SkyDeck Berkeley
VC Fund
Berkeley, United States
SkyDeck Berkeley is a VC fund in Berkeley focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. 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 fiveU.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.
- Total investments:
- 718
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $60M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries SkyDeck Berkeley invests in
Stages SkyDeck Berkeley invests in
Countries SkyDeck Berkeley invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 15 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 173 (24%)
- Artificial Intelligence 139 (19%)
- Health Care 102 (14%)
- Information Technology 73 (10%)
- Biotechnology 68 (9%)
Stage
- Non-equity Assistance 344 (48%)
- Pre-Seed 192 (27%)
- Seed 88 (12%)
- Funding Round 15 (2%)
- Series A 5 (1%)
Country
- United States 476 (66%)
- Canada 16 (2%)
- France 16 (2%)
- Italy 15 (2%)
- Germany 9 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Chen
Authorpreneur, Muse and Startup Advisor
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Authorpreneur, Muse and Startup Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sandeep Shroff
Advisor
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Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Caroline Winnett
Executive Director
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Executive Director | Total investments: 126 | Find email | |
Clay Collier
Mentor SkyDeck Incubator
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Mentor SkyDeck Incubator | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Don Loeb
Mentor
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Mentor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 15 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zell is a sales training platform that helps companies improve their sales teams' performance. We offer personalized learning experiences through realistic, company-specific scenarios that give salespeople valuable practice opportunities. Our comprehensive solution includes customized learning paths, team management tools, and insights fromreal call analysis. Zell streamlines the sales training process, addressing the common challenge of inadequate onboarding and ongoing development. By reducing the need for constant managerial oversight, we enable sales teams to enhance their skills efficiently and reach their full potential. | $584.7K / Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| NSS Water specializes in innovative water purification technology for high-tech sectors such as semiconductors. | $793.6K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 19, 2026 | ||
| Greybeam is an AI platform that routes Snowflake queries to DuckDB, cutting analytics costs and improving performance. | Non-equity Assistance / Jan 14, 2026 | ||
| Allos is developing co pilot for medical professionals, powered by their explainable causal AI engine. If you want any information please contact them through email or phone call. | $5M / Seed / Jan 12, 2026 | ||
| Embodied AI for the toughest industrial environments. | $3.1M / Seed / Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Vambe is a multi-channel AI sales representative who handles customer interactions at all stages of the sales process. Vambe interfaces with sales tools and CRMs, generates extensive customer profiles from chat habits, and recommends items based on customer requirements. | $14M / Series A / Dec 03, 2025 | ||
| Gheek AI enables no-code chatbot creation to make blogs, forms, and guides more interactive and measurable. | Non-equity Assistance / Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| Hominy uses AI to automate rental management tasks like scheduling, questions, maintenance, and tenant retention. | Non-equity Assistance / Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| Miido is a technology that optimizes, controls, and measures the entire fertilization process for farmers by simply using voice commands. | $400K / Pre-Seed / Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| Flatlight innovates high-precision nanophotonic light control for future automotive autonomy and advanced industry systems. | Seed / Nov 17, 2025 | ||
| See all 718 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SkyDeck Berkeley invest in?
SkyDeck Berkeley invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 718 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at SkyDeck Berkeley?
The team at SkyDeck Berkeley includes Paul Chen (Authorpreneur, Muse and Startup Advisor), Sandeep Shroff (Advisor) and Caroline Winnett (Executive Director), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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