Caroline Winnett, Executive Director | Berkeley SkyDeck (
https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/)
As Executive Director of Berkeley SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s startup accelerator, Caroline leads a program that hosts over 200 companies per year and is partnered with the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, a VC fund investing in SkyDeck startups that shares half of fund carry with UC Berkeley.
Prior to SkyDeck, Caroline was a serial entrepreneur. Caroline co-founded the pioneer company in the neuromarketing industry, NeuroFocus, which was acquired by Nielsen in 2011. Before her career in startups, Caroline was a professional concert violinist.
Caroline is a recognized speaker on startups, accelerators, and neuromarketing. She is an angel investor and an Advisor and Board member for technology startups.
Caroline received her MBA from the Haas School. Her undergraduate studies were at Brown University and she earned her Violin Performance degree at the Indiana University School of Music.