Two women photographed outdoors. The woman on left is wearing a blue shirt and facing the camera, a younger woman to the right is side on with her head turned towards the camera. — Ruihong Zhang, a professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Minami Ogawa, a graduate student in the Department of Food Science. Their startup company, Optimized Foods, is creating nutritious, sustainable foods, starting with cultured caviar. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

New Startups Built From UC Davis Innovations Drive Solutions in Food, Health and Agriculture

by Neelanjana Gautam
September 21, 2022

'During the 2021-22 fiscal year, 13 startup companies executed agreements to access foundational intellectual property and commercialize new technologies developed at the University of California, Davis.

“The bold pursuit of novel solutions through research at UC Davis often results in new technologies and services aligned with a commercial pathway for impact,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at UC Davis. “In most cases those innovations are licensed to existing companies, but many also become the foundation for emerging startups. We are thrilled to see the success of this pathway continue at UC Davis.”'

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