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💼 We’re hiring a Business Development Manager!
🤖 Chon Tang on resilient AI startups
🎙️Join our Batch 21 IPP Pitch Showcase
🌎16M+ in startups wins!

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💎Founders: unlock $810K in exclusive perks to supercharge your startup.
🔥SkyDeck delivers intensive programming + a global founder network to help you scale faster.
🌎No UC affiliation required.
⏰Apply by Feb 13 skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply
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🚀 Ready to build something big in biotech? @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's LSEC Venture Grant Program gives life sciences founders up to $200K in support, plus access to @berkeleyskydeck.bsky.social startup resources. Apply by Feb 13, 2026! Full details & apply: lsec.berkeley.edu/venture-grant

🚀SkyDeck’s newsletter is live!

💡Chip industry leaders convene to shape the future.

🧠Highlights from our advisor masterclass.

🎯Why SkyDeck is where ambition meets purpose.

💰SkyDeck alum fundraising news, product launches, & more.

👉All this & more at bit.ly/4r2SJ2f

⚡Level up your startup - join a SkyDeck info session (Jan 21–29) & see if our #accelerator is your launchpad.
🎯5 tracks: Air & Space, Bio+Health, Chip, Climate Tech, Fintech & Blockchain + sessions for women, founders of color & global founders
🔗RSVP: tinyurl.com/nwbsi

📣Big wins, bold founders, & what’s new in SkyDeck's latest newsletter!

🚀SkyDeck applications open

🧬Our bio startups shine at the JPM Healthcare Conference

🎉Alums collectively raise $29M+ & more exciting updates

👉Catch the full highlights: tinyurl.com/SDnewsJ14

🤔 What really happens when you choose the right accelerator?

🎙️ Hear it from a SkyDeck founder who’s taken the journey.

🚀 Apply to SkyDeck by Feb. 13: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/

🔗 Original LinkedIn post: bit.ly/49YAGnh

#StartupLife #FounderJourney #EarlyStageStartup #StartupAdvice #SkyDeckApply

🚀 Founders - build big w/ SkyDeck's accelerator program!
• $200K funding
• 900+ mentors
• VC connections
• Supportive global founder community
🌎 Open to all - no UC affiliation required!
ℹ️ Info sessions luma.com/BSDappinfo
⏰ Apply by Feb. 13 skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/

🚀Congrats to SkyDeck alum Matta on their $14M raise!
🏭With deployments every few weeks and hundreds of factories in the pipeline, their industrial AI is seeing real demand across manufacturing.
🤖Proud to support founders turning factory floors smarter.
#IndustrialAI #SkyDeck

✨ Berkeley SkyDeck is grateful for an incredible 2025.

🚀 From #startup #funding milestones to welcoming Steve Chen as a SkyDeck Advisor - and more.

🎉 Thank you for being part of our journey. Wishing you a hopeful year ahead!

👉 Check out the full recap: tinyurl.com/SDH25

🚀Congrats to SkyDeck alum Vambe on its $14M raise!

In <2 years:
✨1,700+ customers
✨80+ team members
✨#AIAgents running full B2C ops 24/7

🇧🇷This raise fuels product innovation + #LATAM expansion, with Brazil next.

#ConversationalAI #StartupFunding "

🎉Congrats to SkyDeck alums Gary Chen & Conley Oster of Raise Robotics for making Forbes 30 Under 30 2026! tinyurl.com/2vytc9vt

🤖Their robotics platform is transforming job-site safety and the future of work.

💪We’re proud to support founders redefining the future of work.

🌏Terranova (SkyDeck Batch 14) made headlines — TechCrunch covered their $7M raise to scale terraforming robots that lift sinking land. tinyurl.com/TRNTC

🏅CEO Laurence Allen also made Forbes 30U30. tinyurl.com/TRNFR%22

📣SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live!
🎉Terranova raised $7M + @forbes.com & @techcrunch.com features
⚛️UC Berkeley hosted Quantum California launch
🏙️Berkeley Civic Innovation Challenge apply by Dec. 19
👉Full update: tinyurl.com/sdnews12325

SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is live!
💰WeTravel raised $92M.
🎉 Batch 21 launched after a 25% surge in apps.
🎓 SkyDeck Intern Fair Nov 14.
🧬 Asparaglue’s new medical adhesive.
🌎 Climate alums featured on NBC.
Find more here: mailchi.mp/berkeley/sky...

🔥It was standing room only at SkyDeck's fireside chat w/ Byron Deeter of Bessemer.

Takeaways:
⚡️10-yr cycles now happen in 6 months. Chaos = opportunity if you move fast.
🧠Execution is the moat
💻GPU bottleneck = real demand
📈Infra may get overbuilt, but this era will still create historic value

🌟 SkyDeck’s latest newsletter is here!

