The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is a venture capital firm affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley. See contact routes.
The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is a venture capital firm affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, established in 2012 to invest directly in startups participating in the university’s SkyDeck accelerator program. Its investment thesis targets early-stage companies globally that are enrolled in the accelerator, with no restriction to specific sectors beyond the accelerator’s broad innovation focus. The fund typically invests $100,000 in each participating startup and acts as an initial investor rather than a lead or follow investor in later rounds. Notable portfolio companies include accelerator participants such as those highlighted in SkyDeck’s public case studies, though specific named examples beyond general accelerator cohorts are not explicitly detailed in available sources. A distinctive feature of the fund is its profit-sharing model, which allocates 50% of fund profits back to UC Berkeley to support university research and entrepreneurship. The fund operates as a public-private partnership that leverages UC Berkeley’s academic resources, including lab space and computing facilities, to support startup growth.
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