Berkeley SkyDeck
UC Berkeley · UC Berkeley accelerator for early stage startups in any industry, strong in AI, chips and bio
Next deadline
4moFeb 2027
Estimated from past cadence · Batch 24
Next batch
Nov 2
Official · in 5w
Offer
$210,000
7.5% (Fund FAQ states $200K at 7.5%)
Batches a year
2
356 companies tracked
What it offers
- Terms
- Cohort teams receive a $210K investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. The Fund FAQ states it invests $200K at 7.5% in each accepted company. Source
- Where
- Berkeley, CA
- Cadence
- Two batches a year, six months each
- Cohort teams per batch
- 20 to 25 (2026)
- Pad-13 teams per batch
- 60 to 80 (2026)
- Companies publicly launched
- 800+ (2026)
Batches and deadlines
| Batch | Starts | Deadline | Demo day | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming up | ||||
| Batch 23Cohort · Interviews September 8 to October 5, 2026; orientation November 2, 2026Deadline Aug 21 | Nov 2in 5 weeks | Aug 215 weeks ago | Apr 2027 | |
| Batch 24Cohort · estimated · Apply page says Batch 24 applications open in January (official). Start and deadline estimated from the six-month cycle: Batch 23 apps closed about 10 weeks before a November startDeadline Feb 2027 | May 2027in 7 months | Feb 2027in 4 months | n/a | |
| Earlier | ||||
| Batch 19Cohort · Final application deadline August 23, 2024Deadline Aug 23, 2024 | n/a | Aug 23, 20242 years ago | n/a | |
| Batch 17Cohort · 20 companies presented at Demo Day | n/a | n/a | Apr 10, 2024 | |
| Batch 18Cohort · 19 companies presented at Demo Day | n/a | n/a | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| Batch 21Cohort · 17 founders pitched at Demo Day | n/a | n/a | Apr 2 | |
| Batch 22Cohort · 18 companies pitch at Demo Day | n/a | n/a | Sep 30 |
2 programs
Berkeley SkyDeck companies, rising first
25 of 25 companies
About Berkeley SkyDeck
- Run by
- UC Berkeley
- Companies from
- official portfolio and batch pages, loaded by research
- Dates checked
- 2026-09-25, from 7 official pages
- Refresh
- Monthly; last read 2026-09-26, 359 rows
- On the list now
- 356 of 356
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/program/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/invest/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/portfolio/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/newsletter-april-8-2026/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/newsletter-september-16-2026/
- skydeck.berkeley.edu/robots.txt
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