Slug Fund Investment Group · UC Santa Cruz

Slug Fund

UC Santa Cruz's student investment organization since 2016. I'm Co-President and CFO, and I co-founded the club's 501(c)(3) nonprofit: we incorporated with the State of California, received our tax-exempt status from the IRS, opened the club's bank account, and raised $700 in seed donations.

I also teach the club's weekly value-investing sessions on stock and bond analysis, and I led our partnership with the CFA Society.

Me at the projector, presenting to the Slug Fund

My approach to investing is inspired by Benjamin Graham, and I'm reading The Intelligent Investor.

MyResearch

Research Report · October 4, 2026

Lululemon (LULU): Long, Small Size

By Sushane Atmakuri, Co-President & CFO

The full write-up behind the club's position: what broke in the Americas and China, why a price of about 10x trough earnings assumes permanent decline, the new CEO's contract, the founder's standstill, divorce and share hedges, the legal and tax exposures, and bear, base and bull cases from $70 to $200.

Read the report PDF · 15 pages
Pitch Deck · October 1, 2026

Lululemon (LULU): Fat Pitch or Value Trap?

Led and presented by Sushane Atmakuri

The 20-slide deep dive I presented to the club: what broke, how LULU stacks up against its rivals, bear, base and bull scenarios, and the club's vote on the position.

Read the deck PDF · 20 slides

MyRoles

Co-President & CFO

Slug Fund Investment Group
  • Co-founded the club's 501(c)(3) endowment and raised $700 in seed donations
  • Led the CFA Society partnership; maintain the UC Investments partnership
  • Designed and built SFIG's public website

Director of Venture Capital

Slug Fund Investment Group
  • Grew the Discord community to 538 members
  • Teach weekly value-investing sessions on stock and bond analysis
  • Ran a speaker series with the co-founder of Hummingbot and the founder of Freeport Markets

OurPartnerships

We work to get our members the training, certifications, and industry contact that students in bigger finance programs take for granted, and we make all of it free to use.

Approved partner

CFA Society

Slug Fund Investment Group is an approved partner of the CFA Society. It gives members a path to professional credentials and connects them with charterholders, exam resources, and industry events.

Partnership

UC Investments

A UC-wide program that helps students explore careers in asset management, with training that mirrors an analyst's first year at an investment firm. Through SFIG, students get it completely free.

Biweekly speaker series

Founders and fund managers from Y Combinator, UC Investments, and Hummingbot, plus alumni across banking, venture, and quantitative finance.

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Website · Designed & built

The SFIG Website

I designed and built our club's public site end to end, including the leadership roster, publications, and a donor scheduling page.

Visit the site