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Facilitating a Coordinated Framework for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Dushyant Pathak Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Technology Management & Corporate Relations InnovationAccess - Venture Catalyst - Corporate Relations

VENTURE CATALYST

Collaborative Internal Structure

Office of Research

• The Office of Research (OR) has the responsibility to facilitate generation,

dissemination and application of University research to address the needs of the region, state, nation and globe

– TMCR*: management of university technology and facilitating efficient technology transfer through effective leveraging of internal and external resources – RA*: includes industry sponsored research agreements – IRSI*: includes facilitating interdisciplinary research synergies to enable broader industry funding of strategic University research initiatives

Technology Management & Corporate Relations

Dushyant Pathak

Associate Vice Chancellor

Cindy Kiel

Exec Associate Vice Chancellor

Paul Dodd

Associate Vice Chancellor

Vice Chancellor for Research

Research Administration Interdisciplinary Research & Strategic Initiatives

• TMCR: Technology Management & Corporate Relations
• RA: Research Administration
• IRSI: Interdisciplinary Research & Strategic Initiatives
• OR: Office of Research

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InnovationAccess & Office of Corporate Relations

Technology Management & Corporate Relations

Corporate Relations Innovation Access

David McGee

Executive Director

Technology Management & Corporate Relations

Dushyant Pathak

Associate Vice Chancellor, TMCR

Cindy Kiel

Exec Associate Vice Chancellor

Paul Dodd

Associate Vice Chancellor Mona Ellerbrock

Director

Office of Research

Stewardship of University-owned IP and effective intellectual property based agreements and technology transactions Develops, fosters and manages long-term strategic relationships with industry partners across campus units & disciplines

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Summary of Key Recommendations

Huron & Blue Ribbon Tech Transfer Committees, UC Regents Working Group, Report of the UC Davis Innovation and Entrepreneurship Steering Committee

• 1. Strategic Intellectual Property Management (Technology Tune-up)
• 2. Tools for Company Creation (Startup Mechanics)
• 3. Infrastructure & Startup Space (Business Incubation)
• 4. Access to Proof of Concept, Risk and Early Stage Funding (Innovation

Capital)

• 5. Economic Engagement (Community Capital)
• 6. Educational, Networking & Training Programs (Innovation and Tech Transfer

Workshops)

• 7. Collaboration & Coordination among existing knowledge transfer drivers in

academic units (Synergy Levers)

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Technology Management & Corporate Relations (TMCR)

Innovation Access

Technology Management & Corporate Relations

Dushyant Pathak

Associate Vice Chancellor, TMCR

Cindy Kiel

Exec Associate Vice Chancellor

Paul Dodd

Associate Vice Chancellor

Office of Research

Stewardship of University-owned IP and effective intellectual property based agreements and technology transactions Develops, fosters and manages long-term strategic relationships with industry partners across campus units & disciplines

Venture Catalyst

Serves as a catalyst for the translation of University research and technology by driving the development of new ventures

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InnovationAccess - Venture Catalyst - Office of Corporate Relations

Corporate Relations

New Ventures Targeted Mission

Venture Catalyst

Venture Catalyst will catalyze the translation of University research and technology into the market place by driving the successful development of new ventures based on UC Davis intellectual property.

– Direct support of campus entrepreneurs developing university technology – Effective collaboration with internal & external stakeholders & resources

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Entrep eprene reneur urship ship

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The Child Family Institute provides education, outreach, and research in innovation and entrepreneurship. Its campus- wide programs directly support research commercialization as well as general entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship Academies Sustainable AgTech Innovation & Seed Grants Innovation & Entrepreneurship Coursework Business Development Fellows Angels on Campus BigBang Business Competition Ongoing support for business formation and networking

research commercialization

Workshops, Speakers, & Seminars

general entrepreneurship

Process flow for assisting startups and associated activities

Operational/Programmatic Coordination

CFIIE and Venture Catalyst

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Start-up Development

Opportunity Identification/Validation (market & IP) Business Planning & Networking Company Formation and Mechanics Facilities / Infrastructure (lab space) Fundraising

Child Family Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship TMCR Venture Catalyst

Research Program IP Portfolio Strategy

Coordination, Consistency, Collaboration, Community Multiple Opportunities for Effective Engagement

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Pediatric Biosciences Synapsense RF Biocidics Dysonics Clean World Technologies Molecular Matrix Ennetix Barobo Elliplex

2006 2006 2008 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 Judith Van De Water Raju Pandey Manuel Lagunas Solar

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Algazi Ruihong Zhang Charles Lee Biswanath Mukherjee Harry Cheng Xiangdong Zhu Jan D’Alvise Bart Tichelman Craig Powell

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Algazi Michelle Wong Charles Lee Jonathan Symons Graham Ryland Xiangdong Zhu 6 empls 55 empls 25 empls 11 empls 15 empls 6 empls 2 empls 10 empls 1 empl Prognostic markers for increased autism risk Wireless sensor network architecture Chemical- free food pathogen destruction Spatial sound technology for headphones Innovative transform- ation of green waste to energy Three- dimensional tissue culture and engineering Optimizing network equipment for energy efficiency Adaptable robotic modules for multiple applications Non- fluorescent characteriz- ation of biological molecules

Recent Startups

New Venture Creation at UC Davis

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Elliplex, Inc.

Strengths in Life Science

UC Davis Startups Launched in FY 2013

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Company What the company does School/College

Eicosis, LLC Small molecule drug discovery and development SVM (Cell Bio); CAES Elliplex Optical non-fluorescent characterization of biological molecules CLS (Physics) Evolve Biosystems Novel dietary therapies CA&ES (Food Science; Vitenology) Expanesthetics Mechanistically novel inhaled anesthetic molecules SVM “Newco” Novel agricultural technology CA&ES (Plant Sciences) North Valley Plants Strawberry nursery CA&ES (Plant Sciences) PicoSense Novel magnetoresistive-piezoelectric sensing device, capable of magnetic field detection COE

Startups in need of mixed use office / wet lab space

UC Davis Laboratory-based Incubator

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Description of Companies with immediate need for mixed use (lab / office) business incubation facilities

Small molecule drug discovery and development * Optical non-fluorescent characterization of biological molecules * Novel treatment for epilepsy * Novel dietary therapies * Mechanistically novel anesthetic molecules* Blood serum biomarkers to detect cancer Small molecules as possible cancer or inflammation therapy ‡ Three dimensional bio-material scaffold for human tissue engineering * Human diagnostics and therapeutics ‡ Improved speed and sensitivity for common biological assays with infectious disease and other applications ‡ Method for removal of antigens from tissue ‡

* New UC Davis startup (Agreement signed 2013) ‡ Agreement pending or not yet negotiated with UC Davis