Berkeley M.E.T._EFP Program Brochure OCT2025 UPDATE_OCT25_8.5x11_Pages_DIGITAL_FINAL

EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

ENTREPRENEURIAL FELLOWS PROGRAM (EFP) OVERVIEW

EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

ENTREPRENEURIAL FELLOWS PROGRAM: BOLSTERING STARTUP EXPERIENCES AND ACCELERATING INNOVATION

The Entrepreneurial Fellows Program was envisioned by M.E.T. Advisory Board member, Ted Kuh, who conceived of the idea which allows for M.E.T. students to work directly with founders early in their academic careers. Ted was joined by EFP donors Kamal Duggirala, Mark Edelstone, Jon Goldstein, James Lau and Michael Grimes who have collectively sponsored countless EFP students in this donor funded program.

In 2023, Jas Khaira became an M.E.T Advisory Board member, establishing the Khaira EFP Fellows, our first EFP endowment, sponsoring multiple students per year in perpetuity.

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

EFP STUDENT PROFILES Supporting an M.E.T. student with an EFP contribution literally changes their life, by securing them the elusive freshman startup internship which leads to the upward spirals illustrated on the pages that follow.

SRINIJA CHERIVIRALA Internship Meta Internship Lyft Freshman EFP Internship GitStart 2020

2021, 2022

2022

TIJAAN HENDERSON Full-time Amgen Internship AmGen Freshman EFP Internship ImmunoMind 2020

2021, 2022

2023

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

GRACE LAM Internship Morgan Stanley

Full-time Palantir Technologies

Internship IDEO CoLab Freshman EFP Internship ImmunoMind 2020

2020

2021

JEREMY LI Internship TikTok Internship Google Freshman EFP Internship Segmed 2021

2022

2022

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2022

EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

AMIT NARANG

Internship Figma

Internship Stripe

Freshman EFP Internship Segmed 2020

Internship via Kleiner Perkins Fellowship Robinhood

2021

2021

ROBERT PELTEKOV Internship SpaceX

Freshman EFP Internship Hermes Robotics 2020

Internship Foxeye Robotics

2021

2022

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2022

EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

ALICIA WANG

Full-time Stripe

Internship Relentlo Internship Amazon EFP Internship Segmed 2020

2021

2022

JASMINE ZHENG

2023

Full-time Roblox

Internship Bain & Company Internship Roblox Freshman EFP Internship Crowdbotics 2020

2021

2022

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2023

EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

FROM OUR STUDENTS

PATRICK BENNETT

ETHELYN HUANG MEICI

NAISHA JAIN

Civil Engineering + Business, Class of 2028 Startup: AirMyne

EECS + Business, Class of 2028 Startup: Modality AI

EECS + Business, Class of 2028 Startup: Runbear

“This project taught me how to communicate engineering concepts with non-engineers, including AirMyne’s commercial team and sales representatives at vendors. This type of communication is essential to bridge the gap between engineering & business, a large part of what M.E.T. students are taught to do. Working on a true civil engineering project with support from a small startup team is an extraordinarily rare opportunity, and I made close connections with my team and their contacts in the civil engineering industry. This network will supercharge my access to opportunities over the next few years, and it would not have happened without EFP.”

“During my 10-week internship, I joined the research team to enhance the quality of our online assessments.

My main project involved improving our speech analysis pipeline for patients with ALS. By integrating OpenAI’s Whisper model and new speech analysis methods, I was excited to contribute towards making our assessments more accurate and efficient for our patients who needed them most. This experience has been both professionally and personally meaningful. Diving into patients’ health conditions to explore their symptoms and manifestations, then developing ways to apply technology to address their needs deepened my curiosity for the field. It was incredibly rewarding to see how technology, when thoughtfully applied, can have a tangible impact on people’s lives. I am now working on a research paper with my mentors to share our findings, and I hope this is just the beginning of my journey in health tech research.”

