After two years of all-virtual events, Berkeley SkyDeck held its Spring demo day in-person and online in a hybrid event from Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley.
Batch 13 consisted of 20 startups that are working in industries as varied as mental health, robotics, battery technology, natural language processing, internet access, satellites, diagnostics, privacy and cloud infrastructure. Nineteen of the startups pitched during the demo day event.
SkyDeck also recently announced its second fund which has secured at least $60 million, and counting.
The current cohort of startups also included the accelerator's first company that's focused on serving the African market, Winko Solar. It's creating solar-powered internet hubs to get people in Africa access to digital services and experiences.
"We love that, bringing in other markets and Berkeley being a magnet for global talent," SkyDeck Executive Director Caroline Winnett told me in March when Fund II was announced.
Beginning with the new fund, the accelerator is also going to double its investment in startups to $200,000.
Bay Area-based startups in Batch 13 included Akin Mental Health, Güeno, InTon, Level 42 AI, Raise Robotics, Modelwise, RIIICO and Mentalyc.
Scroll through the slideshow below to learn more about all the startups that pitched.
SkyDeck Demo Day April 2022
Inkah (Singapore): A language learning platform that integrates popular media like YouTube videos into curriculum to make language courses more relevant beginning with Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
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Level 42 AI (Mountain View): Creating hardware and software that can detect very faint sounds generated by the body for early diagnosis of diseases and conditions like covid-19, tuburculosis, COPD, carotid disease and lung cancer.
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Akin Mental Health (San Francisco): A platform for support groups specifically tailored to families and care givers who are managing severe mental illness.
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Winko Solar (Berkeley): Producing standalone solar-powered internet hubs that are available for consumer in Africa for a subscription fee to get people connected to digital services and experiences.
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Raise Robotics (San Francisco): Developing robots that can take over some of the most dangerous aspects of construction like installing glass panels. The robots are currently being used at a test site in Sacramento.
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Mentalyc (San Francisco): Developing apps for therapists and patients that automatically take and analyze notes from sessions to improve patient outcomes.
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Winko Solar (Berkeley): Producing standalone solar-powered internet hubs that are available for consumer in Africa for a subscription fee to get people connected to digital services and experiences.
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Wonderfil (Santa Cruz): Creating interactive, low waste refill stations to reduce the amount of plastic used in consumer goods like liquid and crème products. It's rolling out on college campuses first and will charge an annual $40 membership fee.
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InTone (San Francisco, Russia, Ukraine): Software that neutralizes accents in non-native English speakers for situations like call centers.
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Voiceform (Canada): Subscription software for marketing businesses to collect and analyze data faster by using voice analysis. Current customers include Slack.
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TeOra (Singapore): Developing an encapsulated vaccine delivery system via food for aquaculture that increases survival rates of farmed seafood like shrimp and lowers costs for producers.
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modelwise (San Francisco, Munich): A B2B marketplace for chip designs that accelerates sourcing, compliance and lifecycle management for a monthly $79 membership.
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WattWorker (Norway): Creating a system of swappable batteries for long haul trucks to get the industry electrified. It's beginning with trucks that haul loads between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Tyfast (San Diego): Developing a new battery technology that improves lifespan and speeds up charging times. The company replaces graphite with lithium vanadium oxide and says its batteries can cut down a 60 minute charge to 3 minutes.
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Güeno (Berkeley): A fintech compliance and fraud prevention platform for Latin America that uses AI to flag potential fraud in both fiat and cryptocurrency.
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RIIICO Technologies (San Francisco, Düsseldorf): A platform for generating interactive digital twins of factories to make simulations more realistic and useful.
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Metricsbird (Austin): A cloud observability platform for businesses that speeds up all aspects of observability while also making it cheaper.
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Mithril Security (France): An open source data privacy platform that is specifically tailored for highly regulated industries like healthcare, advertising and biometric identification.
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Tessorol (Goleta): Creating zero-emission hydrogen-powered fuel cells for drones that can fly in challenging environments like inspecting utilities infrastructure.
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