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Caroline Winnett is executive director of the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator.
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Berkeley SkyDeck widens eligibility for startup accelerator applicants

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator is opening its application eligibility beyond startup founders affiliated with the University of California at Berkeley.

For the Batch 19 of the accelerator class, Berkeley SkyDeck for the first time will accept applications from founders founders from across the U.S. and international founders, regardless of their UC Berkeley affiliation (a previous requirement).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.