i'm sagar.
I'm a freshman at Princeton studying economics, computer science, statistics, and entrepreneurship. I'm interested in startups & finance, and want to build a $1B software company.
experience
founder & ceo — futr
2023 – 2026
immigrants are almost 2× as likely as native citizens to end up in poverty. futr is a fintech platform connecting immigrants to financial institutions to close the poverty gap caused by financial exclusion. 8k+ users, featured on cbs, raised ~$18k.
economics research intern — penn state university
2024 – 2026
built a novel econometric model to quantify policy changes. first-authored a paper on theoretical fiscal policy; pre-print on ssrn.
business development intern — fitalyst
2025
scaled outreach to 100+ colleges, initiated 15 pilot programs, and built end-to-end design, ops, and implementation workflows for program deployment.