“I worked at Runbear, a startup that builds AI agents for businesses within their existing communication platforms such as Teams and Slack. One of my favorite projects was researching prospective customer personas, developing personalized landing pages for them, and marketing them on various platforms like LinkedIn and Medium. Getting 1000+ impressions on my LinkedIn posts and converting a percentage of our audience into full-time users was super rewarding! This project not only gave me exposure to the entire business lifecycle process but also reminded me about how important creativity and self-confidence are in the startup world.”

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES Startup Requirements • Currently affiliated with a UC Berkeley or M.E.T. -approved startup accelerator or fund.

• Be Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A funded with 3–30 employees.

• Cannot be a current undergraduate student-founded startup from any college or university.

• Maximum of (2) M.E.T. student interns at each affiliated startup.

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

OUR ACCELERATORS Our Accelerator Partners are instrumental in helping students obtain internships. Our team puts a call out to accelerators in mid-January annually and we host a start-up career fair each April for our students and startups to network.

Berkeley SkyDeck is UC Berke-

TechStars is a mentorship-

YCombinator provides a small

ley’s premier startup accelerator

driven accelerator, investing

amount of seed funding for start-

and incubator program. They

$120K and providing hands-on

ups and works with them to flesh

support startups founded by UC

mentorship and access to the

out ideas and help founders part-

Berkeley students, alumni, and

startups in the TechStars network.

ner with investors and acquirers.

faculty who are seeking to bring their scientific and technical discoveries to market and commercialize groundbreaking UC Berkeley research.

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

PROFILES OF STUDENT PARTICIPANTS Summer 2025 Participants (27 students) Akhil Agarwal

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Camfer

Sathvik Appana

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

GenPF

Patrick Bennett

Class of 2028

CE + Business

AirMyne

Sriram Bhimaraju

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Hover

Tiffany Dang

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Rimble

Shreyash Goli

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Izote

Radhika Goyal

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Openmart

Lucas Gu

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Sampling Human

Kevin Guo

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Hover

Charles Herbst

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Kukun

Gustavo Hochman

Class of 2028

AE + Business

Hover

Ethelyn Huang Meici

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Modality

Naisha Jain

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Runbear

Andrea Li

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Risotto

Daniel McGee Marin

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

GenPF

Alex Mehta

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

CTGT

Aryan Mishra

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Kukun

Aathmanathan Muruganathan

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Revyl

Michael Ng

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Modality

Jaansi Parsa

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Taro

Vyoma Patel

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

ByteNite

Kedaar Rentachintala

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Magic Hour

Navjosh Rikhraj

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Rimble

Krish Singh

Class of 2028

AE + Business

Runbear

Shivansh Soni

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Magic Hour

Gatik Trivedi

Class of 2028

EECS + Business

Knowtex

Siddharth Veerapaneni

Class of 2028

ME + Business

Revyl

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Summer 2024 Participants (22 students) Swara Agarwal

Class of 2027

ME + Business

Candle

Zaara Ahmed

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Modality.ai

John Enders

Class of 2027

ENG Undeclared

Hover

Tvisha Garg

Class of 2026

IOER + Business

Learnhaus

Jeffrey Gong

Class of 2027

ENG Undeclared

Nowadays

Salman Koshy

Class of 2027

IOER + Business

Synkrino

Hemal Kurani

Class of 2027

BioE + Business

Carbon Sustain

Maitree Meher

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Handle

Shailesh Nagalingam

Class of 2027

BioE + Business

Shasta Health

Jay Nimbalkar

Class of 2027

EECS + Business

Handle

Alfonso Portilla

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Rimble

Aadhav Prabu

Class of 2027

ME + Business

Trainy

Kourosh Salahi

Class of 2027

ENG Undeclared

Goodfin

Siya Shah

Class of 2027

ENG Undeclared

Pillar

Jai Sharma

Class of 2027

IOER + Business

Synkrino

Deena Sun

Class of 2027

ME + Business

Vectorshift

Akarsh Tripathi

Class of 2027

IOER + Business

Work Onward

Zander Vaux

Class of 2027

ME + Business

TribeXR

Cheryl Wang

Class of 2027

ME + Business

Plant Culture Systems

Rick Xu

Class of 2027

ME+ Business

Caldo

Xuan Zhang

Class of 2027

BioE + Business

Correlia Biosystems

Arissa Zheng

Class of 2027

ENG Undeclared

Nowadays

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Summer 2023 Participants (22 students) Sasank Aduri

