Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck's Cohort Program is a six-month, in-person acceleration in Berkeley taking roughly 20-25 generalist startups per cohort. The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund invests $210,000 for 7.25%, and a $7,500 programme fee applies per startup.

Investment

US$210,000 (Above North America median $100k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

7.25% (Above North America median 5% · Above global median 6%)

Duration

26 weeks (Longer than North America median 13 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

Berkeley, United States

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/program/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, equity pct, duration weeks, format, application url, batch cadence
• https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/apply/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, duration weeks, batch cadence
• https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/ read 2026-09-07 — supports contact email

Other programmes by Berkeley SkyDeck

• Berkeley SkyDeck Innovation Partners Program
• Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13

Compare all 3 Berkeley SkyDeck programmes.

Other accelerators in Berkeley

• Berkeley SkyDeck Innovation Partners Program
• Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13
• UC Launch

Last verified 2026-09-05.