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Want to Build an App? There’s a (New) Software for That
Wayfinder startup Apsy is making the app-building experience easier and more intuitive than ever. About a couple of decades ago, smart...

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Sunny Jiang Shines a Light on Water Cleanliness
The UCI professor hopes to share her molecular detection technology with developing countries to prevent the spread of human pathogens....

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UCI Green Tech Startup Circular Combats Climate Change and Hunger with One Secret Weapon
In the U.S., Food waste is the single largest category that makes up municipal landfills with an estimated 133 billion pounds and $161...

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4 Tips on Making Your Startup More Sustainable
From disposable cutlery to business models, a few Cove Partners share some tips on how startups can become more sustainable. Developing a...

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3 UCI Environmentally Focused Technologies to Address Energy Conservation
From small to not-so-small changes, UCI technologies provide conservation solutions. It’s no secret that Irvine, California is a hub for...

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123 Baby Box Wins T.V. Show Pitch Contest and $50K
UC Irvine startup company 123 Baby Box placed first on the 2 Minute Drill Amazon Prime T.V. show , which features entrepreneurs from...

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Purist Cultivates Effective Medication Ingredients using Customer Discovery
From grad student to CEO, Leila Safavi brings together a network of nuclear reactors to make life-saving ingredients more accessible to...

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The Blue Box Wants to Democratize Early Breast Cancer Detection
After last year’s media storm, Judit Giro Benet, co-founder and CEO, is determined to bring The Blue Box to shelves across the U.S. by...

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UCI Celebrates 20 Years of Octane OC Building an Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystem
The non-profit accelerator launched at UCI in 2002 and aims to bring more than 80,000 jobs to the region. Genuine collaboration and...

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5 Available Medical Technologies Pumping Out of UCI
At the heart of UC Irvine, hundreds of innovative technologies flow in and around campus and aim to make their way into Southern...

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Jenelle King Drives Herself Towards an Autonomous Future
Once a thing of science fiction now creeping onto roadways across the U.S., autonomous vehicles are incorporating into driving norms. And...

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Polaris Signs Sponsored Research Agreement to Fund Universal mRNA Vaccine Research
Multinational biotech company Polaris signed an industry sponsored research agreement with UC Irvine’s (UCI) Vaccine Research and...

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Where Are They Now: Immerse Sets Language Learning Market Ablaze
The VR language learning company and Wayfinder graduate lights up English learning curriculum across the globe. At the time, Quinn Taber...

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Inaugural Born in California® Event Creates Culture of Collaboration Among UC Schools
The UC system’s most investment-worthy startups came together at UC Irvine to pitch to more than 200 investors. In November, startups...

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Startups Share Successful Acquisition Stories at Virtual Event
Orange County Celebrates Entrepreneurs Executive Committee hosted a two-day, virtual event this year that featured inspiring startups...

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5 UCI Startups will be Featured at Born in California® Demo Days
Five UC Irvine startups will participate in Born in California, the inaugural, invitation-only University of California systemwide demo...

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Mind Brain Parenting's Newest Card Deck Uncovers Cognitive Bias
UC Irvine (UCI) startup Mind Brain Parenting just launched a new card deck under its sister brand, Mind Brain Emotion, called “52...

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Errol Arkilic Wants to Make the Modern American Dream a Reality
UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation’s new Executive Director and UCI’s Chief Innovation Officer will help innovators translate their...

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Caitlyn Yang Sends Young Entrepreneurs Soaring into the Startup Universe
The young and driven UC Irvine entrepreneur shoots for the stars with her startups StartSmart and Grasshopperfund. Caitlyn Yang is on UC...

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UCI Innovation Monitors Nutrition on the Fly
Obesity is a struggle for many. In fact, the U.S. adult obesity rate has surpassed the 40% mark, a rank that has kept the U.S. as one of...

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