M.E.T. approved partners
Berkeley SkyDeck UC Berkeley's premier startup accelerator and incubator program. They support startups founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty who are seeking to bring their scientific and technical discoveries to market, and commercialize groundbreaking UC Berkeley research.
EvoNexus is a technology startup incubator with locations in San Diego, Orange County, and Silicon Valley. EvoNexus Silicon Valley FinTech Incubator was launched in October 2019 with founding sponsors and banking giants, Franklin Templeton and Royal Bank of Canada in San Mateo.
IndieBio is the first accelerator to use radical ideas in biology as a technology to disrupt markets outside healthcare. The portfolio of companies now has a cumulative enterprise value of nearly $4 billion — despite the average company being only 3 years old.
The House Fund pre-seed and early stage venture capital fund investing in Berkeley's top alumni, faculty, and student startups.
SAP.iO Foundries are SAP's global network of equity-free startup accelerators that help promising startups integrate with SAP solutions and accelerate their entry into a curated, inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers.
TechStars is a mentorship-driven accelerator, investing $120K and providing hands-on mentorship and access to the startups in the Techstars network.
Y Combinator provides a small amount of seed funding for startups and work with them to flesh out ideas and help founders partner with investors and acquirers.
Students are welcome to find a startup venture outside of the April Meet & Greet participants, but it is their individual responsibility to make sure the organization meets EFP requirements: (1) currently affiliated with a UC Berkeley or M.E.T. approved startup accelerator or fund and (2) Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A funded with 3-30 employees. The startup cannot be a current undergraduate student-founded startup from any college or university.