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By Philip Joens / Friday, September 9th, 2016 / Education, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on UC great launch pad for tech startups
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By Philip Joens / Friday, May 27th, 2016 / Education, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on UC Santa Barbara New Venture Competition breeds winners
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By Henry Dubroff / Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Latest news, South Coast, Technology / Comments Off on CLU snags head of UCSB’s startup contest
Mike Panesis, a key player in entrepreneurship circles who heads the biggest collegiate business-pitch contest in the region, is leaving UC Santa Barbara for a post at California Lutheran University.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 30th, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on New Venture Competition hands out prizes to UCSB startups
A technology to make mobile phone GPS more accurate, a new seafood distribution system and a novel way to brand beer growlers at craft breweries were among the top winners at UC Santa Barbara’s annual New Venture Competition on May 22.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Inogen files IPO to raise up to $86.2M
Inogen was founded in 2001 by three UCSB students, one of whom had a grandmother who had recently been placed on oxygen therapy. The therapy required heavy, bulky oxygen tanks that could not be taken on airplanes and other places.
After winning the New Venture Competition business plan contest at UCSB, the team went on to develop a device that used electricity to concentrate oxygen from the air. The concentrators were lighter and less bulky, weighting between 4.8 and 7 pounds.
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By Staff Report / Monday, August 27th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on UCSB spinout sold to medical supply giant
Sirigen, a UC Santa Barbara biomedical technology spinout, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Becton Dickinson and Co. The company was founded in 2003 by two students and a professor to enter UCSB’s New Venture Competition. Sirigen won the competition in May 2003. The company’s technology tapped recently discovered conductive polymers to improve what are Read More →
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