SkyDeck Newsletter

March 16, 2023

Attend 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.

SkyDeck’s Caroline Winnett Discusses 2023’s Changes in Tech Investment

Caroline Winnett (Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck). Photo: Marla Aufmuth.

Berkeley SkyDeck’s Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, writes about “The Changing Face Of Tech Investment In 2023” in her latest Fast Company article. Despite shrinking VC funds and fundamental changes in a post-pandemic world, Winnett is optimistic and says “this new landscape will reward savvy entrepreneurs with long-term visions, plans for profitability, and a strategic understanding of their industry.” Read her predictions for 2023 here.

Join the Sustainable & Impact Finance Initiative’s conference on March 22nd!

UC Berkeley’s Sustainable & Impact Finance Initiative is holding its first annual conference, Mobilizing Capital to Achieve Net Zero by 2050, on March 22nd. Leading visionaries will discuss how private capital, public policy, and public-private partnerships can achieve net zero goals. Learn more about the event and register here.

Learn about Generative AI with acclaimed speakers on March 22nd!

Gain insight into the Generative AI space, and network with like-minded individuals, at a fireside chat with Sandhya Hegde (General Partner, Unusual Ventures & ex-Sequoia investor) and Professor Gašper Beguš (Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley). Hosted by AI Entrepreneurs at Berkeley and Entrepreneurs@Berkeley, this event is open to SkyDeck founders and UC Berkeley students and affiliates. Sign up here.

Fundraising News

SportsDynamics
SportsDynamics (Batch 15, Cohort) provides automated and customizable data to reveal the invisible dynamics behind sports performance. They recently raised $1.5M. Request a demo here!

Datalogz
Datalogz (Batch 14, Cohort) is a business intelligence ops platform striving to end BI and analytics sprawl. They’ve announced a seed round of $2.3M led by Squadra Ventures. Read the announcement here and book a demo here!

Sway
Sway (Batch 12, Pad-13) won $600K as the 1st place winner of Tom Ford’s Plastic Innovation Prize, for their seaweed-based packaging that replenishes the social and ecological systems harmed by petroleum plastics. Read more here!

SkyTeam News

Skills.tech
Skills.tech (Batch 15, Cohort), a virtual academy developing data talent in LATAM, has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank and launched an exclusive data analytics education and employment program for women in Mexico. Learn more and apply here.

ANAFlash
ANAFLASH (Batch 10, Cohort), a smart microcontroller developer for edge computing, has acquired an exclusive license for eNVM technology from the University of Minnesota, and has partnered with Samsung Foundry to commercialize the technology to market it in medical wearables, robots, and more. Read more here.

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