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$1.2B+ Total Funding

6 Y Combinator Alum

1 Unicorn

15+ years of industry leading alumni
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
$1.2B+ Total Funding

6 Y Combinator Alum

1 Unicorn

15+ years of industry leading alumni
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
$1.2B+ Total Funding

6 Y Combinator Alum

1 Unicorn

15+ years of industry leading alumni
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
$1.2B+ Total Funding

6 Y Combinator Alum

1 Unicorn

15+ years of industry leading alumni
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.

Where We Go

UCLA

Microsoft

Semler Brossy

Bain & Company

MIT Sloan School of Management

Anduril Industries

GUESS

Beacons AI

Verkada

FutureHouse

Match Group

Brex

Meta

DoorDash

Unity

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Figure

Snap

SoFi

Palantir

Grindr

OpenAI

American Express

Cisco

Johnson & Johnson

Arena Club

Deloitte

Tesla

Ramp

Northwestern School of Law

Slack

Oracle

EY-Parthenon

EY

Glean

Amazon

YouTube

Bloomberg

HubSpot

The Walt Disney Company

Notion

Lyft

Mastercard

Shopify

Datadog

Instagram

Netflix

Millennium

Norwest Venture Partners

Duolingo

Google DeepMind

SpaceX

Citadel

Tripadvisor

GitHub

Google

Stripe

Sierra

15Five

Sephora

Novartis

Harvard Medical School

Disney Streaming

Runway

Salesforce

Bain Capital Ventures

Databricks

Facebook

BNY Mellon

J.P. Morgan

PWC

Citi

Bank of America

Coinbase

Intel

Our alumni have begun their careers in tech, finance, consulting, entertainment, biotech, and more…

What We've Started

Alumni invested in by

Where We Go

UCLA

Microsoft

Semler Brossy

Bain & Company

MIT Sloan

Anduril Industries

GUESS

Beacons AI

Verkada

FutureHouse

Match Group

Brex

Meta

DoorDash

Unity

Sony Pictures

Figure

Snap

SoFi

Palantir

Grindr

OpenAI

American Express

Cisco

Johnson&Johnson

Arena Club

Deloitte

Tesla

Ramp

Northwestern Law

Slack

Oracle

EY-Parthenon

EY

Glean

Amazon

YouTube

Bloomberg

HubSpot

Walt Disney Co.

Notion

Lyft

Mastercard

Shopify

Datadog

Instagram

Netflix

Millennium

Norwest Ventures

Duolingo

Google DeepMind

SpaceX

Citadel

Tripadvisor

GitHub

Google

Stripe

Sierra

15Five

Sephora

Novartis

Harvard Medical

Disney Streaming

Runway

Salesforce

Bain Capital Ventures

Databricks

Facebook

BNY Mellon

J.P. Morgan

PWC

Citi

Bank of America

Coinbase

Intel

Our alumni have begun their careers in tech, finance, consulting, entertainment, biotech, and more…

Alumni invested in by

Alumni invested in by

Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.
Bear AI (YC F25)
Started by Janak (Alpha Alpha) and Siddhant (Alpha Alpha), Bear AI helps brands show up on AI search engines through Generative Engine Optimization. Since the Spring, they've decided to move to SF with the help of Ved (Alpha Epsilon) and Charlotte (Alpha Delta) and are now backed by Y Combinator.
build
Co-founded by Tejes this summer, build is an applied ai lab deploying general purpose robotics. They are leading efforts in collecting the largest egocentric data set in the world using its proprietary robotic glasses. build is currently taking part in the HF0 residency.
crafted
Co-founded by Molly (Alpha Alpha) and Jayson (Alpha Beta), crafted is a pop-up cafe with a focus on innovation and equality. With a love for matcha, they held several pop-ups last Spring selling creatively designed matcha. They sold out at almost every one!
calen.date
Founded by Yoonji (Alpha Beta) last year, calen.date is the dating app that will plan your next date. calen.date is officially launching after a few very successful test batches of dates at UCLA.
Bloom
Co-founded by Giancarlo (Alpha Beta) last year, Bloom is the stainless steel card that locks your distracting apps on your phone. Over 5,000 people have saved more than 5,000,000 hours using Bloom cards by allowing you to leave the "key" to your distractions behind.

Where We Go

UCLA

Microsoft

Semler Brossy

Bain & Company

MIT Sloan School ofManagement

Anduril Industries

GUESS

Beacons AI

Verkada

FutureHouse

Match Group

Brex

Meta

DoorDash

Unity

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Figure

Snap

SoFi

Palantir

Grindr

OpenAI

American Express

Cisco

Johnson & Johnson

Arena Club

Deloitte

Tesla

Ramp

Northwestern School of Law

Slack

Oracle

EY-Parthenon

EY

Glean

Amazon

YouTube

Bloomberg

HubSpot

The Walt Disney Company

Notion

Lyft

Mastercard

Shopify

Datadog

Instagram

Netflix

Millennium

Norwest Venture Partners

Duolingo

Google DeepMind

SpaceX

Citadel

Tripadvisor

GitHub

Google

Stripe

Sierra

15Five

Sephora

Novartis

Harvard Medical School

Disney Streaming

Runway

Salesforce

Bain Capital Ventures

Databricks

Facebook

BNY Mellon

J.P. Morgan

PWC

Citi

Bank of America

Coinbase

Intel

Our alumni have begun their careers in tech, finance, consulting, entertainment, biotech, and more…

What We've Started

Bruin Tank

Bruin Tank

SoCal's Premier Pitch Competition For College Founders

Bruin Tank is SEP's annual Shark Tank style competition where SoCal student founders pitch their ideas to a panel of VC judges. Winners have the chance on winning a top prize of $1500, along with other venture and investment opportunities, along with cash prizes for runner ups as well. Our past applicants have gone on to appear in Shark Tank, raise $26M+ in funding, and transition to working full-time on their startups.

SoCal's Premier Pitch Competition For College Founders

Bruin Tank is SEP's annual Shark Tank style competition where SoCal student founders pitch their ideas to a panel of VC judges. Winners have the chance on winning a top prize of $1500, along with other venture and investment opportunities, along with cash prizes for runner ups as well. Our past applicants have gone on to appear in Shark Tank, raise $26M+ in funding, and transition to working full-time on their startups.

SoCal's Premier Pitch Competition For College Founders

Bruin Tank is SEP's annual Shark Tank style competition where SoCal student founders pitch their ideas to a panel of VC judges. Winners have the chance on winning a top prize of $1500, along with other venture and investment opportunities, along with cash prizes for runner ups as well. Our past applicants have gone on to appear in Shark Tank, raise $26M+ in funding, and transition to working full-time on their startups.

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