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 >

Origin Materials is going public in $925 million SPAC merger with Artius Acquisition Inc. John Bissell, founder/co-CEO of Origin Materials, participated in the 2008 UC Davis Big Bang! with technology for producing recyclable and sustainable materials.  

Jill Vialet, social entrepreneur, discusses why play works through the power of safe, fun and healthy play at school every day. The quarterly Think. Do. Discover. Speaker Series is brought to you by the Davis Entrepreneurship Network, organized by the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars. Watch the video >

Our senior program manager, Niki Peterson, was featured on the All Things Napa radio show on KVON-AM - 1440 AM 96.9 FM. Peterson talks about our institute approach to innovation and entrepreneurship—and opportunities to get involved, including the UC Davis Big Bang! and the Think. Do. Discover speaker series. Listen to the show >

Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, shares his uncommon path to purpose in the first Think. Do. Discover. Speaker Series event. The quarterly Think. Do. Discover. Speaker Series is brought to you by the Davis Entrepreneurship Network, organized by the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars.

Inventopia, a Davis startup incubator launched by 2008 Big Bang! winner Tim Keller, recently landed a $100K loan from the City of Davis to add specialized space needed by local entrepreneurs and new ventures. Its newest tenant, Peakb, develops naturally derived blue food coloring and was founded by UC Davis Professor Justin Siegel. Read the article>

by Raiza Pilatowsky Gruner | Geography Ph.D. | Co-founder, Planeteando

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 >

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 >