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What drives someone to leave everything familiar behind and chase a global vision? When Genomelink co-founder Tomohiro “Tomo” Takano first landed in the Bay Area, he had no visa, no funding, and no traction — only a bold idea: to build a “DNA App Store” that would…
Using artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems, 1,200 developers vied for venture capital funding and other prizes over the weekend at a UC Berkeley hackathon. Participants competed Saturday and Sunday in the field of generative AI, which consumes data, learns from it, then produces text,…
Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 20 Demo Day brought together 19 exceptional startups last week. Selected from a record-breaking 3,000 applications, each startup received a $200K investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund upon joining SkyDeck six months ago and is now supported by our network of expert…
UC Berkeley continues to prove why it’s the best university to launch bold ideas. Forbes recently ranked Berkeley the #1 public university in the U.S. and #5 overall among all undergraduate colleges, recognizing the unmatched value, career outcomes, and global impact of its graduates. And according to PitchBook’s…
Berkeley SkyDeck is seeking a Head of Business Development to join the team powering global innovation. This highly strategic role is central to our mission of catapulting the world’s best startups to the top.This role will:Build and manage partnerships with corporations, governments, and universities worldwide.Strengthen…
SkyDeck led a bootcamp this month at STATION Ai in Nagoya, Japan, hosted by STATION Ai and Deloitte. As one of the first global accelerators to run a dedicated program there, SkyDeck connected founders with top advisors Marc Meyer, Peter Giordano, Will Burke, and Scott…
10 startups from Taiwan pitched at Taiwan Demo Day in Menlo Park on July 24, drawing over 300 attendees for an afternoon of startup pitches, investor networking, and spirited discussion on the future of technology and innovation. Five of the startups just completed SkyDeck’s three-month…