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

RTHM

Esha Ananth

Class of 2026

BioE + Business

Safebeat

Gaurav Bhatnagar

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Segmed

Nihal Boina

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Rimble

Andy Chen

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Rimble

Ashok Devireddy

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Jacobi

Emily Hsi

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Airmyne

Vikram Iyer

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Dyrt Labs

Shrinandan Narayanan

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

kwikkart

Hari Parthasarathy

Class of 2025

BioE+ Business

Synkrino

Nithila Poongovan

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Rubi Labs

Sasvath Ramachandran

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

kwikkart

Maximillian Raney

Class of 2026

ME + Business

Glyphic Biotechnologies

Sajal Ravish

Class of 2026

IEOR + Business

Tassel

Alexandra Reyes

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Foodware

Nolan Rossi

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Pillar

Sujay Sheth

Class of 2025

BioE + Business

Safebeat

Pracheeti Shikarkhane

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Glyphic Biotechnologies

Jonathan Tao

Class of 2026

EECS + Business

Segmed

Aurelia Wang

Class of 2026

EECS+ Business

Tassel

Brian Wen

Class of 2026

CE + Business

Synkrino

Vicky Xiao

Class of 2026

BioE + Business

StartPlaying.Games

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Summer 2022 Participants (25 students) Venkata Alapati

Class of 2024

BioE + Business

Rizlab Health

Gaurav Bhatnagar

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Correlia Biosystems

Richard Chao

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

SimBull

Kerem Dilmen

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

FoodWare

Cameron Ferweda

Class of 2025

ME + Business

Tyfast

Jackson Gold

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Replicate

Tushar Goyal

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

ATDev Inc.

Jack Hughes

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Correlia Biosystems

Lavanya Jain

Class of 2024

BioE + Business

SafeBeat Rx

Sriya Kappagantu

Class of 2025

EECS+ Business

SafeBeat Rx

Gurvir Kooner

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Rimble

Baoer Li

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Sown to Grow

William Lin

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

GamerSafer

Nithila Poongovan

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Arrow Dx

Suhani Singhal

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Arrow Dx

Tom Springer

Class of 2025

ME + Business

Geopogo

Rohan Taneja

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Pillar

Belle Tangkuptanon

Class of 2025

IEOR + Business

Gueno

Miranda Tao

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Pillar

Nikil Thalanki

Class of 2024

MSE+ Business

Tassel

Raj Thota

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Rimble

Jiahao (Robert) Yao

Class of 2024

MSE + Business

Tyfast

Oliver Ye

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Geopogo

Harry Yuan

Class of 2025

EECS + Business

Hypertrader

Mengshu Zhang

Class of 2025

MSE + Business

Tyfast

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Summer 2021 Participants (25 students) Venkata Alapati

Class of 2024

BioE + Business

Instalab

Yasmin Barrera-Martinez

Class of 2023

BioE + Business

AHEAD Medicine

Gaurav Bhatnagar

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Reconnecting Labs (HiGeorge)

