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. Full-time OpenAI
GRACE LAM (M.E.T. alum, ‘22) Internship Morgan Stanley
Full-time Palantir Technologies
Internship IDEO CoLab Freshman EFP Internship ImmunoMind 2020
2020
2021
2022
AMIT NARANG (M.E.T. alum, ‘22)
Freshman EFP Internship Segmed
2020
Internship via Kleiner Perkins Fellowship Robinhood
2021
Internship Stripe
2021
Internship Figma
2022
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Full-time Watershed
2023, 2024, 2025
2026
Full-time Google DeepMind
2026
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SRINIJA CHERIVIRALA (M.E.T. alum, ‘23) Internship Meta
Full-time Applied Intuition
Internship Lyft Freshman EFP Internship GitStart 2020
2021, 2022
2022
TIJAAN HENDERSON (M.E.T. alum, ‘23) Full-time Amgen Internship AmGen Freshman EFP Internship ImmunoMind 2020
2021, 2022
2023
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2023
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ALICIA WANG (M.E.T. alum, ‘23)
Full-time Stripe
Internship Relentlo Internship Amazon EFP Internship Segmed 2020
2021
2022
JASMINE ZHANG (M.E.T. alum, ‘23)
2023
Full-time Roblox
Internship Bain & Company Internship Roblox Freshman EFP Internship Crowdbotics 2020
2021
2022
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2023
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ROBERT PELTEKOV (M.E.T. alum, ‘23)
Full-time Northwood Internship Optiver
Internship SpaceX
Freshman EFP Internship Hermes Robotics 2020
Internship Foxeye Robotics
2021
2022
JEREMY LI
2023
Internship Jane Street
(M.E.T. alum, ‘24) Internship TikTok Internship Google Freshman EFP Internship Segmed 2021
2022
2022
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2023
2024
EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW
FROM OUR STUDENTS
SIMAR BAINS
ISHITA SAMADHIYA
KENNETH SARIP
BioEngineering + Business Class of 2028 Company: Izote Biosciences
EECS + Business, Class of 2029 Company: Frontdesk (founded by M.E.T. alum, Ruchir Baronia, ‘23)
EECS + Business, Class of 2029 Company: Rubi Labs
“I spent the summer at Izote Biosciences, a fermentation biotechnology company, working in corporate strategy and business development. [...] What I did not expect was how much technical depth the commercial side actually demands. Sitting between the scientists and the market, I learned that you cannot position a fermentation-derived product against a synthetic or plant-extracted competitor without genuinely understanding the process economics behind all three. That realization sharpened my ambitions rather than changing them. I want to work at exactly that intersection, and I now have a much clearer sense of what it will take to be good at it.”
“Throughout the summer, I experienced the full lifecycle of building a product: identifying a problem, designing a solution, presenting it for approval, supporting its deployment, speaking directly with customers to gather feedback, and iterating based on their needs. I learned that building a successful product requires not only strong technical execution, but also a deep understanding of customers and the broader goals of the business.”
“I’m very grateful for this opportunity to be interning at Rubi Labs, especially since I have an interest in pursuing a career at the intersection of computer science/machine learning and biology. This experience really made me want to pursue a career in this industry even more and taught me how to make an impact in a multidisciplinary field alongside scientists, engineers, and business people.”
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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 2026 Participants (23 students) Janet Ani
Class of 2029
AE + Business
Skymapper
Simar Bains
Class of 2029
BioE + Business
Izote Biosciences
Nitya Bhartiya
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Knowtex.ai
Sania Bidurukontam
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Modality AI
Andrew Chung
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Structured AI
Neha Gadde
Class of 2029
BioE + Business
Oncko
Theodore Grether-Murray
Class of 2029
MechE + Business
BrowserOS
Vijay Hans
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Stellar Sleep
Aidan Joneleit
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Trias Bio
Pranav Kannepalli
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
HABIT
Aditya Kirubakaran
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
AI Frontdesk
Cyriana Lara
Class of 2029
MechE + Business
AirMyne
Ayan Mammadli
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
HABIT
Sneha Muppalla
Class of 2028
EECS + Business
RunAnywhere
Shivani Raj
Class of 2029
IEOR + Business
Magic Hour
Adam Richter
Class of 2029
MechE + Business
Skymapper
Josue Robles
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Learnhaus
Veer Sahasi
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Asteroid
Ishita Samadhiya
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
AI Frontdesk
Kenneth Sarip
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Rubi Labs
Asmi Sawant
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Trias Bio
Vamika Singhal
Class of 2029
EECS + Business
Magic Hour
Leo Xu
Class of 2029
MechE + Business
AirMyne
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EFP PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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
IEOR + 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
IEOR + Business
Synkrino
Deena Sun
Class of 2027
ME + Business
Vectorshift
Akarsh Tripathi
Class of 2027
IEOR + 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
SUPPORT EFP
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