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March 2, 2023

Investors! Mark your calendars & join SkyDeck's Demo Day on April 4th!

SkyDeck hosts one of the biggest Demo Days in Silicon Valley and you don’t want to miss out on pitches and demos from our Batch 15 and alumni startups! Join this invite-only event on April 4th, 3:00 - 6:30pm PDT. Accredited investors that would like to join can apply for an invite here.

5 ways startup founders can thrive in post-pandemic San Francisco 

In her latest blog, SkyDeck’s General Manager, Sibyl Chen, discusses the challenges that new startup founders are facing with the exodus of workers from the Bay Area due to the pandemic. Chen says “the most important thing founders can do… is be very intentional about building a community of advisors and friendly founders who can help them as they take their startup to the next level.” Read her blog here!

Explore new business opportunities in space at Cal’s March 3rd summit 

UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is holding its inaugural New Space Economy Summit on March 3rd in Berkeley, marking the beginning of Haas’ array of groundbreaking space-focused initiatives to bridge the gap between science and business. Space economy can provide benefits and solutions to nearly any business sector, including climate change and food security. Advised by NASA, the summit will feature a full day of panels, discussions, and networking with top scientists, engineers, and venture capitalists. SkyDeck is proud to co-sponsor this event, and we're excited to see our advisors, Darek DeFreece and Abhishek Tripathi, as speakers. Buy tickets and find more info here!

Should your company issue a hiring freeze?

Chon Tang (Founding Partner, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund) at SkyDeck's Demo Day

Is a hiring freeze just about cutting costs, or can it also be a way to protect current talent? Companies' approach to hiring is changing in the current economic environment - and can be about more than just cutting costs. In IT Pro, the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund’s Chon Tang weighs in on the job market, saying, "when every skilled engineer is bombarded with multiple offers, start-ups can't wait – when someone qualified walks through the door, they have to hoard talent or risk not being able to find the right person for many months to come.” Read the article here.

SkyTeam News

Milvia Medical
Milvia Medical (Batch 15, Cohort) is an online platform connecting women in the US with UK-based fertility providers that operate at a lower cost than in the US. They’ve just opened their waitlist for an egg freezing trip to London this summer, and can accommodate group trips for up to 4 individuals who want to freeze their eggs at the same time. See more details and sign up here

SpeedLegal
SpeedLegal (Batch 15, Europe) translates complicated contracts into simple language, saving tech startups ~$1k/contract and ~$140k/year in legal fees. It’s launching a new product geared towards founders, freelancers and students (think Grammarly, for contracts). Sign up here!

Voiseed
Voiseed’s (Batch 11, IPP) innovative Dubbing Solution uses Generative AI to mimic human emotions and prosody in multiple languages. They’ve secured a €1 million investment to further propel their mission to revolutionize the synthetic voice dubbing industry and enhance their AI Universal voice model core technology and proprietary emotional dataset, to scale-up their first product: Revoiceit. Read more here!

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