Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck is a global startup accelerator affiliated with UC Berkeley, founded in 2012 and based in Berkeley, California. It offers a six-month cohort program, providing up to $100,000 in funding to accepted startups, with no industry restrictions. The accelerator offers mentorship, access to a vast network of advisors, industry partners, and alumni, and supports around 20 companies per cohort. Additionally, SkyDeck has a dedicated European fund, investing up to €145,000 in selected European startups.

Gopakumar Balakrishnan

Top Startup Founder (Cohort 15)

Brian Bordley

Partner

Chon Tang

Founding Partner

Caroline Winnett

Executive Director

Past deals in Computer Vision

T-robotics

Seed Round in 2024
T-Robotics specializes in developing AI-driven robot programming platforms. Their core technology employs end-to-end neural networks and constraint-based programming to train robots, enabling them to learn and execute complex tasks using natural language commands. This innovative approach enhances robots' performance, reduces programming complexity, and ensures compatibility with major commercial robot brands.

T-robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2024
T-Robotics specializes in developing AI-driven robot programming platforms. Their core technology employs end-to-end neural networks and constraint-based programming to train robots, enabling them to learn and execute complex tasks using natural language commands. This innovative approach enhances robots' performance, reduces programming complexity, and ensures compatibility with major commercial robot brands.

Algorized

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Algorized develops a data-centric AI software platform that specializes in people sensing technology, enabling the tracking and monitoring of individuals at a distance without the need for wearable devices. This innovative platform utilizes proprietary algorithms and machine learning to enhance existing low-cost UltraWide-Band (UWB) Radar sensors, making it suitable for various automotive and industrial applications. By focusing on real-time accurate positioning and vital sign detection, Algorized unlocks valuable data for its customers, transforming traditional sensing and positioning capabilities in physical environments.

Alloccasions

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Alloccasions develop a mobile app to simplifies and optimizes the inspection process for car businesses, enabling them to efficiently and accurately evaluate second-hand cars. Our solution is a mobile application tailored to assist car dealerships in conducting efficient on-site or remote inspections and evaluating the value of used vehicles. With just a video of the vehicle's exterior and interior, the app can accurately detect any damages on the car's bodywork, calculate its price and the cost of repairs, identify engine issues based on sound analysis, scan and provide historical information, optimize car photos for improved marketing, and much more. Once the inspection is completed, our solution generates a detailed report that enables dealership to make informed decisions regarding the purchase.

Verchable

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Verchable Limited is an AI company based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2019. It specializes in computer vision technology that analyzes videos to generate automatic metadata tags. This technology allows users to identify and understand the content, objects, and actions present in their videos, making them more readable and searchable. By detecting elements such as people, places, and actions, Verchable enhances video accessibility and usability for various applications.

SuperAnnotate

Seed Round in 2020
SuperAnnotate is a leading platform focused on creating high-quality training datasets for applications in generative AI, computer vision, and natural language processing. The company provides advanced tools for annotating and automating machine learning pipelines, which include features for data curation, quality assurance, and orchestration. Additionally, SuperAnnotate offers an integrated workforce marketplace to facilitate collaboration on various annotation projects, including images, videos, text, and lidar data. By streamlining the process of compiling, organizing, and annotating data, SuperAnnotate enables machine learning teams to develop accurate datasets and successful machine learning models more efficiently.

Skylab Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Skylab Technologies ULC, based in Vancouver, specializes in AI-driven photography software. It develops advanced image processing algorithms using proprietary high-resolution datasets, enabling professional-grade enhancements and retouching for photographers and businesses. To date, the company has processed over one million commercial portraits.

Kura Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Kura Technologies, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, specializes in the development of advanced augmented reality glasses and multimodal AI platforms. The company aims to enhance human capabilities through innovative technology that integrates visual, voice, motion, and gesture inputs. Kura's augmented reality glasses feature high-resolution micro-displays, bio-sensor inputs, and real-time visual capabilities, allowing users to interact with their environment more effectively. These glasses address key challenges in the adoption of augmented reality by providing immersive experiences and clear visuals, even in daylight. Kura's technology supports various applications, including global telepresence, training, and visualization, and employs advanced AI techniques for real-time information retrieval. The company's team, comprised of experienced professionals and graduates from prestigious institutions, contributes to its goal of revolutionizing augmented reality and wearable technology.

