Opportunities

Always-open programs

Funds and competitions in the directory that accept applications year-round or on a recurring cycle. These have no single deadline — check each program’s own site for its current round. Showing 12 of 54.

• Bakar Labs Campus ProgramsBakar Labs programs that fund and train Berkeley faculty, students and postdocs to turn research into ventures, including the Bakar Fellows Program.
• Bee PartnersFounded in 2009, Bee Partners is a pre-Seed venture capital firm that partners with revolutionary Founders working at the forefront of human-machine convergence across technologies that include…
• Berkeley Angel NetworkThe Berkeley Angel Network is a group of angel investors who are alumni, faculty and former faculty of UC Berkeley. We are an affinity group of the Berkeley Haas Alumni Network. The mission of the…
• Berkeley Catalyst Fund IA Venture Capital Fund Benefiting UC Berkeley. The Berkeley Catalyst Fund* works closely with UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC San Francisco, associated incubators and…
• Berkeley Catalyst Fund IIA Venture Capital Fund Benefiting UC Berkeley. The Berkeley Catalyst Fund* works closely with UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC San Francisco, associated incubators and…
• Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized IntelligenceBerkeley RDI advances AI and decentralized tech; its free, non-dilutive Xcelerator backs pre-seed and seed AI and agentic AI startups worldwide.
• Berkeley Frontier FundAlumni-run philanthropic venture fund investing in Berkeley-network frontier tech startups and returning a share of profits to campus programs.
• Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship ProgramCourses, mentoring hours, $5,000 seed grants, accelerators and competitions that help Haas and UC Berkeley students launch new ventures.
• Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Startup Seed FundThe Trione Student Venture Fund was endowed by a gift from Victor Trione, MBA 70, and provides a prize package that includes $5,000 to enable experiential learning,and office space, to 20 early-stage…
• Berkeley InnovatorsBerkeley Innovators is an investment syndicate of friends and family of UC Berkeley, investing in the best companies Cal has to offer. Contact: Darek Defreece, defreece@gmail.com
• Berkeley SkyDeckUC Berkeley's flagship six-month startup accelerator, with $200K investment per startup, 900 advisors, investor intros and Berkeley talent.
• Berkeley SkyDeck FundVenture fund investing in Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator startups and donating 50% of its carried interest to UC Berkeley research and education.