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UC Davis recently wrapped up the National Veterinary Entrepreneurship Academy. Faculty, graduate students and researchers from veterinary schools across the world learned from leaders in academia and the corporate world who have experience taking innovations to market. Read the article>

2020 Big Bang! award winner PHIXED Systems advanced as a top 8 finalist in Blackstone Launchpad's annual pitch competition, StartUp Grind, a convening of leaders in technology and big brands at the forefront of innovation. for the chance to win $50,000 in prizes. PHIXED Systems is an advanced analytics platform technology for bio-manufacturing. Read the blog >

Christy Serrato, founder of Pair Anything, discusses how her platform can engage wine consumers with a digital experience, becoming even more relevant during COVID-19. Pair Anything won $10K in our 2019 Big Bang!. Read the article >

Christy Serrato, founder and CEO of Pair Anything, was featured on the All Things Napa radio show on KVON-AM - 1440 AM 96.9 FM. Pair Anything won $10K in the 2019 UC Davis Big Bang! for its platform to help wineries connect with customers beyond the tasting room by guiding them on wine and food pairings. Listen to the show >

2020 Business Development Fellow Fabio Anza is featured in a blog by the UC Davis College of Letters and Science that explores his research in quantum mechanics and his fellowship experience. Read the blog >

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 >

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 >

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Humanly, an artificial intelligence startup company, is one of the first tech companies with a presence in Sacramento to receive funding from the prestigious accelerator Y Combinator. Co-founded by Andrew Gardner, Humanly was a finalist in the 2019 UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition. Read the article >

Spotlight on Adrian Pinon, founder and CEO of TownToday, a free mobile app that helps users discover nearby events conveniently and efficiently. TownToday participated in the Little Bang! competitions in 2018-2019 and was a semifinalist in the 2019 UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition. Read the article >

Launched as a college homework assignment in 2017, Mathew Magno’s parking technology company Japa Inc. has landed contracts with multiple universities, companies and the city of Woodland. Magno and fellow UC Davis alumnus Charles Chen simplified smart parking with a sensor device that relays in real-time parking availability information to an app. Japa won the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition in 2018. Read the article >

UC Davis alumni Mathew Magno and Charles Chen are co-founders of Japa. This “Just a Parking App” allows users to see in real-time available parking spaces and gives directions to them. Japa won the 2018 UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition. Read the article >