🚀 SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live!
🎤 Batch 21 Demo Day is a wrap
🏆 Darren Cooke named Berkeley’s permanent CIEO
💡 Celebrating our advisors and alumni
👉 Read it here: tinyurl.com/y6spbhnv
#BerkeleySkyDeck #Startups
🙏 Huge thank you to the Cal Band, Cal Raijin Taiko, and our student volunteers!
🙌 And to our sponsors for making it possible: SCB 10X, Synopsys, Honda Xcelerator, Canon, AWS, FinStrat, Nebius, Microsoft for Startups, Bell Labs, Google Cloud, Rippling & TotalEnergies!
📸 Photos: Nic Bruno
🥇 Berkeley remains the #1 university for producing venture-backed founders (Pitchbook).
📈 SkyDeck startups have now raised over $2.7B in aggregate. Batch 21 is next. We can't wait to watch them scale!
👉 Read more in SF Business Times: bizj.us/1qppru
A few things that stood out:
🧠 AI is compressing years of work into months. Small teams = massive ambition.
🌍 The pipeline is global: 13 countries represented!
🤝 The ecosystem showed up: Berkeley's @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social, investors, top VCs, PhDs, & alumni flooded Demo Night. #UCBerkeley
🚀 Berkeley SkyDeck's Batch 21 Demo Day & Night are officially a wrap!
⚡️Investors & industry leaders packed UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall to see 17 founders pitch tech spanning AI, robotics, bio & climate. The energy? Electric.
Meet the startups: skydeck.berkeley.edu/batch21/
🚀Berkeley SkyDeck's Batch 21 founders are ready to take the stage at Demo Day on April 2!
📰Read what our Executive Director shared with @deantak.bsky.social of @gamesbeat.bsky.social: bit.ly/4bPSoKm
🎟️Accredited investors - get your Demo Day invite: bit.ly/4bcyZTu
🚀 SkyDeck’s newsletter is live! Catch the momentum:
🔥 4/2: Batch 21 Demo Day
🤖 4/6-9: HumanX AI (Partner Rate inside!)
🎓 4/10: SkyDeck's virtual Summer Intern Fair
💡 Women in STEM Hack & TechCon SoCal
Full update here: tinyurl.com/ktdpakmc
#SkyDeck #Startups #AI #VC
🎓 Hey Bears! Berkeley SkyDeck’s Virtual Summer Intern Fair is here!
✨ Join us April 10th to explore hands-on roles with startups at the frontier of innovation — plus opportunities with the SkyDeck team.
💻 Open to UC Berkeley students.
Save your spot: forms.gle/4Vc8rM8T6vfi...
🎉 Berkeley SkyDeck Batch 21 Demo Day is coming!
🚀 SkyDeck alumni have raised $2.7B+ from top VCs, and 18 new startups are ready to pitch.
📍Join us April 2 in Berkeley for live pitches + high-signal networking.
👉 Accredited investors apply: tinyurl.com/3kw2bu6k
#BerkeleySkyDeck #DemoDay #Startups
🦄Want a front-row seat to the startup ecosystem? Berkeley SkyDeck is hiring a Business Development Manager!
🙌 If you thrive on building alliances and working alongside ambitious founders, we’d love to connect.
👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/gx-zsTux
🚀Hot off the press — SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live! Find:
🏆Pad-13 Pitch Competition highlights
🎙️ Demo Day momentum ($2.7B+ raised by alum)
⌨️Summer Intern Fair returns April 10
📈Startup funding, launches & wins
👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/mv3hu6at
🚀SkyDeck’s Batch 21 Demo Day is coming 4/2.
🌟$2.7B+ raised by alumni & this cohort is emerging from stealth.
🤖AI. Climate. Enterprise. And more. Find the next unicorn.
🥂Demo Night: Exclusive investor-only networking.
🎟️Accredited investors, apply now: tinyurl.com/3kw2bu6k
🚀 SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live!
💼 We’re hiring a Business Development Manager
🎤 Batch 21 Demo Day is approaching
📈 $45M raised by alumni
👉 See what’s next for the ecosystem: tinyurl.com/mu8f7rz2
#BerkeleySkyDeck #Startups #VentureCapital
⏰ Last chance, founders! SkyDeck apps close TODAY 11:59pm PT. $200K funding + top mentors + SV investor access. Apply now: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply
⚡Founders: SkyDeck extended its accelerator application deadline to Feb 17, 11:59pm PT!
Get:
💸$200K funding
💎$810K in perks
🧠900+ advisors
✨Investor intros
🌍 Open to startups worldwide - no UC tie required.
