Accelerator · Berkeley, California, United States
Berkeley SkyDeck
UC Berkeley's six-month accelerator in Berkeley, California. About 20 Cohort teams are picked every six months and receive US$210k from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund; startups from any country and industry can apply.
Closed
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- US$210,000 US$210k from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund for Cohort teams. Pad-13 teams get no guaranteed investment; the fund may invest up to 10% of a later institutional round on the same terms
- Instrument
- not published
- Equity taken
- not published
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- not published
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- 2 a year
- Delivery
- In person
- Stages
- not published
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- Anywhere
- Perks
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- Designated work space at SkyDeck for Cohort teams
- Workshops and a network of about 900 advisors
Runs for six months. Roughly 20 Cohort teams are selected every six months, alongside 60 to 80 Pad-13 teams with lighter support.
Application dates
ClosedBatch 23
Batch 23: applications opened 20 July 2026 and closed 21 August 2026; the programme starts 2 November 2026.
Usual timing: Batch 23 runs to 15 April 2027 with demo day in April 2027. Batch 24 applications open in January.
Who can apply
- Startups from any country can apply
- Companies in all industries are accepted
- UC-affiliated and international startups are a priority
Companies it names as alumni
DeepScribe, MindsDB, Chemix, Krisp, Xendit
What founders should check
- The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It runs in person in Berkeley. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
- The last window we track closed on 21 August 2026. Batch 23 runs to 15 April 2027 with demo day in April 2027. Batch 24 applications open in January.
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