VC10X - UC Berkeley's Startup Accelerator - Caroline Winnett, Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck

Caroline Winnett is the Executive Director at Berkeley SkyDeck, a startup accelerator working with startups from across the world. SkyDeck offers all the benefits of a traditional accelerator along with the vast resources of the world’s number one ranked public university.

Formed as a partnership between UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, SkyDeck offers a powerful environment for startups to grow and launch.

In this episode, we talk about:

- What is the Skydeck fund?

- Why was the Skydeck accelerator founded?

- How is the program structured, and on what all fronts does it try to help the company?

- Who can apply to be a part of the SkyDeck accelerator?

- What does it take to build and keep the reputation of the world number one public university?

- How does the accelerator benefit UC Berkeley, the institution?

- The significance behind the name "SkyDeck"

- Should VCs use the name of the school a founder has attended, as a criteria for evaluating a startup worthiness for funding?

- What's the DEI approach at Skydeck?

& lots more

Links:

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Berkeley SkyDeck website - https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/

Berkeley SkyDeck on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skydeck-berkeley/

Caroline Winnett on Medium - https://carolinewinnett.medium.com/

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