SkyDeck Berkeley
2026-09-01skydeck.berkeley.edu
Overview
What they do
Each of the 20 companies accepted into the SkyDeck full cohort will receive investment of $200,000 from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. Each of the 10 startups accepted into SkyDeck Europe will receive investment of €145,000 from our dedicated European Fund.
Berkeley SkyDeck is UC Berkeley’s global startup accelerator. Named in Forbes as a top five U.S. university accelerator, SkyDeck combines hands-on mentorship with the vast resources of its research university.
Participating startups have access to SkyDeck’s 480 advisors, 50 industry partners, and a network of more than 510,000 UC Berkeley alumni.
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What they look for
SkyDeck accepts startups from all industries, with specialized tracks for deeply technical startups, and focuses on UC-affiliated companies and international startups while investing cohort capital and participating in later stage investment rounds.
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Stage
Ideation, Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
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Sectors
AI, Climate, Consumer, Deeptech, Edtech, SaaS, Fintech, Food and agriculture, Healthcare, HR and recruiting, Legal and compliance, Marketplace, Proptech, Cybersecurity
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Based
Berkeley, US
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Sources
2026-09-01skydeck.berkeley.eduThe Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is the investment partner for UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck Accelerator…
2026-09-01skydeck.berkeley.eduSkyDeck offers all the benefits of a traditional accelerator along with the vast resources of…
2026-09-01skydeck.berkeley.eduINDUSTRY All AR/VR BioTech/MedTech/Life Science CivicTech Crypto/Blockchain Consumer Software…
2026-09-01skydeck.berkeley.eduRoughly 20 startups are selected every 6 months to receive a $210,000 investment from the…
Portfolio, cheque size and the rest
The 3 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.
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