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Want to explore the startup landcape here at UC San Diego? Here you will discover just some of the incredible stories about our up and coming startups. 

 

Our STartups By the Numbers

1000+

Startup companies launched

3rd

Nationwide for startup creation

 

190

Active Startups

  

Where are Our Startups Now? 

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Industries include Pharmaceuticals / Therapeutics, Life Science, Biotechnology / Greentech, Software, Medical Therapeutics, Hardware / Engineering Technologies, Software Technologies, Medical Devices, Research Tools, and Medical Device Technologies.

 

In Our Orbit: Startups To Watch 

Solving Parking Woes with Proko Park

 

Craitor's Impact on 3D Printing

Dotstash founder, Mona PowellBringing Menstruation Out in the Open with Dotstash Founder Mona Powell

Steven Moyo, MD of Welfie AppDoctor, Dad & CEO Steven Moyo, MD Focuses on Helping Families Thrive With Welfie App

LIMBER ProstheticJacobs Startup LIMBER Prosthetics Brings Affordable Prosthetic Devices to Those in Need

Tales of a Startup: Algeon MaterialsHealing the Earth and Fighting Climate Change with Rady Founded Algeon Materials

Mercury Health founders pose with their device in their labTriton Founded Mercury Health Empower Aging Community to Live Independently

Professor Dayeh at work in his labUC San Diego Professor Leads Human Neurotechnology Development and Translation

Tri-D Dynamics team working on a 3D modelUC San Diego Alumni Build Fundamental Infrastructure for the 21st Century & Beyond

Pareto Care Founder Thalansh BatraEvolving Care from Reactive to Predictive with UC San Diego Founded Pareto Care

NeuraLace team Reclaiming Freedom from Chronic Nerve Pain with FDA Approved NeuraLace

Jeweled app founders Daniella and AviTransitioning Into A More Meaningful Relationship with UC San Diego founded Jeweled

Ana Moreno receiving an awardBioengineering Alumna Ana Moreno Pioneers Epigenetic Gene-Therapy Technology As An Answer to Chronic Pain

LearnSesh VR educationAlumni Founded LearnSesh Ushers In the Next Wave of VR Education

We Dye on DemandBasement Co-Founders Share their Journey to Entrepreneurship, Coloring the World of Fashion

Natalie Castellana - Digital Proteomics founderCEO and UC San Diego Alumna Natalie Castellana Shares Her Story, Pushing the Boundaries of Bioinformatics

Aethella founder Megna AnandSeventh College’s Megna Anand Brings Her Story to the Basement’s Blackstone LaunchPad Program

Anita Busquets, CFO of Toragen BiotechnologiesFemale Startup Executive and Biotech Leader Brings HerStory to Toragen Biotechnologies

Boundless Bio founders Paul & ZachUnbound By Convention, Bound To Save Lives With Boundless Bio

Nuvve Director of CER, Byron WashomVehicle-To-Grid (V2G) Innovation Balances the Grid at UC San Diego