Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator

Since 2019, 85 teams have joined Berkeley's non-profit accelerator, raising $450+M follow-on funding.

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See our Portfolio page for all 85 teams of our 5 cohorts

TALENT PIPELINE AND RECRUITMENT PLATFORMS

GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY

Focus weeks led by notable industry advisors on topics including raising capital, go-to-market, and branding

NETWORK OF MENTORS AND INVESTORS

The Xcelerator launched in January 2019 as a joint venture between Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, SCET of Berkeley Engineering, and Blockchain at Berkeley Since then the Xcelerator has accelerated 85 companies that have raised a total of $450M+ in follow-on funding and has now become the 3rd pillar of Berkeley RDI, fulfilling RDI's mission around community and entrepreneurship More than 60% of our teams have raised follow-on funding, making the Xcelerator one of the best university-based, non-dilutive blockchain accelerators in the world

We also welcome academics interested in joining us as Visiting Researchers!