Pad-13 - SkyDeck Incubator
- Deadline
- Feb 13, 2026
- Applications
- Closed
- Location
- Berkeley
- Duration
- 4 months
Applications are closed
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About this program
About the Program
Pad-13 is SkyDeck’s incubator program for early-stage startups focused on growth and becoming more competitive for selection into the SkyDeck Accelerator cohort. Startups can be as early as idea stage with one or two founders. Startups worldwide are eligible, with preference toward UC-affiliated companies. Pad-13 runs for four months and serves as a pipeline into the funded accelerator program.
Key Benefits
- 50+ workshops
- Unreserved desk space at the SkyDeck penthouse
- Opportunity to work with a dedicated Key Advisor/Mentor
- Access to SkyDeck partner perks/benefits
- Optional Pad-13 Pitch Competition attended by SkyDeck community, selection committee, advisors, and angel investors
Eligibility
- Very early-stage startups (including idea stage)
- Startups worldwide eligible; preference for UC-affiliated teams
Dates & Duration
- Program duration: 4 months
Location
Berkeley, California, United States
Program questionnaire
What Berkeley SkyDeck asks on its own application. Nothing is answered here, prepare these, then apply on their site.
- 1
Short description (75 characters)
- 2
Location
- 3
What markets are you in? (more is better)
- 4
What stage are you at? a) Idea, b) prototype, c) users, d) paid users
- 5
How much revenue does it have? Last Month and Last 12 Months
- 6
What do you do in detail? (2500 characters)
- 7
What's different/interesting about your startup? (140 characters)
- 8
Are you registered or incorporated?
- 9
When did It start?
- 10
Product Video (Show how your product or prototype works in 1 minute or less.)