We build deep tech founders

Accelerator + Fund

Berkeley Gateway Accelerator transforms breakthrough science into world-changing companies.

Based in Berkeley, California, our Fund & Accelerator platform transforms breakthrough technologies into enduring companies by building a community of exceptional talent, interdisciplinary collaboration, and strategic capital.

Founder-centric 5 month commercialization program

Embedded Team: Entrepreneurs in Residence + UC Berkeley (MBA, Eng, Law) + Experts

10K sqft accelerator space & Media Lab in downtown Berkeley

"I had a sense of our beachhead market coming in. BGA helped me professionalize everything around it. They refined the pitch, worked through IP trade secrets, brought in a fractional CTO from their network, and made warm intros to VCs. Some of their LPs are participating in the round too.”

Carla Pinzon

CEO, Expand Power
Solid State Power Electronics - Modernizing the grid.

The BGA team has spent decades working inside deep tech commercialization programs, evaluating technologies, building business cases, and investing capital to help engineers and scientists make the decision to become founders. That work informs everything about how BGA is designed.

120+ technologies evaluated

12 deep tech sectors with active networks

Two Dozen early-stage investments

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Founders

Deep Tech Accelerator

We bridge the gap between breakthrough science and commercial reality, backing the founders willing to solve the problems that matter and measuring impact in companies built, not deals done.

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Businesses

Corporate Programs

We partner with leading corporations to accelerate the commercial evaluation of early-stage deep tech assets.

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Founders