UC Berkeley Gastrointestinal Gene Therapy Biotech DNAlite Therapeutics Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
DNAlite Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage preclinical therapeutic company has raised $1.5 million in a seed-stage financing. DNAlite was founded by UC Berkeley graduates Mubhij Ahmad and Timothy Day in 2016. The proceeds of the round will be used to continue development of gastrointestinal tract gene therapy treatments for patients who suffer from genetic intestinal […]
Largest Startup Class Yet Enters UC Berkeley’s Expanding Accelerator
More than a hundred startup teams are beginning a training and mentoring program this month at the Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator—the largest group ever accepted to the UC Berkeley program since it was founded in 2012. Aside from the funding, free office rent, and other resources offered by the startup accelerator located near the edge of the Berkeley […]
Cal Poly Announces SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator Program’s 2018 Cohort
Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has accepted eight startup companies into this year’s SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator program. The intense 13-week program is designed for students and recent graduates who have developed new ventures that need funding and CIE resources to help launch their companies. The program provides $10,000 in capital, plus […]
USC startups pitch to venture capitalists at showcase
Over 1,000 students gathered at Bovard Auditorium Monday night for the annual USC TAMID Tank, which allowed several students to pitch to a venture capitalist panel for potential investment. Daniel Newman, who founded TAMID Tank at USC last year, was inspired by the organization’s chapter at Queens College. He wanted to give USC students the […]
University of California, Riverside Highlander Venture Fund puts $50K into ‘Next-Generation’ Mosquito Repellent
A venture capital fund created to help faculty and alumni of the University of California, Riverside, move their marketable discoveries to the buying public made its second investment late last month. The funding will allow the startup company Sensorygen to develop a sweet-smelling mosquito repellent that’s effective, safe, natural, and affordable. The Highlander Venture Fund (HVF) invested […]
5 U California alumni entrepreneurs win opportunity to pitch at venture summit
The University of California today (Jan. 16) announced the five finalists of its new “I am a UC Entrepreneur” contest for alumni. The finalists, selected by a panel of prominent investors, have won the opportunity to pitch their startups to more than 600 business leaders and venture capitalists at the third annual 2018 Global Corporate […]
U California Riverside Highlander Venture Fund Makes Its First Investment
The University of California, Riverside’s Highlander Venture Fund (HVF) announced its first investment today. The $250,000 investment was for NanoCellect Biomedical Inc., a developer of microfluidic cell-sorting technologies for cell-based assays. The San Diego-based firm was founded in 2009 by Jose Morachis, a UC Riverside alumni. The financing for the $10 million round of funding […]
UC Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator Welcomes 16 New Portfolio Startups; New Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
The UC Berkeley SkyDeck startup accelerator has announced the 16 teams accepted into the Spring 2018 cohort. Teams will receive support and mentorship valued at more than $200,000per company, and an additional $100,000 in funding from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. SkyDeck is located in the Penthouse of the tallest building in Berkeley, Calif. Located in the penthouse of Berkeley’s tallest […]
UC Davis helps fund startup companies in ag, human-health services
New startup companies are tackling issues such as Citrus Greening, Celiac Disease and cognitive deficits, thanks to help from UC Davis. The university helped fund 14 commercial startups during the past fiscal year through licensing agreements, or exclusive options to obtain such licenses, for technologies developed at UCD, totaling 63 new startups in the past […]
SD Venture Summit highlights university-developed tech to spawn start-ups
If San Diego’s Grolltex is correct, bendable display screens for smartphones, tablets and other gadgets aren’t the stuff of science fiction. They’re just around the corner. The two-year-old start-up has licensed technology developed at UC San Diego to mass produce graphene — a strong, conductive material that is Now used mostly by research labs – including contractors […]