We build deep tech founders
Accelerator + Fund
Berkeley Gateway Accelerator transforms breakthrough science into world-changing companies.
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Built for deep tech.
Designed for impact.
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
"BGA helped professionalize our pitch, work through IP, brought in strategic leadership from their network, and made warm intros to VCs. Some of their LPs are participating in the round too."
Two Decades of Deep Tech Commercialization Expertise
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
Our Programs
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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Current Cohort
Founders
Kashyap Khaitan
ME, University of Michigan
Modular robotics hardware minus the integration headaches.
Carla Pinzon
BSc/MEng MIT, Activate Fellow
Solid State Power Electronics - Modernizing the grid.
Dilip Vasudevan
10+ years at LBNL, PhD Edinburgh
Quantum AI Hardware - Redefining compute through novel architecture.
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