Venture Catalyst is recruiting for an Associate Director to help lead our efforts in supporting university-associated innovators and startups across the physical sciences, agriculture, engineering, and computer science fields
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Our Request for Proposals for angel conference investor engagement and digital marketing services is open through June 7, 2021 To learn more, visit the CalUSource site and search for ‘Venture Catalyst’
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UC Davis Affiliated Startup Aims to Improve Detection of Congenital Heart Defects in Newborns |
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Heather Siefkes, assistant professor of pediatric critical care at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, founded the startup NeoPOSE to commercialize a new technology developed at UC Davis that could improve the detection of congenital heart defects in newborns. Every year, roughly 7,200 babies in the United States are born with a critical congenital heart defect (CCHD), a condition that is life-threatening and prevents the heart from circulating blood effectively throughout the body. The team received a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) award and a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) grant to conduct clinical studies and develop a machine learning/artificial intelligence model to identify the perfusion (blood flow) value that can predict CCHD. Siefkes also received proof-of-concept funding through the Venture Catalyst Data, Informatics and Application Launch (DIALTM) program to test a prototype device that interprets oxygen saturation measurements simultaneously with non-invasive perfusion measurements. In addition, the NeoPOSE team participated in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation-Corps Teams program with a focus on conducting customer discovery and validation.
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UC Davis Venture Catalyst Knowledge Exchange Webinar |
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Scaling with Impact: Structuring, Operating, and Funding Purpose + Profit Businesses |
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Featuring:
- Kevin Christopher, Founder and Principal, Rockridge Venture Law®
Consumer products companies like Ben & Jerry's, Patagonia, and Warby Parker have for years shown that private enterprise can be both highly profitable and impactful, advancing Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) standards across their industry. With the rise of consumer consciousness, impact investing, workforce awareness, and the availability of alternative corporate frameworks such as public benefit corporations, companies in a range of sectors from agriculture to biotech to finance have opportunities to scale with mission-oriented business models. This talk, led by experienced entrepreneur and corporate attorney Kevin Christopher, will review structuring, operating, and raising capital in a modern social enterprise.
When:
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 10:30 – 11:45 am
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BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and UC Davis Establish Collaboration to Transform Research into Potential Therapies for Genetically Driven Diseases |
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BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. announced a collaboration with UC Davis to advance research and the development of investigational medicines for patients with genetically driven conditions and cancers. Under the agreement, the BridgeBio team will work closely with investigators at UC Davis to seek and evaluate potential research projects in genetic disease and precision oncology.... Read More
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TurtleTree Announces R&D Headquarters in Davis, California |
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TurtleTree, a biotech company using mammalian cells to produce sustainable milk, announced the launch of its new R&D headquarters in Davis. The company’s strategic move to the area is based on the recognition of North America being the largest global market in alternative proteins and UC Davis as a food tech hub and global leader in bovine and human milk research. Turtle Tree's co-founder and chief strategist, Max Rye, is a UC Davis alumnus.... Read More
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PsychLight Sensor to Enable Discovery of New Psychiatric Drugs |
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UC Davis professors David Olson and Lin Tian developed a genetically encoded fluorescent sensor to detect hallucinogenic compounds. Named psychLight, the sensor could be used in discovering new treatments for mental illness, in neuroscience research, and to detect drugs of abuse. Seven Biosciences, a company founded by Tian and former graduate student Grace Mizuno, is working with UC Davis InnovationAccess to license the psychLight technology and develop it for commercial use. Delix Therapeutics, founded by Olson, hopes to apply the psychLight assay to search for new pharmaceutical drugs. Tian and Olson are previous recipients of the Venture Catalyst Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIRTM) Grant, which provided proof-of-concept funding to advance the technologies that serve as the foundation of their respective startup companies..... Read More
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Finding New Life for Wine-Grape Residue |
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UC Davis professor Daniela Barile and graduate student Amanda Sinrod discovered potentially health-enhancing compounds and sugar molecules called oligosaccharides within chardonnay wine-grape pomace. The team's research shows promise for using chardonnay residue as a source for developing supplements and other food products to support health.... Read More
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New Imaging Diagnostic Tool Lights Up Tumors During Brain Cancer Surgery |
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A new optical imaging technology developed UC Davis researchers Laura Marcu and Orin Bloch could help neurosurgeons visually and objectively differentiate between healthy and cancerous tissues during brain cancer surgeries. The technology, called Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIm), could allow surgeons to more precisely and thoroughly remove malignant tumors. The researchers were recently awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to test and validate FLIm as a tool for instant tumor tissue identification during brain surgeries.... Read More
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Aggie Hacks x Google Cloud: The COVID-19 Path to Recovery |
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A team of UC Davis students took home the grand prize among the 115 graduate students from schools across the United States participating in the UC Davis M.S. in Business Analytics (MSBA) program annual data hackathon in partnership with Google Cloud. The MSBA students Nicholas Zhu, Rebecca Wei, Jack Maloon and Samuel Darmamulia used advanced analytics to tackle questions around the impact of fan attendance on professional sports team performance.... Read More
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Shasqi Awarded Prestigious Direct-to-Phase-2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant by National Cancer Institute
Shasqi, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision activated oncology therapeutics, announced that it has been awarded a $2 million Direct-to-Phase-2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to support immune biomarker analysis of patient samples from Shasqi’s Phase 1 clinical trial of lead candidate SQ3370 as well as manufacturing process development.... Read More
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Arcadia Biosciences Acquires European Food Ingredient Platform that Further Enhances its GoodWheat™ Business
