Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley, Californiaskydeck.berkeley.edu

Overview

Berkeley SkyDeck is a startup accelerator and incubator program which serves as a joint venture between the Haas School of Business and Berkeley College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. It 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.

Year Founded

2012

Portfolio Companies

36

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
VambeDec 2025Series ACo-investor
AHEAD MedicineApr 2025Pre SeedCo-investor
OchyFeb 2025Pre SeedCo-investor
Oso SemiconductorFeb 2025SeedCo-investor
ProphecyJan 2025Series B ExtensionCo-investor

Key People

Aaron Sokol

Co-Founder (Stealth Venture)

Abigail Perez

Founder LatinxBerkeley

Alisha Graves

Co-Founder, The OASIS Initiative

Anthony Waitz

Co-founder

David Kirn

Co-Founder Board Director Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center

Janelle Cavanagh

Co-Founder Certificate Of Fundraising And Volunteer Management

Laszlo Bock

Co-Founder And Co-Faculty Director Of The Berkeley Transformative CHRO Academy

Michael Jacobs

BASICS Founder

Zachary Neff

Co-Founder President Of People Of Color In Greek-Life Organization

Ingrid Lee

Managing Director

Naomi Cytron

Managing Director, National Center On School Infrastructure

Paul Lum

Managing Director QB3 BNC

Vanessa Lujan

Managing Director

Jenny Cutting

Executive Director, Principal Gifts

Darnell M Tircuit

SR. HR Partner

Nicole Villagran

HR Buisness Partner

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBerkeley, California
Year Founded2012

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