Berkeley SkyDeck

Berkeley SkyDeck is an accelerator located in Berkeley, California, dedicated to supporting startups founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty. Established in 2012, it offers a six-month Cohort Program where selected companies can receive up to $100,000 in funding, disbursed in two tranches. The program is industry-agnostic and includes a Global Innovative Partner Program and a HotDesk incubator accommodating approximately 120 startups annually. As a joint initiative of UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, Haas School of Business, and the Vice-Chancellor for Research Office, Berkeley SkyDeck aims to foster entrepreneurial excellence by providing access to a robust network of advisors, investors, workshops, and resources to its participating teams.

Brian Bordley

Partner

Bree Cahill

Director Of Partnerships

Chon Tang

Founding Partner

Caroline Winnett

Executive Director

Past deals in Data Mining

Prophecy

Series A in 2022
Prophecy is a cloud-native data engineering company based in Silicon Valley that focuses on enhancing data pipeline development and deployment. By integrating visual development with agile software engineering practices, Prophecy enables users to create quality data pipelines through an intuitive interface that requires minimal coding, primarily using SQL. The company specializes in automating the migration of existing ETL workflows to Apache Spark, thereby modernizing data engineering processes for enterprises. Its product offers comprehensive support throughout the development and delivery lifecycle, featuring capabilities such as column-level lineage and metadata management. With a design that allows users to fill in templates visually, Prophecy's platform supports open source technologies like Apache Airflow and provides hybrid cloud deployment options, making it easier for data engineering teams to meet and exceed industry standards.

Hopeful

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Hopeful Inc. is a company that helps nonprofits drive donations, reduce operating costs, and make better decisions using data. We do this through a machine learning driven analytics dashboard that enables nonprofits to analyze trends in their social media strategy, monitor their supporters' engagement, and proactively create programs to better drive donations through data-driven decision-making. We are a Canadian company based out of the Ryerson DMZ Tech Accelerator, and our currently in the process of working with nonprofits in Canada and the United States.

taiyō.ai

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
TaiyoAI is a platform that enables enterprises to tap into organized time series data and identify drivers for business-critical trends. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

AimHub

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AimHub, Inc. is a technology company based in the United States that specializes in developing a machine learning software platform designed for engineers and data scientists. The platform enables users to track, compare, monitor, and optimize their machine learning models efficiently. It features a comprehensive repository for storing experiments and their complete history, facilitating better management and analysis of data. AimHub's solutions aim to enhance the effectiveness of artificial intelligence applications across various environments, supporting users in their endeavors to build and deploy AI systems effectively.

MindsDB

Seed Round in 2020
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

ImmunoMind

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ImmunoMind Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in AI-driven drug discovery using single-cell immunogenomics technologies. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company offers an AI platform known as Immunarch AI, which streamlines the identification of biomarkers to enhance the success rates of drug development programs. By automating the discovery process from single-cell immunogenomics data, ImmunoMind significantly reduces the time and computational resources required by researchers, potentially freeing up to 85% of their time and accelerating computations by 750%. The platform is widely utilized by researchers and medical scientists from prestigious institutions and companies, including Pfizer, Novartis, and Stanford, and it has garnered a global user base of over 30,000. ImmunoMind is also affiliated with the UC Berkeley SkyDeck program.

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.

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.

Friday Night Labs

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
We are building P2P data marketplaces in high impact verticals, such as compensation. SalaryMonk.com is our first product.

Prophecy

Seed Round in 2019
Prophecy is a cloud-native data engineering company based in Silicon Valley that focuses on enhancing data pipeline development and deployment. By integrating visual development with agile software engineering practices, Prophecy enables users to create quality data pipelines through an intuitive interface that requires minimal coding, primarily using SQL. The company specializes in automating the migration of existing ETL workflows to Apache Spark, thereby modernizing data engineering processes for enterprises. Its product offers comprehensive support throughout the development and delivery lifecycle, featuring capabilities such as column-level lineage and metadata management. With a design that allows users to fill in templates visually, Prophecy's platform supports open source technologies like Apache Airflow and provides hybrid cloud deployment options, making it easier for data engineering teams to meet and exceed industry standards.

Bungee Tech

Seed Round in 2019
Bungee Tech Corporation, founded in 2017 and located in Bellevue, Washington, specializes in geolocation data mining software designed to assist e-commerce businesses such as retailers, airlines, and hotels. The company focuses on collecting and analyzing publicly available data to provide comprehensive insights into competitors, enabling its clients to make informed decisions regarding pricing, product selection, promotions, and advertising. By employing high-quality data extraction techniques, Bungee Tech uncovers detailed information on products and services, facilitating proactive tracking of price changes, promotional activities, and availability. Additionally, the company identifies new assortment opportunities through unmatched data. Bungee Tech's analytics, enriched with verified partner data from trusted sources, offer a consolidated view of the competitive landscape, empowering businesses to innovate and deliver enhanced value to their customers.

DatakaLab

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
DatakaLab develops algorithms from computer to perform accurate traffic count, segmentation by genre and age range, level of attention. DatakaLab was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

Docuvision

Seed Round in 2019
DocuVision Inc. develops automated tools for businesses. It offers AI-powered redaction of documents and emails to automatically find and remove personally identifiable information; AI-powered PII discovery to automatically find and index personally identifiable information; and privacy portal to manage CCPA data requests. The company’s solutions include legal, DSAR and SAR requests, privacy discovery and remediation, and security for unstructured data. It serves legal, marketing, and privacy teams. DocuVision Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Obviously AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Obviously AI, Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based data science solutions, allowing users to perform complex predictions and analytics on their data by posing natural language questions without the need for coding. Founded in 2018 and located in Berkeley, California, the platform utilizes data science and machine learning to interpret user inquiries and identify relevant data for analysis. Once the data is gathered, it is processed through machine learning algorithms to generate predictions. This approach enables non-technical business analysts to quickly and effectively make informed decisions based on their historical data, facilitating better business strategies and customer targeting.

