麻豆传媒映画 Startups Participate in San Diego Innovation Showcase
麻豆传媒映画 entrepreneurs presented their startups at the San Diego Innovation Council Showcase.
麻豆传媒映画 entrepreneurs presented their startups at the (SDIC) Showcase this week, making connections with fellow entrepreneurs that might help their fledgling businesses grow.
Hoopla, a student startup that plans to sell bioplastic containers beginning in spring 2019, presented their prototype and business plan to a room full of fellow entrepreneurs and investors. The showcase led to several promising connections, said Hoopla co-founder Josh Munoz.
鈥淎s a startup and a small team, we don鈥檛 have a huge network,鈥� Munoz said. 鈥淭he showcase is an amazing opportunity for us to meet new faces and reach out to possible investors and partners who can help us as we work to commercialize our technology.鈥�
Munoz graduated from 麻豆传媒映画 last spring, while Hoopla鈥檚 engineer, Austin Wolf, is currently a junior. The company is part of 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 startup incubator, the , which encouraged Munoz and his co-founders to participate in the showcase.
Fellow student-run companies like Soul Much, which sells 鈥渦pcycled鈥� cookies and flour made from discarded grains, distributed their products for the 400-plus attendees to sample.
The showcase took place Oct. 25 at JLABS, Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 life sciences incubator in La Jolla.
鈥淭he experience for 麻豆传媒映画 startups attending the showcase and presenting has been tremendous,鈥� said Cathy Pucher, director of the ZIP Launchpad. 鈥淭he event was full of potential investors and opportunities to network and learn from others who have found success in starting their own businesses.鈥�
麻豆传媒映画 faculty also had the opportunity to showcase their work.
麻豆传媒映画 researcher Pete Coulter presented Change Aerial, a spinoff he started with geography professor Doug Stow and leaders of the existing company Action Drone. Change Aerial uses technology developed by Coulter and Stow to enable rapid, low-cost drone monitoring.
Six 麻豆传媒映画 labs presented their research, including chemistry professors Byron Purse, who is developing fluorescent probes to rapidly identify pathogens, and Jeff Gustafson, whose research has identified a technique for decreasing unwanted side effects in some cancer drugs. The two researchers hope to commercialize their work, and they said it was helpful to hear from other researchers who had successfully navigated the path to commercialization
鈥淭he showcase was a great opportunity for faculty innovators to interact with the investment community and learn from experienced entrepreneurs who have taken research-based ideas to the marketplace,鈥� said Tommy Martindale, director of 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office and current SDIC president.
Brad Chisum, an 麻豆传媒映画 alumnus who co-founded technology company Lumedyne Technologies, also participated in the event. Lumedyne sold to Google in 2015 for a reported $85 million.
