# SkyDeck Berkeley

> SkyDeck Berkeley is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 394 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Total investments: 394
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $60M
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skydeck-berkeley
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/SkyDeck_Cal
- Website: http://skydeck.berkeley.edu/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkydeckBerkeley

SkyDeck Berkeley is a VC fund in Berkeley focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. 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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 99 | 25% |
| Software | 89 | 23% |
| Health Care | 48 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 43 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 40 | 10% |

281 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 141 | 36% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 120 | 30% |
| Seed | 55 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 23 | 6% |
| Series A | 5 | 1% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 227 | 58% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% |
| France | 14 | 4% |
| Italy | 13 | 3% |
| Germany | 7 | 2% |

32 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Chen | Authorpreneur, Muse and Startup Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-chen-2d61 |
| Sandeep Shroff | Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-shroff |
| Caroline Winnett | Executive Director | 89 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-winnett |
| Clay Collier | Mentor SkyDeck Incubator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clay-collier |
| Don Loeb | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-loeb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zell | 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 | NSS Water specializes in innovative water purification technology for high-tech sectors such as semiconductors. | $793.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Greybeam | Greybeam is an AI platform that routes Snowflake queries to DuckDB, cutting analytics costs and improving performance. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Allos | 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 |  |
| Drover Labs | Embodied AI for the toughest industrial environments. | $3.1M | Seed | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| Vambe | 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 | Gheek AI enables no-code chatbot creation to make blogs, forms, and guides more interactive and measurable. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Hominy | Hominy uses AI to automate rental management tasks like scheduling, questions, maintenance, and tenant retention. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| Miido | 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 | Flatlight innovates high-precision nanophotonic light control for future automotive autonomy and advanced industry systems. |  | Seed | Nov 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 394 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Berkeley SkyDeck Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkeley-skydeck-fund) — VC Fund, 32 deals together
- [Lendlease](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lend-lease) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Cariplo Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cariplo-factory) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [CITRIS Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thefoundry-citris) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [SmartGateVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartgatevc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SkyDeck Berkeley invest in?

SkyDeck Berkeley invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 394 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact SkyDeck Berkeley?

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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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