DeWaste

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
DeWaste specializes in minimizing food waste through innovative technology. By utilizing computer vision, the company collects real-time data on food waste and leftovers in dining institutions. This process involves mounting cameras that capture images of discarded food, enabling detailed analysis of waste patterns. DeWaste also operates a network that connects food producers with grocery stores and restaurants, facilitating the exchange of surplus food items. This connection helps producers reduce waste while offering purchasers access to food at lower costs, particularly during challenging times like the COVID-19 pandemic. The insights generated by DeWaste's analytics empower clients to tailor their menus according to customer preferences, ultimately contributing to more sustainable food management practices.

DiffZero

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
DiffZero is a platform designed to enhance rehabilitation and training experiences for various users, including coaches, athletes, and patients undergoing recovery. The company focuses on providing support for ACL rehabilitation, aiming to improve outcomes for both patients and clinicians. By offering a personalized and interactive rehabilitation experience, DiffZero utilizes evidence-backed methods and advanced vision technology to deliver insights into movement tests. This approach enables clinicians to provide superior care, while helping patients effectively achieve their fitness goals.

Deep Criminalize

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Deep Criminalize is a company focused on developing an artificial intelligence algorithm that creates new images based on descriptive input. Its software is specifically designed to assist law enforcement agencies by generating criminal sketches from witness descriptions. This innovative technology aims to enhance the efficiency of police departments in identifying and locating suspects, thereby accelerating the investigative process. By leveraging advanced image generation capabilities, Deep Criminalize provides a valuable tool for improving public safety and aiding criminal investigations.

FakeNet AI

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
FakeNetAI, founded in 2019 by Raymond Lee and based in Berkeley, California, specializes in providing a web application and API that utilize machine learning technology to detect alterations in videos. The company's innovative solution identifies various manipulation techniques, such as masking and layering, to assess the authenticity of online media. By enabling users to verify the integrity of video content, FakeNetAI aims to enhance trust in digital information and combat the spread of disinformation on the web.

SoftRides

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
SoftRides, Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence software that leverages smartphone image sensors to detect distracted driving behavior and deliver real-time alerts. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in the United States, the company employs a browser-based plug-in that operates a sophisticated neural network capable of monitoring user expressions, gaze direction, and the surrounding environment. This technology allows for the identification of a tired driver without the need for data streaming to the cloud, ensuring functionality even when the mobile device is offline. By focusing on preventing car accidents related to distracted driving, SoftRides aims to enhance road safety through innovative driver monitoring solutions.

Ottometric

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ottometric Inc. is a technology company based in Newton, Massachusetts, that specializes in developing a cloud-based platform for enhancing the safety of autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2018, the company offers an intelligent verification framework that leverages big data, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and computer vision to provide insights into events and anomalies in real-world driving scenarios. By focusing on the validation and training of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Ottometric aims to improve the reliability of these systems, addressing the industry's current challenges in delivering effective autonomous capabilities. The platform is designed to automate and streamline the validation process, helping automotive companies reduce development costs while advancing the safety and efficacy of driver assistance features.

Go360

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Go360 has developed Synthetic AI cameras that leverage GANs to boost frame rate, resolution and provide image inpainting capabilities to remove artifacts from weather conditions. Additionally, GANs that remove privately identifiable information from the camera input stream can be deployed alongside the CMOS sensor in an ASIC or FPGA chip. The hardware accelerators enable cameras to boost frame rate and upscale images or adversely downsample images and reduce framerate to operate in bandwidth constrained environments. Synthetic augmentation of the camera capabilities can be beneficial to time synchronize cameras where the shutters are also misaligned by synthetically generating frames between real frame captures from the CMOS sensor. We are further pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Hayden AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Hayden AI focuses on developing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies aimed at enhancing urban mobility and safety. The company specializes in automated enforcement solutions for dedicated bus lanes and bus stops, which are designed to expedite public transit and improve the overall quality of life in urban areas. By leveraging advanced technology and a network of mobile devices, Hayden AI works to create safer and smarter cities. Its platform enables clients to utilize AI-powered tools that can detect and analyze traffic incidents, contributing to more efficient traffic management and fostering a sustainable urban environment.

ThinkCyte

Seed Round in 2019
ThinkCyte, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in San Carlos, California. Founded in 2016, it specializes in developing an innovative cell sorting technology known as ghost cytometry, which leverages advanced optics and machine learning to perform high-throughput, image-free analysis and sorting of cells based on their morphology. This technology is designed for various applications in research, diagnostics, and therapeutics, facilitating single-cell analysis that is crucial for drug discovery, cell therapy, and clinical diagnostics. By enabling researchers to identify and isolate target cells, including rare cells, in real time, ThinkCyte aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of biological research and medical applications.

