Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Nu Chapter

What Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Nu Chapter does

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Nu Chapter at UC Berkeley, established in 1967, is the largest computing-sciences honor society on campus and the Nu Chapter of the international honor society endorsed by both ACM and IEEE. It serves a dual constituency: UC Berkeley CS students (membership restricted to the top third of declared CS majors by GPA, with a minimum 3.8) and corporate recruiters seeking curated access to that talent pool through sponsored events and a Resume Book product. Free student-facing services include resume reviews, mock interviews, career mentorship, and academic advising, augmented by 6+ events per semester (info sessions, tech talks, coffee chats, competitions, and the EECS career fair) with attendance ranging from 30 to 150 students depending on company, speaker, and timing.

The commercial product surface comprises two main lines. Corporate sponsorships are sold at Gold Level ($1,300, one campus-wide/UPE event plus one-semester engagement) and Silicon Level ($2,200, one campus-wide plus one UPE-only tech talk plus two-semester engagement), with each additional event priced at $700; CAP-member companies receive one free recruiting event per semester with overflow at $1,500; non-CAP one-time public/UPE-only events are available at $1,100. The Resume Book—a downloadable PDF of pre-vetted members organized by graduation year and updated every semester—sells for $250. Named recurring corporate partners include Jane Street, Mayfield, DRW, Optiver, Nvidia, IXL, IMC, and Visa. Operations are run by a rotating student officer board (Fall 2023: President Angie Qin, Finance VPs Gavin Yu and Zhihan Cheng, External VP Mark Deng, IR Chair Nitya Sri Adapala, plus chairs for community, professional development, social, and software development) under explicit structural independence from the University of California. The technology stack is commodity-only (Google Calendar, Zoom), with no proprietary platform; the underlying deliverable is curated, high-trust human access rather than a software product.

Name

Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Nu Chapter

Legal name

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Nu Chapter of California

Website

https://upe.berkeley.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Upsilon Pi Epsilon Nu Chapter is UC Berkeley's largest computer science honor society, founded in 1967 and endorsed by ACM and IEEE. It connects top UC Berkeley CS students (top third by GPA, minimum 3.8) with corporate recruiters through paid event sponsorships, a Resume Book product, and free professional development services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Honor Society Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Education Conference Organizers (THAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Functional Summits (HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, Procurement, Legal) (THAHAMAJ)

Keywords

• Student honor society
• Academic recognition programs
• Professional development services
• Campus recruiting events
• Resume book distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Event Sponsorship Packages: Companies pay for event hosting packages at Gold Level ($1,300) or Silicon Level ($2,200) to connect with UC Berkeley CS students through info sessions, tech talks, and networking events.
2. Resume Book Sales: Companies purchase a PDF resume book containing resumes of top CS students (top third by GPA) at UC Berkeley, updated every semester.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Nu Chapter is the UC Berkeley student chapter of the UPE international honor society for computing. It sells its membership induction (gated to the top third of EECS students with a 3.8+ GPA), delivers free professional-development services to members (resume reviews, mock interviews, career mentorship, academic advising), and monetizes corporate recruiting access through a Resume Book ($250) and tiered event-hosting packages (Gold $1,300 / Silicon $2,200) plus EECS career fair co-hosting.

Product overview

Upsilon Pi Epsilon: Nu Chapter is UC Berkeley's Computer Science Honor Society and the largest such organization at UC Berkeley, endorsed by ACM and IEEE. The organization offers a portfolio of free professional development services to Berkeley students including Resume Reviews, Mock Interviews, Career Mentorship, and Academic Advising. It also operates a for-profit Resume Book product sold to corporate partners for $250, and provides corporate event hosting services through two pricing tiers (Gold Level at $1,300 and Silicon Level at $2,200). The organization connects students with industry through info-sessions, tech talks, and the EECS career fair.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UPE Resume Book

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• JaneStreetcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerJaneStreet is a partner company that participates in UPE-hosted recruiting events and info sessions to connect with top UC Berkeley CS students.
• MayfieldcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMayfield is a venture capital firm that partners with UPE to connect with UC Berkeley CS students through recruiting events.
• DRWcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDRW is a trading firm that participates in UPE-hosted recruiting events to access top CS talent from UC Berkeley.
• OptivercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerOptiver is a trading firm that partners with UPE for campus recruiting events targeting UC Berkeley CS students.
• NvidiacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNvidia partners with UPE to host recruiting events and connect with top UC Berkeley computer science students.
• IXLcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerIXL Learning participates in UPE recruiting events to connect with UC Berkeley CS students for career opportunities.
• IMCcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerIMC is a trading firm that partners with UPE for campus recruiting events at UC Berkeley.
• VisacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVisa partners with UPE to participate in recruiting events and access top CS talent from UC Berkeley.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Phi Beta Kappa: Long-standing selective academic honor society with chapters, events, alumni networks, and alumni-funding mechanics; demonstrates the chapter-association model UPE sits within.
• UPE other chapters (e.g., Mu, Xi, Rho chapters at peer schools): Same organization operating at peer universities (e.g., Stanford, MIT, CMU, Georgia Tech); the most direct functional analogue and a potential franchise/licensing template.
• IEEE-HKN (Eta Kappa Nu) at UC Berkeley: Berkeley's other premier CS/EEE honor society; similar membership selectivity, similar officer-board structure, and overlapping event/sponsorship footprint in the EECS community — directly comparable operating model.
• Tau Beta Pi: Premier engineering honor society with active corporate sponsorship and chapter-funded programs; mirrors UPE's structure of selective membership + sponsor-supported events across many universities.

Broad incumbents

• Handshake: The dominant technology-enabled campus recruiting platform connecting students and employers; competes for the same corporate recruiting dollar at UC Berkeley and offers a scalable, infrastructure-level alternative to UPE's manual event hosting.
• IEEE Computer Society: The other parent/endorsing body of UPE and the larger professional society backing CS students, conferences, and student recruiting — overlapping purpose at greater scale.
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): UPE's parent endorsing body and a global professional CS association; ACM student chapters run parallel honor, event, and sponsorship programs and represent the broader portfolio incumbent in the same space.

Emerging players

• Symplicity (CSR/JobTeaser campus recruiting suite): Campus-based recruiting, events, and career-services platform used by universities to connect students with employers; a technology-enabled competitor/complement to UPE's manual event hosting model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/events
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/upsilon-pi-epsilon-nu-chapter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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