Berkeley StEP Showcase Day Fall 2026 Cohort

​Berkeley StEP Showcase Day, Fall 2026

​Berkeley StEP Showcase Day is the finale of our 10-week incubator. This fall's student founder teams take the stage to pitch the ventures they have built and validated over the semester, in front of a panel of judges and a room of investors, mentors, and fellow students.

​Berkeley StEP is a hands-on incubator that helps early-stage founders go from idea to traction through customer discovery, MVP development, and real-world validation. StEP alumni teams have gone on to make real impact and have collectively raised $22.5M. Alumni include Dispatch Goods, which closed a $7M Series A.

​What to expect:

• ​Live pitches from the Fall 2026 cohort, followed by judge Q&A

• ​$6K in prizes awarded on stage

• ​Time to meet the founders, judges, and mentors afterward

​This cohort is building across [sectors, e.g. AI, biotech, healthtech, climate, edtech, consumer]. Come see what the next generation of Berkeley founders has been working on.

​Meet our judging panel: David Bloom (The House Fund), Bryce Gilleland (Cal Innovation Fund), Carly Anderson (Timescale VC), and Vikram Venkat (Cota Capital).

​This event is sponsored by our wonderful partners at Swift Ventures and O'Melveny.

​Who should come: Investors and angels, startup operators, mentors and alumni, Berkeley students thinking about starting something, and anyone who likes watching founders pitch.