Datakalab

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
DatakaLab, incorporated in 2016 and based in Paris, France, specializes in developing advanced algorithms for traffic counting and consumer emotion analysis. The company leverages artificial intelligence and neuroscientific tools to accurately segment data by demographic factors such as age and genre, while also measuring levels of consumer attention. By employing innovative compression and AI acceleration techniques, DatakaLab has transitioned its vision-based output counting solutions from cloud-based systems to edge computing, resulting in significant cost savings and enhanced data processing speeds. This approach allows brands to optimize customer insights and drive their transformation and innovation strategies effectively.

SuperAnnotate

Seed Round in 2019
SuperAnnotate is a leading platform focused on creating high-quality training datasets for applications in generative AI, computer vision, and natural language processing. The company provides advanced tools for annotating and automating machine learning pipelines, which include features for data curation, quality assurance, and orchestration. Additionally, SuperAnnotate offers an integrated workforce marketplace to facilitate collaboration on various annotation projects, including images, videos, text, and lidar data. By streamlining the process of compiling, organizing, and annotating data, SuperAnnotate enables machine learning teams to develop accurate datasets and successful machine learning models more efficiently.

Wavelength Global

Seed Round in 2019
Wavelength Global, Inc. is a technology company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing learning software that integrates artificial intelligence and computer vision for edge computing solutions, particularly in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. The company focuses on creating embedded deep learning software that enhances driving safety by utilizing vision-based AI algorithms on low-power edge devices within vehicles. This technology provides valuable insights, risk predictions, and data analytics for industries such as insurance, ride-sharing, and autonomous driving, as the team of experts at Wavelength believes that self-driving cars will significantly impact daily life in the coming decades.

CRadar.Ai

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
CRadar.AI LLC is a technology company based in Berkeley, California, focused on developing advanced radar systems and sensors for vehicles. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in creating accurate radar sensors that enhance safe driving by providing precise location information and transforming radar data into clear, actionable insights. This technology allows vehicles to understand their environment effectively under various driving conditions, thereby facilitating the evolution of self-driving cars into safe-driving solutions. CRadar.AI’s innovation leverages electromagnetic information to classify and recognize objects, as well as to perform electromagnetic mapping, offering a significant advancement in automotive safety and performance.

Calyx

Seed Round in 2018
Calyx develops advanced sensor platforms that monitor various parameters in poultry and livestock, utilizing cutting-edge technology to address complex challenges in the industry. The company specializes in gas sensor technology that detects airborne chemical emissions through innovative sensors patterned with viruses that bind to specific gas molecules. These sensors provide high specificity and sensitivity, changing color in response to different gases and their concentrations. By integrating artificial intelligence, computer vision technology, and data science, Calyx aims to enhance environmental monitoring and improve health outcomes for livestock and poultry, offering commercial customers effective solutions to track daily environmental changes.

ThinkCyte

Venture Round in 2018
ThinkCyte, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in San Carlos, California. Founded in 2016, it specializes in developing an innovative cell sorting technology known as ghost cytometry, which leverages advanced optics and machine learning to perform high-throughput, image-free analysis and sorting of cells based on their morphology. This technology is designed for various applications in research, diagnostics, and therapeutics, facilitating single-cell analysis that is crucial for drug discovery, cell therapy, and clinical diagnostics. By enabling researchers to identify and isolate target cells, including rare cells, in real time, ThinkCyte aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of biological research and medical applications.

Lucid

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Lucid VR, Inc. is a computer vision startup based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in artificial intelligence applications for image and video analysis. Founded in 2015, the company offers an AI vision platform designed for multi-camera devices, enabling the capture of 3D and depth images. Lucid provides a suite of products, including a mobile software development kit (SDK), software modules, and a 3D cloud service, catering to various sectors such as mobile computing, robotics, and security. By focusing on content analysis and summarization, Lucid aims to enhance customer engagement and drive revenue growth for its clients.

