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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Backed by top Silicon Valley investors and UC Berkeley’s unparalleled network, SkyDeck’s competitive accelerator program is a launchpad that empowers startups to flourish in Silicon Valley by leveraging its outstanding network of advisors and talent, consisting of some of the most successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the world.

Startups accepted to Berkeley SkyDeck’s Accelerator program after selection rounds will receive:

  • $200K investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund

  • The chance to pitch to 850+ top-tier investors at Demo Day

  • Access to 850+ world-class advisors and mentors

  • A global network of 600,000+ UC Berkeley alumni

Who Is Eligible to Apply ?

Who can apply?
Indian startups are eligible to apply. Startups with strong global potential are encouraged.

Are there any sector restrictions?
No. The program is sector-agnostic and open to consumer technology, B2B software, IT, hardware, digital health, deep tech, and life science startups.

What stage should the startup be in?
The startup should be capable of becoming investable within 6 months and must either demonstrate significant revenue or achieve major product milestones during the program. Startups with revenue above ₹1 crore are preferred.

What level of team commitment is required?
The founding team must be fully committed for the entire 6-month program, with all core business functions handled by a capable internal team.

What business readiness is expected?
Startups should have a clearly identified target customer and decision-maker, a defined pricing strategy, an estimated market size (1-year, 3-year, and 10-year), a clear understanding of competitors, and a strong competitive advantage.

How should the funding be used?
Startups should be able to effectively utilize the $200,000 funding to build an MVP, make key hires, and test or scale their go-to-market strategy.

What are the program participation requirements?
Startups must actively participate in all program activities, including events, regular updates, and meetings with the Lead Advisor, with primary residence at SkyDeck (physical or remote).

Is UC affiliation mandatory?
No. UC affiliation is not mandatory, but it is considered an advantage.

 

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Deadline: 31 January 2026

Testimonials

Amrita TBI is the rarest of the rare among the various startup incubators in India. I am particularly happy that Amrita TBI is recently ranked among Top 5 prolific incubators in India and mentored more than 200 startup ideas. I am delighted to see that Amrita TBI nurtures, supports and facilitates startups and also helps a lot of young startups and entrepreneurs. I wish Amrita TBI to scale up and support many more startups.
Krishna Chandra Dey

Amitabh Kant

CEO, NITI Aayog

We have been tremendously benefited from the incubation including the network, funding and value they brought on to the table. Amrita TBI has been always start-up friendly in their terms of engagement and investments. I can confidently say Amrita TBI stands among top incubators in India

Subrahmanya Rao

Discover Dollar Consulting

The ecosystem Amrita TBI offers and most importantly advantage of incubating inside a university helped us to get constant guidance from professors and a continuous knowledge. It has been a wonderful experience and simply the best spent year I could have imagined for taking steps to start my own business

Prashanth Reddy

StudyOwl Education

Amrita TBI is the only one incubator which very effectively supports hardware startups in India. Acceleron Labs couldn’t think of any other better physical incubation other than Amrita TBI. The way Amrita TBI executes their plans are awesome and physical incubation space available at Amrita TBI Kollam, Bangalore and Coimbatore are excellent

L.K. Prasad

Acceleron Labs

We greatly benefitted from technical and business mentorship provided. We started getting recognition and traction after we won Amrita TBI Pitchfest

Santhosh Patil

MiQasa

AmritaTBI was the first incubator we got into before we knew anything about the startup ecosystem. They recognized the potential of our product before we had acquired customers. They continue to support us today with connects and all the ancillary assistance required to run a company in India

Kodandarama M. A.

Preksh Innovations

Amrita TBI helps us to be instrumental in shaping my startup with their mentoring and feedback. We can very confidently share that, Amrita TBI has only one purpose which is to support STARTUPS for their success. It provides access to valuable resources as and when required without any agenda. This has proven by winning the National Award. We look forward to resourceful engagement with Amrita TBI for all our future endeavors

Rakesh Meladath

Meladath Auto Components

Amrita TBI has a large pool of mentors across the world. They helped us to fine tune and scale the product. We are grateful that mentors have supported us in deep tech areas such as Machine Learning to complete the product on time. It was an exciting journey for us with Amrita TBI

BKP Sharma

Founder- Agilean