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., a leader in science-based approaches to enhancing the quality and nutritional value of crops and food ingredients, announced it has acquired the assets of Agrasys S.A, a food ingredients company based in Barcelona, Spain. The acquisition will enable Arcadia to commercialize a new cereal grain, which contains durum wheat and wild barley.... Read More
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Casey’s General Stores Selects Engage3 to Improve Efficiency and Provide Market Insights
Engage3, a company which helps retailers and brands profitably grow revenue and drive store trips by tracking and optimizing market information, has been selected by Casey’s, a convenience store chain operating more than 2,200 stores in 16 states, to expand market insights.... Read More
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Origin Materials, Market Leader in Disruptive Materials Technology, to Combine with Artius, Creating First Publicly Traded Pure Play Carbon Negative Materials Company
Origin Materials, a company focused on turning biomass into useful materials, and Artius Acquisition Inc., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced a definitive agreement for a business combination that will result in Origin becoming a public company.... Read More
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UC Davis-Associated Startups Cognivive, SensIT Ventures, and Tesio Pharmaceuticals Included in the Science Coalition’s 2021 Sparking Economic Growth Publication.... Read More
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Startup of the Month: InVixa (Comstock’s Magazine)
InVixa, a company that is developing novel inhaled therapies for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), was named the Startup of the Month by Comstock's Magazine.... Read More
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News from the DRIVE Network |
Sacramento Angels Lead Seed Round in Davis Ag-Tech Company Pheronym
Davis-based biological pest management technology company Pheronym received $242,000 in seed funding led by the Sacramento Angels investment group.... Read More
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Startup Career Opportunities |
Career Opportunities at AnimalBiome
AnimalBiome is currently hiring for an animal care specialist and a laboratory technician.... Learn more
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Career Opportunities at Chirp Microsystems
Chirp Microsystems (part of TDK) is hiring for multiple engineering positions, intern positions, and director positions.... Learn More
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Career Opportunities at Evolve Biosystems
Evolve Biosystems is currently hiring for multiple management and marketing positions.... Learn More
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Career Opportunities at Novoheart
Novoheart is currently hiring for an engineer, scientist position, and research assistant .... Learn more
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Career Opportunities at Sage Therapeutics
Sage Therapeutics is hiring for a wide range of positions from director-level positions to consultant.... Learn more
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Unfold Makes Significant Strides to Bring Optimized Genetics and Digital Services to Market
Unfold, a company that combines genetics with crop growing and agronomic expertise to advance the vertical farming industry, welcomes Minos Athanassiadis as a company advisor and breaks ground on its new state of the art R&D vertical farm facility in Davis.... Read More
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StemExpress Opens Facility In Northern Nevada
StemExpress, a company headquartered in Folsom, announced the opening its eighth facility in Reno, Nevada. The property development will include a state-of-the-art cell collection center as well as a large-scale warehouse that contains a centralized shipping location for the company..... Read More
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Global Venture Funding Hits All-Time Record High $125B In Q1 2021 (CrunchBase)
According to Crunchbase, global venture investments in the first quarter of 2021 reached $125 billion, a 50% increase over previous quarter and a 94% increase from the same quarter in 2020....Read More
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Need for Smart, Public, Earliest Stage Money Never Greater, Latest VC Data Indicates (State Science & Technology Institute)
Pitchbook/NVCA data shows that 75% of investments in Q1 2020 went into late-stage deals while the share of first financings continued to decline. At the same time, the limited early-stage deals have been concentrated on larger first financings..... Read More
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UC Drug Discovery Consortium Seed Grant
Application Deadlines: June 14, June 27, 2021.... Learn More
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NIH SBIR/STTR Applicant Assistance Program
Application Deadline: May 20, 2021....
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Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams Challenge
Application Deadline: June 1, 2021....
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THRIVE | Bayer Sustainability Challenge
Application Deadline: June 11, 2021
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MIT 2021 Global Challenges
Application Deadline: June 16, 2021.... Learn More
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California Life Sciences Association Inspire QuickFire Challenge for Diverse Innovators
Application Deadline: July 30, 2021.... Learn More
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Ag Innovation Challenge
Application Deadline: August 20, 2021
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Educational Opportunities |
UC Davis Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2021 Big Bang! Awards Show
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UC Davis National Veterinary Entrepreneurship Academy
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Regional Educational Events |
Sacramento State Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Events and Workshops
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Small Business Development Center Workshops
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Silicon Valley USPTO Workshops
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California Life Sciences Institute FAST Advisory Program
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Bay Area NSF Innovation Corps Immersive Short Course
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CleanStart Perspectives with Lloyed Lobo
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Intro to Sacramento Startup Community
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Norcal SBDC's Global Diversity & Investment Summit
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California Life Sciences Institute FAST Advisory Program
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Biocom Best Practices & Process Strategies to Accelerate Biologics Development
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Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit (Virtual)
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Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit (Virtual)
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YoungStartup Venture Summit
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BIO Investor Forum Digital
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Women’s Health Innovation Forum
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JLABS Virtual Educational Events
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About Venture Catalyst
UC Davis Venture Catalyst supports the development of new ventures fueled by university research and technology. Venture Catalyst offers several innovative programs that bridge the gap between early-stage research and commercialization and provide entrepreneurs the resources, support, and connections needed to successfully form and grow technology-based startups. With a focus on accelerating technology-led economic development in the Davis-Sacramento region, Venture Catalyst also works closely with partners in the regional innovation and economic development ecosystems.
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