Who’s Done It?
Join over 540 Cal entrepreneurs and faculty who have made the Pledge.
Vigyan Singhal
M.S. ’94, Ph.D. ’96
Founder, Oski Technology (acquired by NVIDIA)
Pledge fulfilled in 2023
Zubin Nagarvala
’02
Founder, Upward.net (acquired by Jobcase)
Pledge fulfilled in 2023
Lisa Guerra
PhD ’96
Partner, SV2; Co-Founder, Victrio (acquired by Verint)
Pledge fulfilled in 2022
Joyce Arellano-Bravo
’98
Co-Founder, WeSolve
Dinesh Kumar
M.B.A. ’17
COO, Promaxo
Dave Alpert
’78, M.Arch. ’86
CEO and Co-Founder, Geopogo
Jason Wang
’09
Co-Founder, Caviar (acquired by Square); Venture Partner, Beluga Capital
Dhawal Mujumdar
M.I.M.S. ’11
Co-Founder, Polymorph (acquired by Walmart)
Charles Huang
’93
Co-Founder, RedOctane (acquired by Activision); Co-Founder, Indigo 7
Pledge fulfilled in 2014
Juan Pablo Ferrer
’01
Co-founder, Mevoked (acquired by WellBrain)
Richard Din
’08
Co-Founder, Caviar (acquired by Square)
Pledge fulfilled in 2019
James Brear
’89
President & CEO, Veriflow (acquired by VMware)
Kevin Blake
M.B.A. ’17
Founder and Managing Partner, Sierra Verde Capital
Paul Yeh
’01
Partner, Conductive Ventures
Weijie “Claire” Li
’14
Senior Software Engineer, Pinterest
Nelson Hyde Chick
’94
Founder and Chief Adrenaline Officer, Foil Flyer
Prayag Narula
M.I.M.S. ’12
Founder and President, LeadGenius Inc
Rishi Chopra
’02
Software Engineer, IBM
Niket Desai
’09
Founder PADCo; Co-Founder, Punchd (acquired by Google)
Richard “Leke” Raji
M.Eng. ’19
Founder, Mistove
Bradford Crist
M.B.A. ’19
Product Manager, Volta Charging
Christian Keil
M.B.A. ’19
Founder and CEO, d.rect; Co-Founder, The Tuesday Company
Luc Ibata
Founder & CEO, WeSolve World Inc.
Kenny To
’08
Founding Engineer, Rubrik Inc
Josh Appleman
M.I.M.S. ’16
Founder, Tellaport
Jeffery Alvarez
M.B.A. ’14
Vice President, Product & Operations, Potrero Medical; Co-Founder, Naya Health
Deepak Gupta
Managing Partner, Blue Bears Ventures
Bastien Beauchamp
Co-Founder and CEO, !important safety
Mark Velednitsky
M.S. ’16
Founder and CEO, MultiMeet
Amanda Pouchot
’08
Co-Founder and CEO, Together10; Co-Founder, Levo
Caroline Winnett
M.B.A. ’90
Executive Director, SkyDeck
Rajiv Appana
M.B.A. ’13
Co-Founder, SpinWheel Inc
Tomas Campos
’00
CEO and Co-Founder, Spinwheel Inc
Harsha Raghavan
’94
Managing Partner, Convergent Finance LLP
Charlene Son Rigby
M.B.A. ’00
Chief Business Officer, Fabric Genomics
Ezra Roizen
M.B.A. ’04
General Manager, Advsr LLC
Mubarek Hassen
M.S. ’18
Project Engineer, DPR Construction
Michael Fero
P ’13, ’20
Founder and CEO, TeselaGen Biotechnology
David J. Zilberman
LL.M. ’05, M.B.A. ’11
Founder and CEO, GraphiteRx
Jaime Aznar
Founder and CEO, Nifty Experience
Arie Barendrecht
’02
Founder and CEO, WiredScore
Brittany Murlas
’09
Founder, LittleFeminist.com
Harshil Goel
’14
Co-Founder & CEO, Dyndrite Corporation
Sukhi Singh
M.B.A. ’10
CEO, zHealth EHR
Ansel Halliburton
’02
Co-Founder, Syntexys
David Corfield
M.B.A. ’19
Founder, LifeWork
Dean Donovan
’83
Managing Director, DiamondStream Partners
Heath Silverman
’99
Co-Founder and CEO, Stessa (acquired by JLL Spark)
Pledge fulfilled in 2018
Kimberlie Le
Co-Founder and CEO, Prime Roots Foods
Jeff Totten
’13
CEO, Evergreen Services Group
Jiwon Moon
’14
Founding Partner, XX
Emilio Galan
M.S. ’15
Co-Founder & President, Robin Healthcare; Founder & Executive Director, HonestHealth
Jordan Greene
’14
Co-Founder, AEye
Kartik Mehrotra
’17
Head of Business Development, IOTW
Ayman Fawaz
M.S. ’83, Ph.D. ’88
Co-Founder and President, orgo.ai Inc
Kaushal Sanghavi
’04
Founder, BreathingRoom Solutions Pvt Ltd
Nikolaos Paranomos
’06
Chief of Staff, Vaya Consulting; Co-Founder, Apptourage
Kuriakose Sony Theakanath
’16
Co-Founder, Asaii (acquire by Apple)
Huan Le
’94
Angel Investor
James Wang
M.B.A. ’15
General Partner, Creative Ventures; Co-Founder, COO and CTO, Lioness Health
John Foraker
M.B.A. ’94
Co-Founder and CEO, Once Upon a Farm
Pledge fulfilled in 2018
Aleksander Hildebrand
’18
Founder, Vioo
In Sik Rhee
’93
General Partner, Vertex Ventures
Pledge fulfilled in 2018
Sanchit Bareja
’14
Product Manager, LiveRamp; Co-founder, Occuhunt (sold to Lytmus)
Patrick S. Chung
’92
Co-Founder and CEO, Zeuss Technologies Inc
Leonid Teytelman
Ph.D. ’09
Co-Founder and CEO, Protocols.io
Richard Henrikson
Ph.D. ’15
Co-Founder, Ongo Science
Enlai Chu
M.B.A. ’03
CEO, Phoneic Inc
Christian Shelton
’02
Chief Growth Officer, HelloTech; Co-Founder, Geekatoo
Ryan Buckley
’04
General Manager, MightySignal; Founder, Scripted.com and Toofr
Nathan Gilliland
’92
CEO, Bellwether Coffee; Co-Founder, Harvest Power
Desi Banatao
’01, M.S. ’04
Co-Founder, Lingrove and Entropy Resins
Pledge fulfilled in 2015
Andrew Barkett
’02
VP of Engineering, REX - Real Estate Exchange Inc; Co-Founder and CEO, Getexp Inc
Amit Kumar
’03
Partner, Accel; Co-Founder, CardSpring (acquired by Twitter)
Manish Shah
’05
Co-Founder & CEO, PeerWell; Co-Founder, Rapleaf (acquired by TowerData)
Sumant Sridharan
’98
Chief Operating Officer, HomeLight
Joey Zwillinger
’03
Co-Founder, Allbirds
Sohila Zadran
’08
Co-Founder, Menopause.ai, Gilded Cells, Agarionan Inc.; Principal, Strawberry Creek Ventures