups (selected from a competitive pool of 53) presented their bold ideas to a panel of seasoned judges…

Last Friday, Berkeley SkyDeck hosted the Berkeley Civic Innovation Challenge (CIC) Grand Prize Pitch Day, a joint initiative by UC Berkeley Big Ideas and the City of Berkeley. The room reflected the unique DNA of the Berkeley ecosystem: deep technical rigor, cross-sector collaboration, and founders…

What does it take to build an AI company that endures beyond market cycles? In his latest blog, “Cockroaches, Not Unicorns,” Berkeley SkyDeck Fund Managing Partner, Chon Tang, argues that enduring AI companies are built through customer value, capital discipline, and long-term resilience. “The market…

Berkeley SkyDeck and Synopsys brought founders, investors, and industry leaders together at the Silicon Horizon summit in Mountain View last week to explore what will shape the next decade of chips – and one thing is abundantly clear: we have entered a new era for semiconductor innovation. …