📣 Calling all early-stage founders: applications for SkyDeck’s Batch 19 are now open as reported in VentureBeat today. Take your startup to the next level! https://lnkd.in/g3rW5M5j ✨ SkyDeck is a leading global accelerator, dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship worldwide. Come to SkyDeck, where visionaries take flight, and join the ranks of SkyDeck alums like MindsDB, Hayden AI, and Loft Labs. 🚀 There are countless reasons to come to SkyDeck, here are 5: ▶ Intensive programming to set your company up for long-term success ▶ Access to an unparalleled pool of 700 advisors/mentors ▶ Expand your network to learn and grow alongside dozens of other top-tier founders ▶ Introductions to VC firms to fund your company ▶ $200K from Berkeley SkyDeck Fund or €145K investment from the Lombardy Region and the Cariplo Foundation 🌍 Eligible startups can come from any university or country. UC affiliation is not required. ℹ Register for SkyDeck's information sessions to learn more! https://lnkd.in/gzEStbJ5 ⏰ Apply by August 23rd, 11:59pm PT, at https://lnkd.in/gRjw-ZNB #entrepreneurs #founders #startups #siliconvalley #ucberkeley #skydeck #techaccelerator Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos, Jun Jiang, Ekin Günaysu, Gordon Peng, Kathy Chen, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Riddhi Khanna, Camila Orozco Gil, Rich Lyons, University of California, Berkeley, Fondazione Cariplo, Regione Lombardia, Dean Takahashi
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The top global accelerator for the world’s leading startups
About us
UC Berkeley's official startup accelerator. We help Cal entrepreneurs and transformational startups. Bring us your moonshot! Located on top of the tallest building in downtown Berkeley, we combine the consulting know-how of traditional accelerators with the vast resources of our research university. This robust partnership is coupled with SkyDeck’s unique mentorship program to create a powerful environment for your startup. Our mentors and our large network of investors connects you to the expertise and the capital you need to launch and grow your startup...to the moon.
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⭐️ A question for all companies seeking to attract top talent: Have you truly committed to operating under your mission? ✅ For Fast Company, our Executive Director Caroline Winnett shares why this is essential for any business looking to make their company culture stand out. Read her expert insights here: https://lnkd.in/g9iadv87 #CompanyCulture #Leadership #TalentAcquisition #BusinessStrategy
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💰We are thrilled to congratulate SkyDeck alum SirenOpt (Batch 15, Cohort) for raising $6.6M! 💡What began as an “accidental” discovery in a UC Berkeley lab is now poised to disrupt the battery, aerospace, semiconductor, and flexible electronics industries. 🌟SirenOpt’s real-time manufacturing intelligence platform, using plasma and machine-learning technology, is now advancing to the next stages of product development and commercialization. 👏We are beyond proud to have been early believers in SirenOpt's journey and eagerly await their continued success. Go Bears! 🐻 #startup #innovation #machinelearning #productdevelopment Jared O'Leary, James Carrington, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley
We are very pleased to announce the closing of our US$6.6M seed investment round. Voyager Ventures and TOMORROW (part of Visionaries Club) led the round, with participation from Climate Club. SirenOpt’s investors also include Union Labs Ventures, Skydeck Fund (the investment team from Berkeley SkyDeck) Wireframe Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, Access Industries, Courtyard Ventures, and Climate Capital. SirenOpt will use this new investment to accelerate product development, deliver commercial products to market, scale up commercial operations, and grow our team to support those objectives. SirenOpt’s non-destructive, real-time manufacturing intelligence platform improves factory efficiency for semiconductors, batteries, turbine blades and many other technologies essential to the green transition. Our ability to deliver real-time insights using cold atmospheric plasma and machine learning technologies was first developed by our co-founders Jared O'Leary, Ali Mesbah and Joel Paulson at the Mesbah Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. We are also supported by the startup accelerator programs run by Activate, Berkeley SkyDeck and Cyclotron Road (the latter part of the Berkeley Lab). Our platform will transform materials manufacturing for advanced coatings, thin film materials and nano-scale materials by shedding new light on blind spots, reducing waste, and improving factory ROI. For all the details including statements by SirenOpt CEO Jared O'Leary, Sarah Sclarsic, Founding Partner of Voyager Ventures, and Sebastian Pollok, Founding Partner of TOMORROW, please see the full announcement on our recently updated website: https://lnkd.in/gh_cqji3 You can also read more about SirenOpt on Axios: https://lnkd.in/gB47Fd4K Thanks to our investors for believing in us, and thanks as well to all the customers and collaborators who helped us get to this point.
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✨Congratulations to materials company BERKM inc (Batch 12, Cohort)! 🏆 Beyond raising nearly $1M, BERKM has also been awarded a $275K grant from the National Science Foundation for its natural clay-based additive technology revolutionizing sustainable packaging. 🌿 BERKM's technology is set to disrupt the packaging industry with eco-friendly solutions that significantly reduce environmental impact. #startup #innovation #sustainability #startupfunding #packagingtechnology Bahruz Mammadov
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🌟 What sets Berkeley SkyDeck apart from other accelerators? 💡At SkyDeck, our mission is to bridge the gap between innovative founders & VCs eager to invest in groundbreaking technologies and startups. Through a rigorous vetting process, we select top talent from around the world, ensuring dynamic & diverse startups. 🌍 Berkeley SkyDeck is the only entrepreneurial hub of its kind, supporting elite startups globally with resources and talent from the world’s #1 public university. As the sole university accelerator partnered with a fund, SkyDeck is dedicated to investing in the next generation of founders and driving top-dollar investment for early-stage companies. 🎥 Chon Tang, founding partner of the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, speaks with Caroline Hyde and Edward Ludlow on Bloomberg Television's #VCSpotlight about what makes SkyDeck unique and what it takes to submit a successful application. Check out the full interview: https://lnkd.in/gRAb4Neq #Startups #Innovation #VC #BerkeleySkyDeck #Entrepreneurship #GlobalTalent #Tech #Investment #SkyDeck Bloomberg, University of California, Berkeley, MindsDB, DeepScribe, SUN METALON Inc., Chemix, Inc., Hayden AI
Super cool experience being able to speak about Berkeley SkyDeck on Bloomberg this morning. There's a lot of amazing things happening at Berkeley, can't wait until the world learns more about the startups we are building here.
