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Top 5 Accelerators and Incubators in Berkeley

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Accelerators and incubators are essential for helping new startups take flight.

New entrepreneurs looking to transform their great business idea into a successful and sustainable business sometimes don’t have the experience or connections to make that happen on their own.

The staff of an accelerator or incubator can help by providing support, space, mentorship, connections and more.

To help you out, we've compiled a list of 5 accelerators and incubators from Berkeley.


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1) Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck

UC is the official startup accelerator for Berkeley.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Abhra Banerjee, Caroline Winnett
  • Industries: Biotech, Consumer Software, FoodTech, EdTech, CivicTech, Enterprise, B2B Software, FinTech, Sustainability Tech, HealthTech, HRtech, Legal Tech, Securitytech, Sport Tech
  • Number of investments: 463
  • Number of exits: 14
  • Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24

You can find their website here.

2) CITRIS Foundry

CITRIS Foundry

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) work together to find information technology solutions to some of society's biggest problems.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Alic Chen, Patrick Scaglia, Peter Minor
  • Industries: Cloud, Big Data, AI
  • Number of investments: 97

You can find their website here.

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3) The Batchery

The Batchery

The Batchery is a group of 40 experienced investors, advisors, and mentors from Berkeley who are ready to give you ideas, advice, and a network of partners so you can start building your company as soon as you join.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Aaron Hayes, Andre Carothers, David Koehn, Kal Deutsch
  • Industries: Industry Agnostic
  • Number of investments: 58

You can find their website here.

4) LAUNCH

LAUNCH

LAUNCH is a competition and startup accelerator that helps early-stage startups grow into companies that can get funding.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1999
  • Industries: Industry Agnostic
  • Number of investments: 01
  • Number of exits: 1

You can find their website here.

5) Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a partnership between three prestigious institutions (UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Haas School of Business, and Blockchain at Berkeley) that is designed to catapult blockchain entrepreneurs and academics into the ecosystem.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2019
  • Industries: Gaming, FinTech, IoT, Sports, Energy, Healthcare

You can find their website here.

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