SkyDeck Newsletter

May 18, 2022

UC Berkeley campus leaders and VCs celebrate the launch of Bakar BioEnginuity Hub

Rich Lyons, Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer of UC Berkeley, spoke to VCs about the
interesting developments they can expect to see in coming years from UC Berkeley.

Last Wednesday, the campus leaders at UC Berkeley met with VCs at an exclusive UC Berkeley: Next Gen Entrepreneurship event to celebrate the launch of the new Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH), a 40,000 sq ft home for world class life science startups. The event featured three speakers, including Rich Lyons, Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer of UC Berkeley, David Schaffer, Executive Director of the BBH & QB3, and Caroline Winnett, Executive Director of Berkeley SkyDeck.

SkyDeck Executive Director featured in the latest NBC podcast

Caroline Winnett, SkyDeck Executive Director and Chon Tang, SkyDeck Fund
Managing Partner at Batch 14 Demo Day.

In an NBC Sand Hill Road podcast interview, Caroline Winnett, Executive Director of SkyDeck, talks about Berkeley SkyDeck's growing international reputation and key differentiators that make it a unique program, key differentiators and what makes its program unique. "Somebody here, either on campus or in our network is an expert, in anything from quantum physics to the latest in grid management to, you name it. And we will find that person to connect with our startup," said Winnett. Tune in here.

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SkyTeam News

Forest Carbon Works
Forest Carbon Works PBC (Batch 10, Pad-13), a public-benefit corporation that helps small landowners obtain carbon credits and earn income by managing woodlands in their properties, has been recently acquired by Chestnut Carbon, a startup dedicated to generating carbon-offset credits from forests. Learn more here.

Paidiem
Paidiem (Batch 12 Cohort), an emerging leader in end-to-end solutions for the contingent workforce ecosystem, announced closing an oversubscribed seed financing round. Learn more here.

Experify
Experify (Batch 12 Cohort), the first platform to enable a truly authentic product review experience by connecting prospective buyers with purchasers, closed a $4M seed round led by Vertex Ventures US, with the participation of Sonae Investment Management and the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund.

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