Davis Increases in Commercial Startups
The Davis Graduate School of Management at the University California has launched 14 commercial startups during the past year through June 30, 2014. This is the largest number of new ventures based on UC Davis technology to be started in a single year.
Of the 21 companies launched over the last two years, most are based in Northern California, with several located in Davis and the surrounding areas. Some of those companies are Tule Technologies, 5Plus, Reprovantage, and ViVita. Some of these campanies are developing solutions that address issues like agricultural water efficiency and human health.
A unique and collaborative network that is enabled by Venture Catalyst has cultivated the increase in university startups. This new network is a new unit within the Technology Management and Corporate Relations division of the Office of Research, led by Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Dushyant Pathak.
Venture Catalyst works closely with campus and local community resources, including the university’s Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Engineering Translational Technology Center, to support the translation of university research into commercial applications.
In total, 62 startups based on inventions originating at UC Davis have been formed since 2003, with recent startups resulting in the creation of hundreds of high-value technology jobs in our region.
The Technology Management and Corporate Relations division of the UC Davis Office of Research includes Venture Catalyst, the Office of Corporate Relations and InnovationAccess, and is responsible for enabling the infrastructure and relationships necessary to effectively convert research into commercial applications that benefit society.
The Office of Research is the primary administrative unit within UC Davis responsible for providing services and resources to all of the university’s faculty, students and staff to support and advance their research. Led by Vice Chancellor for Research Harris Lewin, the Office of Research is a catalyst for advancing the research mission at UC Davis.
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