Datavia Systems

Seed Round in 2018
Datavia Systems, Inc. specializes in the design and development of software and hardware control platforms focused on big data management. Founded in 2015 and located in Sunnyvale, California, the company has created a proprietary technology platform for acquiring, processing, and storing image data. Utilizing artificial intelligence and FPGA-based imaging software, Datavia delivers high-resolution, real-time image processing suitable for various applications, including autonomous transportation. The company emphasizes power consumption efficiency through advanced AI and FPGA technologies, making its solutions applicable for vehicles ranging from level 1 to level 5 autonomy.

Calyx

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Calyx develops advanced sensor platforms that monitor various parameters in poultry and livestock, utilizing cutting-edge technology to address complex challenges in the industry. The company specializes in gas sensor technology that detects airborne chemical emissions through innovative sensors patterned with viruses that bind to specific gas molecules. These sensors provide high specificity and sensitivity, changing color in response to different gases and their concentrations. By integrating artificial intelligence, computer vision technology, and data science, Calyx aims to enhance environmental monitoring and improve health outcomes for livestock and poultry, offering commercial customers effective solutions to track daily environmental changes.

Deepen

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Deepen AI, Inc. is an autonomous development tooling company based in Santa Clara, California, focused on providing innovative solutions that leverage deep learning and computer vision algorithms to enhance the labeling of camera, LiDAR, and radar data. Established in 2017, Deepen AI serves a diverse clientele, including autonomous AI vendors, original equipment manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, sensor providers, and HD mapping companies. The company's customizable tools and services are designed to meet the varying needs of enterprises and startups globally. In addition to its core offerings, Deepen AI actively contributes to the safety of autonomous vehicles through initiatives like Safety Pool, which facilitates the sharing of driving scenarios and safety data among stakeholders. The company is also involved in standardization efforts within the industry, participating in various initiatives such as OpenLABEL and OpenSCENARIO 2.0. Deepen AI maintains a global presence with satellite offices in key locations including Detroit, Pittsburgh, Hyderabad, Munich, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

NestSense

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
NestSense, Inc. is an early-stage company focused on improving safety for individuals with dementia through innovative technology. Originating as a spinoff from the Computer Science Department at UC Berkeley and part of the SkyDeck 2017 Spring cohort, NestSense is developing computer-vision-based safety solutions specifically for home and community care settings. Their technology aims to address the high incidence of falls, which are the leading cause of hospitalization among dementia patients. In initial pilot studies, NestSense has demonstrated a significant 80% reduction in fall rates at a memory care community. The company is currently expanding its pilot program in collaboration with Integral Senior Living, one of California's largest senior living providers. NestSense has garnered support from notable institutions such as the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and the National Science Foundation, reinforcing its commitment to enhancing dementia care and alleviating the financial burden on families who do not qualify for Medicaid.

Datavia Systems

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Datavia Systems, Inc. specializes in the design and development of software and hardware control platforms focused on big data management. Founded in 2015 and located in Sunnyvale, California, the company has created a proprietary technology platform for acquiring, processing, and storing image data. Utilizing artificial intelligence and FPGA-based imaging software, Datavia delivers high-resolution, real-time image processing suitable for various applications, including autonomous transportation. The company emphasizes power consumption efficiency through advanced AI and FPGA technologies, making its solutions applicable for vehicles ranging from level 1 to level 5 autonomy.

Spectral Coded Illumination

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Spectral Coded Illumination specializes in advanced computational imaging and illumination devices tailored for microscopy applications. The company focuses on enabling users to visualize challenging samples, including those that are transparent, optically thick, or exceptionally small. Their product offerings include high-performance LED arrays specifically engineered for microscopy and affordable phase imaging hardware, which facilitates diagnostic-quality imaging even in low-resource environments. With a team boasting over 15 years of expertise in computational imaging and coded illumination techniques, Spectral Coded Illumination is well-positioned to innovate and lead within the microscopy industry, providing solutions that enhance the ability to "see the invisible."

Cocoon Cam

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Cocoon Cam is a Silicon Valley-based technology company focused on remote health monitoring through advanced computer vision. Its flagship product is a baby monitor that passively analyzes video feeds to detect vital signs, allowing parents to access real-time alerts and longitudinal data on their baby's breathing, with plans to include additional metrics such as temperature and heart rate in future updates. This innovative approach offers a non-invasive solution that eliminates the need for wires or wearable devices, setting it apart from traditional baby monitoring technologies. By providing a mobile wellness camera, Cocoon Cam enables parents to conveniently track their baby's health and activities from their mobile devices.

Ensighta

Non Equity Assistance in 2012
Ensighta providing computer programming services.
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