MindsDB

Pre Seed Round in 2018
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

DataPi

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Developer of an automated market intelligence software designed to provide augmented investment analysis. The company's collaborative platform utilizes artificial and generative intelligence, personalizing strategic insights within massive real-time data streams for investment workflow, decision making and audit, enabling clients to avail proper market data and take investment decisions.

MoBagel

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
MoBagel, Inc. specializes in developing cloud-based software that focuses on device analytics and automated data processing, enabling enterprises to leverage artificial intelligence for decision-making. The company's flagship product, Decanter AI, provides automated machine learning capabilities, allowing data scientists and business analysts to create predictive models through an intuitive visual interface. This empowers organizations across various sectors, including banking, finance, retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, and government, to address business challenges effectively. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, MoBagel also maintains offices in Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo, underscoring its commitment to facilitating AI-driven insights and value creation for global enterprises.

DiscreetAI

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Developer of a decentralized machine learning platform designed to train models while maintaining privacy, security, and compliance. The company's platform specializes in ensuring that the data never leaves the host, training on much more data than would be feasible to train on in a centralized setting and generalizing the powerful algorithm to many machine learning settings, enabling developers to build a secure online marketplace for buyers and sellers of big data.

Predictim

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Predictim offers artificial intelligence tool that can generate unique insights about an individual using their digital footprint. The company offers overall risk score of an individual as well as evaluate on different personality traits, such as politeness, positivity or negativity, aggression, ability to work with others, and other criteria. It also develops tool for assessment of risk. The company is based in Berkeley, California.

Bungee Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Bungee Tech Corporation, founded in 2017 and located in Bellevue, Washington, specializes in geolocation data mining software designed to assist e-commerce businesses such as retailers, airlines, and hotels. The company focuses on collecting and analyzing publicly available data to provide comprehensive insights into competitors, enabling its clients to make informed decisions regarding pricing, product selection, promotions, and advertising. By employing high-quality data extraction techniques, Bungee Tech uncovers detailed information on products and services, facilitating proactive tracking of price changes, promotional activities, and availability. Additionally, the company identifies new assortment opportunities through unmatched data. Bungee Tech's analytics, enriched with verified partner data from trusted sources, offer a consolidated view of the competitive landscape, empowering businesses to innovate and deliver enhanced value to their customers.

BixData

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
BixData is a comprehensive monitoring tool designed for system, application, and network oversight, allowing users to effectively track various aspects of server performance. It is focused on next-generation IT management, providing organizations with the ability to maintain optimal operational efficiency. The platform is particularly suited for environments that require close monitoring of IoT and edge applications. BixData's capabilities facilitate data processing at the source, enhancing the management of data generated by sensors and devices. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Colorado, United States.

BioXplor

Seed Round in 2018
BioXplor, Inc. is a research and development company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in an augmented intelligence platform that facilitates data-driven hypotheses generation and predictions in biomarker and drug discovery. The company leverages big data, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing to enhance the interpretation of unstructured literature and structured multi-omics data. BioXplor focuses on both in-house and external projects, with particular attention to AI-assisted biomarker discovery, molecular target identification, and drug repurposing, primarily in the fields of cancer and rare diseases.

MindsDB

Pre Seed Round in 2018
MindsDB Inc. is an automated machine learning platform that empowers users to extract insights from their data efficiently and accurately. Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, the company provides tools that facilitate quick and interpretable answers to various data inquiries. MindsDB's platform is applicable across multiple sectors, including retail, finance, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. Its services support a range of applications such as credit scoring, customer lifetime value optimization, fraud detection, inventory management, and predictive maintenance. By automating the processes needed for quality predictions, MindsDB helps organizations leverage machine learning capabilities without the extensive costs associated with hiring skilled data scientists, effectively transforming their databases into automated data science teams.

Datavia

Seed Round in 2018
Datavia Systems, Inc. specializes in designing and developing software and hardware control platforms for big data management, focusing on the acquisition, processing, and storage of three-dimensional image data. Established in 2015 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence and FPGA-based technologies to facilitate high-resolution, real-time image processing. Datavia's proprietary technology platform is applicable in various fields, including autonomous transportation, and is capable of supporting autonomy levels 1 through 5. By maximizing power consumption efficiency and transforming complex visual data into actionable insights, Datavia enables businesses to harness the potential of unstructured data for informed decision-making.

Alexandria

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Alexandria allows users to quickly find, comprehend, and understand how a topic evolved over time, through a search mosaic.

Datavia

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Datavia Systems, Inc. specializes in designing and developing software and hardware control platforms for big data management, focusing on the acquisition, processing, and storage of three-dimensional image data. Established in 2015 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence and FPGA-based technologies to facilitate high-resolution, real-time image processing. Datavia's proprietary technology platform is applicable in various fields, including autonomous transportation, and is capable of supporting autonomy levels 1 through 5. By maximizing power consumption efficiency and transforming complex visual data into actionable insights, Datavia enables businesses to harness the potential of unstructured data for informed decision-making.

Leada

Non Equity Assistance in 2014
Leada provides online courses in data science and analytics. Our courses are differentiated by industry based projects and virtual instructor support. By educating your business professionals with Leada's online data training program. Reliance on the data team causes costly delays in decision making. Analysis that drives business value stops while repetitive tasks deleverage your data scientists. Data pulls are not a two persons task, and should take one person one hour instead of two people one week.
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