About @ Berkeley Gateway Accelerator

The Berkeley Gateway Accelerator (BGA) pairs deep tech founders with exceptional talent, interdisciplinary collaboration, and strategic capital.

Two decades of corporate innovation expertise

Local network of experienced deep tech operators & investors

Proven frameworks for commercializing deep tech innovations

Solve important problems

The companies we support range from incremental improvements that quietly change how the world works to moonshot ideas that transform entire industries — what they share is a genuine commitment to building something that rises above the balance sheet.

Give more than you take

We measure success by what founders leave with, not what we take. Small cohorts, deep attention, real investment — in every sense of the word. The value we create for founders is the value we create for the world.

Work with rigor and resilience

Nothing at BGA happens by accident—cohort size, advisor introductions, and every program decision is shaped with deep tech founders’ specific needs in mind. We believe enduring companies are built through discipline, resilience, and long-term thinking. The care we put into how we work is inseparable from the outcomes we’re working to create.

Bring people together. Often.

We believe the best person for the job isn't always the most credentialed or expected one. We hire that way and we invest that way. The founders we back are selected on the strength of their science, their potential, and their drive — not their institution, their network, or their pedigree. The same is true of the team we've built: diverse in generation, nationality, and background, because the work demands it and the future requires it