Benjamin Wang, 2014 Big Bang! Business Competition winner and founder/chief medical officer of NeVap Inc., shares how winning the competition helped launch his entrepreneurial journey, notes his successes since then—and explains how the Big Bang! helps innovators go from concept to company. Watch video >

The Graduate School of Management has received more than $1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to expand research and undergraduate instruction at Hispanic Serving Institutions and Minority Serving Institutions, including a three-day Innovation & Entrepreneurship Immersion on the UC Davis campus. Read the article >

NeVap Inc., founded by 2014 Big Bang! winner Benjamin Wang, created a novel respiratory device that is helping curb the rate of infection of bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19 patients. Researchers are trialing the device to see how it can help patients at risk for postoperative pneumonia. Read the article >

Cognivive has designed the first prescription interactive rehabilitation device under new FDA regulation. CogniviveVR helps patients recover control over their arms and hands by delivering personalized treatments in the form of highly motivational games at home. Cognivive, co-founded by Tony Simon, won the second prize in the 2018 Big Bang! Business Competition. Read the article >

Pair Anything, founded by Christy Serrato, was featured recently on Good Day Sacramento. Pair Anything won the $10K Food + Ag Sector Award in our 2019 Big Bang! Business Competition for creating a platform to help wineries connect with customers beyond the tasting room by guiding them on wine and food pairings. Watch the video >

NeVap, founded by Benjamin Wang, helped create Adopt A Hero, an organization dedicated to provide supplies to medical personnel in Mexico. Ben has donated breathing tubes to aid Mexican healthcare workers in areas where COVID-19 is surging. NeVap won the 2014 Big Bang! Business Competition. Read the article >

StarBio, a group of UC Davis students, won the $20,000 First Place Award and the $10,000 Health Sector Award for their innovation of a diagnostic method to identify ischemic stroke patients. Read the article >

Founded by Lisa Illes, PHIXED SYSTEMS is featured on the UC Davis Curiosity Gap Blog, excerpted from a story in Forbes exploring how artificial intelligence can create jobs. 2020 Big Bang! award winner PHIXED SYSTEMS is an advanced analytics platform technology for bio-manufacturing. Read the articles: UC Davis > Forbes >

Hospital assistant at UC Davis Medical Center Tony Braham invented RAIVES, a patented medical device that helps organize medical equipment such as IVs, respiratory tubing and monitor cables in the intensive care unit. Read the article >