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🚀 Big news from El Dorado (Batch 16, Cohort)! 💰 It's raised $3M for its stablecoin-powered payments SuperApp, which is transforming the payment ecosystem in Latin America. 🔬 El Dorado is providing a cheaper way to send, exchange, and pay using blockchain as a payment rail, charging a rate less than the industry average for cross-border payments while in-app payments are free. The app supports USDT, USDC, and cUSD stablecoins on the Tron, Polygon, and Celo networks, and also allows bitcoin (BTC) transactions. 🔗 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ghgqyrMP #startup #bitcoin #fintech #startupfunding Juan Andreu Guillermo Goncalvez Espiga
Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado
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🤩 One of the top reasons startup founders love SkyDeck is the remarkable pool of 700 advisors and mentors the accelerator offers. 📈 These incredible industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs span diverse sectors and are instrumental in guiding SkyDeck’s startups through Silicon Valley’s dynamic ecosystem. 🎥 Check out SkyDeck’s latest video highlighting the ways startup founders benefit from working with our advisors - hear from Darren Cooke (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, UC Berkeley), David Johnson (former CFO, Pinterest, Slack, and Stripe), and more! https://lnkd.in/gGeF_5z4 #BerkeleySkyDeck #SkyDeckAdvisors #StartupSuccess #Innovation #Mentorship #Networking #TechForGood #UCBerkeley #TechInnovation #Startup #Entrepreneurship #Advisors #Growth #Launchpad #Visionaries Rich Lyons, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Riddhi Khanna, Sanjay Velappan, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos, Jun Jiang, Ekin Günaysu, Gordon Peng, Kathy Chen, Camila Orozco Gil, Alex Marshall, Arina Bobrova, Peter W. Njenga, Linda Kreitzman, Marc Meyer, Matt Kirmayer, University of California, Berkeley
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Congrats to Berkeley SkyDeck startup Jacobi Roboticson the recent raise. Well done, Max C. and team!
I’m thrilled to announce Jacobi Robotics has closed a $5M Seed Round led by Moxxie Ventures. Yahav, Lars, Ken, Jeff, and I set out to build Jacobi with the goal of democratizing robotics, allowing people to focus on meaningful, creative work. Our inspiration came from the transformative progress in the field of machine learning. Just a few years ago, machine learning was limited to a small group of experts and researchers. But today, any software developer can train a production-ready machine learning model by following an online tutorial. Soon, software engineers will also be implementing production-ready robotics applications using Jacobi. We are just at the beginning of that journey, but our software has already been used by multiple organizations, including Fortune 500 companies from various sectors, and has been successfully deployed in live factories in the US. With Jacobi, our partners have seen a 95% reduction in robot commissioning time and a 24% savings in total project costs. The new investments from Moxxie Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Humba Ventures, The House Fund, and additional investments from Swift Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck, LDV Partners, and Courtyard Ventures will enable us to accelerate our work in developing the modern software platform for robotics. I cannot express enough gratitude to everyone who has supported us at Jacobi—our customers, partners, investors, community, and our recently expanded team. Creating something of value from scratch is never easy, but with your support, we are driven to push boundaries and achieve our shared vision. The best is yet to come. Thank you to MIT Technology Review for sharing our story. - MIT Tech Review: https://lnkd.in/gXUQQiqG - Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/gsxJgvbZ Photo Credit: Marla Aufmuth
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🔥 With over 1,200 hackers, 140 judges, and 3 llamas, Berkeley SkyDeck partnered with Cal Hacks in June to host the largest AI hackathon ever, with the theme of “AI for Good” and up to $100K in prizes! 🔗 See more here! https://lnkd.in/gD3sRiZn #startup #AI #hackathon #LLM #technology #UCBerkeleyAIHackathon #BerkeleyAIHackathon
World's largest AI Hackathon! - Berkeley SkyDeck 🔥 #startup #AI #hackathon #LLM #technology
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🔥 “I come from a family of entrepreneurs. My father was an entrepreneur. My grandfather was an entrepreneur… So it was always in my DNA.” 🎙️ #Entrepreneurship is at the heart of Berkeley SkyDeck, and that’s why it’s no surprise that our Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, possesses the same bold spirit! Listen to Caroline's inspiring story and career motivations on the latest episode of the DealMakers podcast with Alejandro Cremades. 🔗Listen now! https://lnkd.in/gmQbiVct #podcast #UCBerkeley #innovation #founders #startups
Caroline Winnett On Selling A Company To Nielsen And Now Helping Raise $84 Million To Support Upcoming Entrepreneurs - Alejandro Cremades
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