Info: youtu.be/bu-P4vjH19c
Apply: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/
🚀SkyDeck is hiring a Business Development Manager to build & manage partnerships with startups, VCs, & global partners.
🌍Work with 250+ startups a year, industry titans, & ambitious founders shaping the future of tech.
👉Apply:
The latest newsletter is live!
💼 We’re hiring a Business Development Manager!
🤖 Chon Tang on resilient AI startups
🎙️Join our Batch 21 IPP Pitch Showcase
🌎16M+ in startups wins!
👉https://tinyurl.com/4b6w6kwf
💎Founders: unlock $810K in exclusive perks to supercharge your startup.
🔥SkyDeck delivers intensive programming + a global founder network to help you scale faster.
🌎No UC affiliation required.
⏰Apply by Feb 13 skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply
ℹ️Info sessions tinyurl.com/3sfvxcuk
🚀 Ready to build something big in biotech? @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's LSEC Venture Grant Program gives life sciences founders up to $200K in support, plus access to @berkeleyskydeck.bsky.social startup resources. Apply by Feb 13, 2026! Full details & apply: lsec.berkeley.edu/venture-grant
🚀SkyDeck’s newsletter is live!
💡Chip industry leaders convene to shape the future.
🧠Highlights from our advisor masterclass.
🎯Why SkyDeck is where ambition meets purpose.
💰SkyDeck alum fundraising news, product launches, & more.
👉All this & more at bit.ly/4r2SJ2f
⚡Level up your startup - join a SkyDeck info session (Jan 21–29) & see if our #accelerator is your launchpad.
🎯5 tracks: Air & Space, Bio+Health, Chip, Climate Tech, Fintech & Blockchain + sessions for women, founders of color & global founders
🔗RSVP: tinyurl.com/nwbsi
📣Big wins, bold founders, & what’s new in SkyDeck's latest newsletter!
🚀SkyDeck applications open
🧬Our bio startups shine at the JPM Healthcare Conference
🎉Alums collectively raise $29M+ & more exciting updates
👉Catch the full highlights: tinyurl.com/SDnewsJ14
🤔 What really happens when you choose the right accelerator?
🎙️ Hear it from a SkyDeck founder who’s taken the journey.
🚀 Apply to SkyDeck by Feb. 13: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/
🔗 Original LinkedIn post: bit.ly/49YAGnh
#StartupLife #FounderJourney #EarlyStageStartup #StartupAdvice #SkyDeckApply
🚀 Founders - build big w/ SkyDeck's accelerator program!
• $200K funding
• 900+ mentors
• VC connections
• Supportive global founder community
🌎 Open to all - no UC affiliation required!
ℹ️ Info sessions luma.com/BSDappinfo
⏰ Apply by Feb. 13 skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/
🚀Congrats to SkyDeck alum Matta on their $14M raise!
🏭With deployments every few weeks and hundreds of factories in the pipeline, their industrial AI is seeing real demand across manufacturing.
🤖Proud to support founders turning factory floors smarter.
#IndustrialAI #SkyDeck
✨ Berkeley SkyDeck is grateful for an incredible 2025.
🚀 From #startup #funding milestones to welcoming Steve Chen as a SkyDeck Advisor - and more.
🎉 Thank you for being part of our journey. Wishing you a hopeful year ahead!
👉 Check out the full recap: tinyurl.com/SDH25
🚀Congrats to SkyDeck alum Vambe on its $14M raise!
In <2 years:
✨1,700+ customers
✨80+ team members
✨#AIAgents running full B2C ops 24/7
🇧🇷This raise fuels product innovation + #LATAM expansion, with Brazil next.
#ConversationalAI #StartupFunding "
🎉Congrats to SkyDeck alums Gary Chen & Conley Oster of Raise Robotics for making Forbes 30 Under 30 2026! tinyurl.com/2vytc9vt
🤖Their robotics platform is transforming job-site safety and the future of work.
💪We’re proud to support founders redefining the future of work.
🌏Terranova (SkyDeck Batch 14) made headlines — TechCrunch covered their $7M raise to scale terraforming robots that lift sinking land. tinyurl.com/TRNTC
🏅CEO Laurence Allen also made Forbes 30U30. tinyurl.com/TRNFR%22
📣SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live!
🎉Terranova raised $7M + @forbes.com & @techcrunch.com features
⚛️UC Berkeley hosted Quantum California launch
🏙️Berkeley Civic Innovation Challenge apply by Dec. 19
👉Full update: tinyurl.com/sdnews12325