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Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck

SkyDeck offers all the benefits of a traditional accelerator along with the vast resources of the world’s number one ranked public university.

  • Use: R&D; Go2Market;
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: - 200,000 $
  • Industry focus: All
  • Total budget: -
  • Entity type: Accelerator
  • Vertical focus: All
  • Website: https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: United States of America;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus:
  • Applicant target: Startup;

Overview

SkyDeck supports startups founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty who are seeking to bring their scientific and technical discoveries to market, and commercialize groundbreaking UC Berkeley research. SkyDeck also welcomes startups founded by affiliates of any of the ten University of California campuses, and startups who are located outside the US seeking to connect with students and faculty at UC Berkeley.

The SkyDeck Berkeley Acceleration Method is a 6-month acceleration process for promising startups in any vertical who are affiliated with UC Berkeley, any UC campus, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, or global founders.

Between 20 and 25 selected Cohort teams receive a $200K investment from Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. Cohort teams participate in mandatory sessions, are matched with a Lead Advisor, have designated work space at SkyDeck, present at Demo Day, and meet additional requirements geared for their success over the cohort session.

Applicants willing to get in touch with Berkeley SkyDeck can do it by filling out this form.

Portfolio: Airio, Ava, Chemix, Güeno

 

Last update: May 24, 2022

Last updated on 2022-05-24 09:43

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