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SkyDeck reaches $24m fundraising heights

Feb 26, 2018 •

SkyDeck, the accelerator of University of California (UC) Berkeley, closed a $24m oversubscribed fund on Friday with commitments from VC firms Sequoia Capital and Mayfair Venture Capital.

E-commerce group Alibaba and assorted alumni, through various investment vehicles, also provided capital to the fund that had an original target size of $10m, according to Axios. The fund follows news on Friday that the Berkeley-affiliated House Fund is seeking to raise a $50m vehicle.

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