📘 “Startup Campus” book launch - watch the powerhouse UC Berkeley innovation panel tinyurl.com/UCBPanelSC

🏅 UC’s record-breaking 5 Nobel Prizes in one week

🚀 Fundraising wins for SkyDeck alums

🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/1017News

🗣️Hey UC Berkeley students! Looking for the perfect spring internship? Join Berkeley SkyDeck's Virtual Spring Intern Fair on 11/14.
🙌Gain hands-on experience with startups shaping the future of innovation & at SkyDeck itself.
🎯Roles in software, marketing, ops, design & more!
🔗 QR code below!

🚀New from #SkyDeck:

✨Demo Day: 19 startups pitched bold ideas to a full house of investors

🌏Caroline Winnett shared insights at Global Startup EXPO in Osaka

🥗Sigma Alimentos explored food tech innovation at SkyDeck

💰SkyDeck alums raise $7.9M

👉 tinyurl.com/2p259ysk

🚀SkyDeck’s Batch 20 Demo Day was a milestone celebration! 19 #startups pitched bold ideas in AI, biotech, security & more to #SiliconValley investors.
🌙After, Demo Night’s exclusive gatherings were a hit, incl. a panel w/ Prof. Ion Stoica (co-founder Databricks & Anyscale).
#Innovation #UCBerkeley

🚨New from #SkyDeck:

💸5 SkyDeck alums raised $1-4M

🌎Caroline Winnett highlights East Bay innovation

🎤Batch 20 Demo Day 9/23

🎓UC Berkeley ranked #1 public univ. for founders

👀We’re hiring Head of Biz Dev

👉https://tinyurl.com/BSD917

#Startups #Innovation #UCBerkeley

⏰ The countdown is on!
🚀 SkyDeck’s Batch 20 Demo Day hits Berkeley on Sept 23.

19 startups in AI 🤖, climate tech 🌱, robotics ⚡ & more are ready to pitch the future.

🎟️ Accredited investors — apply now 👉 tinyurl.com/SDDD20

#SkyDeckDemoDay #Startups #VC #Innovation

🚨SkyDeck’s latest newsletter has dropped!

👋We’re hiring a Head of Biz Dev!

🎓UCBerkeley students: Intern Fair 9/5

💰Met AI raises $4M + @forbes.com “Asia 100 to Watch”

🧬Organos wins $2M NIH grant

🌱RootAppliedSci CEO Sarah Placella in @usatoday.com

👉Read in full here: tinyurl.com/yxaayvxd

📢SkyDeck is #hiring a Head of Business Development to power global innovation.

🌍Build partnerships, broker strategic deals, & shape SkyDeck’s future while connecting partners w/ our world-class startups.

🚀Passionate about tech + startups? Apply today: tinyurl.com/JobOppBSD

🚨 Founders—FINAL CALL!

⏰ Apps close TODAY, Aug 28 @ 11:59pm PT

⚡SkyDeck offers:
• $200K funding
• $750K+ in perks
• 850+ expert advisors
• UC Berkeley resources

🚀 Apply now: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply

🚀SkyDeck Batch 20 Demo Day is Sept 23 in Berkeley!
🌟See the next wave of startups in AI, climate tech, robotics & more. Alumni have raised $2.7B+ from Sequoia, Index, Mayfield & others.
🎟️Accredited investors — apply now: tinyurl.com/SDDD20

#SkyDeckDemoDay #Innovation #VC

🚀SkyDeck’s application deadline is EXTENDED!

⏳Last chance to join one of the world’s top accelerators.

💸Get $200K investment + $750K perks + intros to Silicon Valley VCs.

🎥Watch info session: tinyurl.com/ycxhkuff

👉Apply by August 28, 11:59pm PT skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply

🚀 SkyDeck’s August newsletter is here!

📅 Vote today: Help UC Berkeley & #SkyDeck reach #SXSW2026!

🚀 #DemoDay & #DemoNight return Sept. 23.

🇯🇵 Berkeley expertise meets Nagoya at STATION Ai.

📖 Startup Campus book launch.

👉 tinyurl.com/SDN820

#BerkeleySkyDeck #Innovation

💡 How does innovation serve humanity?

🔥 Berkeley SkyDeck alum Natalya Lopareva built tech that helps first responders see through walls — saving lives in real time.

🎯 Apply by Aug. 22: skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/
#BerkeleySkyDeck #TechForGood #SkyDeckApply

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🚀 Caroline Winnett (SkyDeck) & Darren Cooke (UC Berkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship) are nominated to speak at SXSW 2026 on how hubs like SkyDeck fuel startups w/ mentorship, bold ideas, & more.

💥 Your vote can put them on stage!

🗳️ Vote now: tinyurl.com/47pcs47b