# Berkeley SkyDeck: portfolio, investments and team

> Berkeley SkyDeck is an accelerator based in United States. 231 investments on record, 30 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Berkeley SkyDeck

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 231 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $23M, Apr 2018 Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed Series A Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation) Underrepresented Founders Latinx

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**56%** of best year **30** **cheques in 12 months**, 231 on record

Since the last cheque **11** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$210K – $210K** Rounds led **0 of 231** Sole investor **41 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 66%**

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## Berkeley SkyDeck highlights

- 01 30 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 41 rounds, median $925K

## What they do

> Our Journey to make SkyDeck the best accelerator for startups From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $210K – $210K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation) Underrepresented Founders Latinx
- **Based in:** Berkeley, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **231 appearances**

- **2026** 26 rounds
- **Oct** **[Vectorial AI Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/vectorial-ai-inc)** Seed · US · Google News search **$3.0M** With 18 others
- **Sept** **[SirenOpt](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirenopt)** Venture · US **$19M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Light Links, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/light-links-inc)** Pre-seed · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Falcomm](https://millionrounds.com/company/falcomm)** Series A · US **$12M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Netris](https://millionrounds.com/company/netris)** Series A · TechCrunch **$15M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[El Dorado](https://millionrounds.com/company/el-dorado)** Series A · CO · LatamList **$9.0M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[EVmatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/evmatch)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[RevReply](https://millionrounds.com/company/revreply)** Seed · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Zell](https://millionrounds.com/company/zell)** Pre-seed · DE · Firms' own news pages **$585K** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Coreshell Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreshell-technologies)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[ContextQA](https://millionrounds.com/company/contextqa)** Seed · US **$6.2M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Living Models](https://millionrounds.com/company/living-models)** Seed · FR **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[ALKEMIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/alkemio)** Seed · AR **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[VoiceBit](https://millionrounds.com/company/voicebit)** Pre-seed · US **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Enkrypt AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/enkrypt-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[MON5](https://millionrounds.com/company/mon5)** Seed · IT **$1.7M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Wheel the World](https://millionrounds.com/company/wheel-the-world)** Series A · US **$11M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Algorized](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorized)** Series A · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[NSS Water](https://millionrounds.com/company/nss-water)** Venture · SE **$794K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Trener Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/trener-robotics)** Series A · US **$32M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Deep Isolation](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-isolation)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Drover Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/drover-labs)** Seed · US **$3.1M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Allos](https://millionrounds.com/company/allos)** Seed · GB **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[NuPort Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuport-robotics)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[CoGrader](https://millionrounds.com/company/cograder)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Fortune AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortune-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$300K** With 1 other
- **2025** 49 rounds
- **Dec** **[Vambe](https://millionrounds.com/company/vambe)** Series A · LatamList **$14M** With 9 others
- **Nov** **[The Blue Box Biomedical Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-blue-box-biomedical-solutions)** Seed · ES **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Miido](https://millionrounds.com/company/miido)** Pre-seed · CL **$400K** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Storii](https://millionrounds.com/company/storii)** Grant · US **$1.7M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[ATDev](https://millionrounds.com/company/atdev)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Skyld](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyld)** Seed · FR **$1.8M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[MoBagel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobagel)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Kiwibot](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiwibot)** Venture · US **$6.8M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Falcomm](https://millionrounds.com/company/falcomm)** Seed · US **$5.8M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Robot.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/robot-com)** Venture · US **$25M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[AtlasNova](https://millionrounds.com/company/atlasnova)** Seed · US **$2.3M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Evitado Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/evitado-technologies)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Guepard](https://millionrounds.com/company/guepard)** Pre-seed · US **$2.1M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Plino](https://millionrounds.com/company/plino)** Pre-seed · IT **$765K** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named**

ZT **Ziqiang Tang** Sole Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$191M** gross assets of its funds, 3 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** BSF II GP, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 332646

New fund on file

**$23M**

raised in Apr 2018

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$925K**

Led 0 of 231 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $210K – $210K
- **Sole investor:** 41 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *72*
- Venture *61*
- Pre-seed said *38*
- Series A said *27*
- Grant *21*
- Crowdfunding *4*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [K Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund) 69
- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 23
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 10
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator) 7
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 7
- [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) 6

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Berkeley SkyDeck. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**K Fund** VC firm **69** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kfund)[**National Science Foundation** Government **23** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Alchemist Accelerator** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**MassChallenge** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Bossa Invest** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest)[**Techstars** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**500 Global** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Creative Destruction Lab** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Berkeley SkyDeck put money into.

[**SirenOpt** $19M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirenopt)[**Light Links, Inc.** $6.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/light-links-inc)[**Falcomm** $12M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/falcomm)[**Netris** $15M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/netris)[**EVmatch** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/evmatch)[**RevReply** $1.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/revreply)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Berkeley SkyDeck in the title, and 3 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 2 Jan 2025 · 37 min VC10X - UC Berkeley's Startup Accelerator - Caroline Winnett, Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck With [Caroline Winnett](https://millionrounds.com/person/caroline-winnett) Mentions [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) 3 Aug 2025 · 50 min Ep 265 A Global Perspective of Venture Capital: with George Panagiotakopoulo Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 29 Feb 2024 · 44 min David Zhou: Silicon Valley Thought Leadership, On Deck Community Building & Emerging LPs Investing in VC Funds - E388 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) 23 Apr 2020 · 52 min 008 The Amazing Story of the Rotten Tomatoes Website with original CEO Patrick Lee Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Berkeley SkyDeck

### What does Berkeley SkyDeck invest in?

Berkeley SkyDeck invests most often at Seed and Venture (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation), Underrepresented Founders and Latinx.

### How active is Berkeley SkyDeck?

231 investments on record, 30 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Berkeley SkyDeck invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vectorial AI Inc. (Seed, Oct 2026), SirenOpt (Venture, Sept 2026) and Light Links, Inc. (Pre-seed, Aug 2026).

### How big are Berkeley SkyDeck's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M. It says it writes cheques of $210K to $210K.

### Does Berkeley SkyDeck lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 231 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Berkeley SkyDeck invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (66%), Germany (5%) and France (5%).

### Is Berkeley SkyDeck investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 30 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Berkeley SkyDeck invest alongside?

Most often K Fund (69 rounds together), National Science Foundation (23 rounds together) and Plug and Play (10 rounds together).

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