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CyberNINES Protects Contractors From Cyber Attacks
CyberNINES is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that offers high value and affordable CMMC & NIST SP 800-171 assessments, audits and compliance management for small to mid-size manufacturers.
Project Unicorn App Connects Startups With Investors
Project Unicorn develops app to connect entrepreneurs and startups to a community of investors.
Fall 2021 Event- Design The Life You Want!
In this free workshop, Dave Evans will give you tools to navigate your life and career. One of Stanford’s most wildly popular courses isn’t computer science — it’s something much more important: Designing Your Life.
The Let's Green California Initiative
The Climate Crisis is upon us. It's not something coming in the distant future, or even in the near future, is it right here and now... and it's only going to get worse unless we act now. Here is how.
Reid Hoffman Sponsors SPAC Deal with Joby Aviation
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and Reinvent Technology Partner co-lead director, discusses his blank check company’s SPAC deal with Joby Aviation.
How to Invest in Joby Aviation
We reached out to Thomas Wynn, owner of Wynn Capital Management, to get a simple, easy-to-understand breakdown of SPACS, how to purchase JOBY stock, and whether or not you should invest.
How a Santa Cruz Startup Uses “Point of Need Tests” to Tackle Neglected Diseases
Local Santa Cruz biotechnology company RealSeq Biosciences develops point-of-need tests to identify neglected diseases and to provide rapid diagnosis for diseases impacting disadvantaged populations.
Mexican-Born Entrepreneur Launches Software Platform
After seeing the struggles his mother endured amid the pandemic, Daniel Hernandez founded The Apptopus to ease the burden for her and other Latino restaurant owners.
LifeAID Raises $20M in Series C
LifeAID had to shut the door on VCs who were clamoring to invest into LifeAID. The initial Series C was set at $15M, but quickly had to expand to $20M.
Onewheel: DIRT
Where is the limit of what's possible? We'll never know until we seek it out. DIRT started with an untouched property in Northern California, a few sketches of ambitious features and the dream of pushing the sport of Onewheel forward.
Joby Aviation Becomes Publicly Traded Company
First U.S.-based eVTOL company - Joby listed on public market to begin trading on NYSE under ticker “JOBY” on August 11, 2021.
Is it a Bird? A Plane? A Drone? Or Super Joby...
On rare occasion, Santa Cruz residents have noticed an object in the night sky flying south at low altitude. The general consensus is that it must be a drone because a conventional aircraft would be much louder and obnoxious. Could it be a Joby test flight?
RTP Announces Approval of Proposed Business Combination with Joby
RTP shareholders voted to approve and adopt the previously announced business combination agreement with Joby Aviation
All Roads Lead to Santa Cruz
We welcome Daniel Redmond, his family, Waygate to the Santa Cruz community. Learn about his journey and the services that Waygate provides to the largest companies in the world.
David Haussler 6th Among Top Scientists in Computer Science
David Haussler, a distinguished professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering is among the top scientists in computer science.
Student Vaccination Drive Sponsored by SC Tech Exchange
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education has partnered with the Santa Cruz Public Health Department and Santa Cruz Tech Exchange to host several student vaccination clinics at locations across the county over the next two weeks.
MiBike: The Subscription Service For Bicycles
MiBike is a Santa Cruz Ca. based company aiming to change they way you think about owning a bicycle.
Parallel Flight Technologies Award Phase 2 Grant
Parallel Flight Technologies (“PFT”) has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the USDA. The $650,000 grant was awarded to PFT and Drone Amplified, the developer of the IGNIS prescribed fire system, to support further development of a large-scale UAS for prescribed fire.
Santa Cruz SBDC Small Business Survey Seeking Input
The Santa Cruz SBDC needs your help. Please take this survey to allow small business owners to have access to training and advising in digital presence tools and the use of social media.
Joby Opens Washington DC Office
Joby announced it was opening a new office in Washington, DC to support the collaborative work it is doing with the aviation community and policymakers to bring quiet, zero-emissions aviation to life.