Justin Byers

Class of 2024

ME + Business

Lucy Goods

Ryan Chen

Class of 2022

EECS + Business

FireTrace

Ethan Chung

Class of 2024

BioE + Business

Nimble

Aashna Dalal

Class of 2024

BioE + Business

Instalab

Angela Gao

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Prelim

Riley Hernandez

Class of 2024

ME + Business

Mezli

Siddarth Ijju

Class of 2024

EECS+ Business

Correlia Biosystems

Matthew Kang

Class of 2024

ME + Business

Z Imaging

Ali Khan

Class of 2024

Engineering Undeclared + Business

Synkrino Bio

Stephen Krider

Class of 2024

ME + Business

Puzzl

Joseph Laderer

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Forest Park Group

Jeremy Li

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Segmed

William Lin

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

10 x 10

Daniel Pack

Class of 2024

ME + Business

Hermes Robotics

Ariel Qian

Class of 2024

IEOR + Business

StartPlaying.Games

Arvind Rajaraman

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Segmed

Shreya Ramesh

Class of 2024

BioE+ Business

Synkrino Bio

Enzo Reyes

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Sown To Grow

Derek Tan

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

StartPlaying.Games

Miranda Tao

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Sown To Grow

Nikil Thalanki

Class of 2024

MSE + Business

Pangea.app

Roshan Thomas

Class of 2024

EECS + Business

Forest Park Group

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Summer 2020 Participants (35 students) Tarun Amarnath

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Brightflow AI

Jasmine Bae

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

4D Sight

Srinija Cherivirala

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

GitStart

Gowri Datta

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Stryve

Jessica Dowdall

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Adereso

Mason Freeny

Class of 2023

ME + Business

4D Sight

Diego Gonzalez

Class of 2022

EECS + Business

Adereso

Arnav Gupta

Class of 2023

IEOR + Business

GitStart

Matthew Hallac

Class of 2022

EECS + Business

Dispatch Goods

Tijaan Henderson

Class of 2023

BioE + Business

ImmunoMind

Frank Jiang

Class of 2021

EECS + Business

1910 Genetics

Bhavesh Kalisetti

Class of 2023

ME + Business

Aimhub

Leah Kochendoerfer

Class of 2021

IEOR + Business

Dispatch Goods

Aadhrik Kuila

Class of 2022

EECS + Business

Crowdbotics

Hui Si (Grace) Lam

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

ImmunoMind

Elliot Larson

Class of 2022

IEOR + Business

1910 Genetics

Tina Li

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Brightflow AI

Samuel Liu

Class of 2023

CE + Business

Wing AI

Aishwarya Mahesh

Class of 2023

IEOR + Business

Brightflow AI

Ryan McCormick

Class of 2021

IEOR + Business

Brightflow AI

Ethan Mehta

Class of 2022

EECS + Business

ImmunoMind

Amit Narang

Class of 2023

IEOR + Business

Segmed

Varsha Nekkanti

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Crowdbotics

Akshay Patel

Class of 2023

ME + Business

1910 Genetics

Robert Peltekov

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Hermes Robotics

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Elianna Peng

Class of 2023

ME + Business

zHealth

Akash Rathod

Class of 2023

BioE + Business

TaxProper

Shilpa Sathyanathan

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Crowdbotics

Devan Shanker

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Segmed

Tejas Thvar

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Tolstoy.ai

Alicia Wang

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Segmed

Tianhui (Lily) Yang

Class of 2023

BioE + Business

4D Sight

Saam Zahedian

Class of 2021

EECS + Business

Segmed

Jasmine Zhang

Class of 2023

EECS + Business

Crowdbotics

Alex Zhao

Class of 2021

EECS + Business

CoralGenomics

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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW

JOIN AN EXCEPTIONAL DONOR COMMUNITY Envisioned by and made possible through a generous community of benefactors, ongoing gifts to this transformational program directly impact students and provide a life changing opportunity that is 100% donor-funded.

JASVINDER KHAIRA

RANGA RAJAGOPALAN

SUJATHA RANGANATHAN

SHARON BONNERBROWN

BILL BROWN

JON GOLDSTEIN

JAMES LAU

MICHAEL GRIMES

TED KUH

KAMAL DUGGIRALA

MARK EDELSTONE

TOM HUI

BERKELEY FRONTIER FUND

SEEKING CURRENT YEAR SPONSORSHIPS

SEEKING EFP PERPETUAL ENDOWMENT

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