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InSoCal CONNECT Press Release: "THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN THE COUNTRY"
InSoCal CONNECT Announces: "The Best Kept Tech Secrets in the Country" at the November 13`h
unveiling of the InSoCal Innovation Assets Report Findings at the 11:00 InSoCal CONNECT press
conference attended by over 75 business, civic and governmental leaders., Murrieta City Hall A
complete copy of the report findings is available at http: / /insocalconnect.org/
(Speakers list at end)
The lead Wall Street Journal editorial on Friday November 9th, regarded California's business climate
with dismay. However InSoCal CONNECT, A newly formed 501c6 non profit economic development
corporation, argues the WSJ editors fail to take into account local pro- business initiatives like the rise of
the new InSoCal (Inland Southern California) Innovation Corridor. Tuesday, November 13th marks the
release of the first InSoCal Innovation Assets Report. Modeled after a similar San Diego initiative the
report shows that this InSoCal Innovation Corridor region is bucking the trend and working on its own at
the local level to help grow the tech eco- system necessary for the expansion of private sector wealth,
leading to new job creation. "We are working very hard to implement the principles described in Jim
Clifton's recent book, the "Coming Jobs War" which urges cities and regions to take the leadership," said
Bruce Coleman, Murrieta Economic Development Director. Stephen Austin, President of the
organization, and managing partner of Swenson Advisors said," InSoCal CONNECT and the Assets Report
findings is an excellent story of a region that is not waiting for Washington and Sacramento to create
jobs, but working on its own together with private sector, city and university leadership, to help spur
sector growth in technology and exports. The report shows we have considerable assets and a robust
and active spirit in our technology sector."
The InSoCal Innovation Corridor includes Murrieta /Temecula on the south and the University of
California, Riverside and the City of Riverside on the north. This region was included in the San Diego
iHub in 2011 and is now often referred to as part of the greater San Diego Mega Region by the San Diego
CONNECT President Camille Sobrian Saltman.
DID YOU KNOW:
• That approximately 80 new innovation start-up companies emerge each year in the InSoCal
Innovation Corridor region? This compares favorably with Seattle, which according SmartPlanet, is the
10th top US start -up city in the US, with 96 start -ups in 2011.
• That more than 350 new tech start-up companies were launched in the Innovation Corridor region
in the past four years (and these were difficult years economically for the entire nation!). While more
research is needed to find out how they are all doing and who is successful and why, these start -ups
show indications that there are emerging clusters of tech companies in such areas as biotech, software,
computer electronics, engineering services, communications and defense.
• That the region has a global outlook, promoting the growth of exports and foreign direct inward -
investment designed to create jobs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
|ntroduction— ................. ........... ...... ......... ........... ...................................... ........................... 3-4
The |nSoCai Innovation Corridor ...... .................... ............... ...... ........... ........... ................... 5-21
|nSmCni Innovation Corridor Innovation Companies ................................ --.......................... 22-29
New Techno(VQy Start-up Companies Map (2O08 through 2U11) ......... ............ — ......... .......... ..23
Seiocted Innovation Companies Maps and Brief Descriptions (North &South Corridors) ........ 24-29
it!n6oCai|nnovadon Corridor Featured Research ........................................... ..................... 3O-43
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Innovation Corridor Research Centers and FaciUties ...................... ......................... —44-49
|nSoCa[ Innovation Corridor Higher Education Institutions ........... .......... ........... ........... ......
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|nSoCai6dence.Tenhno\ogy,Engineehng and Nathennadcs�[TE��)Prugrams--------61-71
R�gion�i Venture Capite( Organizations and Pnograms--------------------.72-78
RegionaiAngei Investor Organizations and Programs --------------------'79-83
|nSoCaL/ReQiona( Incubators and Acceierators ................ ....................... ---.............. .....
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Regional, Trade Organizadons— ...... ----........................ ......... — .......... —................ .....
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RegionmiInnovation Econonny-�Luster|n�iat�es--`------------------'
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San Diego Innovation Hub (iHub San Diego) ----- .......................................
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BiomirniuryCivator Initiative .............. ....................... --.................. —..........
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NECT MeorsuuncingCLuster Initiative .... ..................... ........... ........................ ........... .112-114
About|nSuCai CONNECT ......... ................. ...................... .............. —...................... —
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|NTR0DUCT|ON(mnt'd)
The |nSuCoi Innovation Assets Report, published by |nSoCai CONNECT, is compilation of the richness of
the innovation assets ofinnovation economy inthe area which stretches from K4urhate/Tonnecub/Cai5tate
University San Marcos area on the south to the City of Riverside and the University ofCalifornia, Riverside
(UCR)nn the north, along the (-15/|-215 "Innovation Corridor.^
|nSoCai CONNECT iHub activities promote the growth of higher paying jobs, a more diversified and robust
economy, more export opportunities and sustainable communities along the Innovation Corridor and
promotes the growth of this region as a logical extension of the nearby San Diego tech-based economy.
Raising awareness of the existing innovation and export opportunities in the Innovation Corridor and
accelerating innovation and assisting the expansion, formation and development of technology companies
vviii'be the focus uf|nSoCai CONNECT in its ear[vyears.
The Report showcases the depth and breadth of the region's assets including: map of new technology
start-up companies Launched in the last few years; map and Listing of selected established technology
companies; Listings of the research institutes; Listings of incubators and accelerators; venture capitalists
and angel investor groups; trade organizations; the growing number ofscience, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) education programs; and descriptions of the region's technology and neorsourdng
clusters.
• More than 350 new technology start-up companies Launched in the past four years in the InSoCal region;
• Map of more than 180 selected technology companies established in the |nSoCairegiun;
• More than 20 academic research institutes and centers in the InSoCaI, region;
• Profiles cf selected research grants awarded toUC Riverside faculty;
• Listings of:
-ventune capital investment entities with a regional presence (San Diego and Orange County regions);
- Local angel investment organizations (InSoCaL, San Diego and Orange County regions);
- incubators and accelerators in |nGoCairegion;
- Local trade organizations directly supporting |nSoCai's innovation economy;
- S.T.E.M. education programs in the InSoCaL region and links to additional resources;
• Regional Cluster Initiatives established:
-|nSoCei CONNECT established 2Ol2
- San Diego Innovation Hub (iHub) established and expanded 2U1O/2O11;
-Biomimicry cluster initiative established (Biumimicry BRIDGE) 2O11;
- Nearsouncing companies (800+ neersourcing companies in the |nSoCui|nnovotion Cohdod
The |n5oCai Innovation Assets Report highlights the Munieto-Temecuba/City of Rkenside/UC Riverside
innovation Corridor as a leader in innovation with vvnrid class research, Leadership, product development
and management talent. The Report serves as o resource for entrepreneurs, poUcymakens, trade
organizations, research institutions and investors interested in Learning more about the wide array of
assets that support and drive the region's thriving innovation economy.
The Feii 2012 Report is the first release of the highlights of the assets comprising and supporting the
|nSo[ai innovation economy. The Report will be updated periodically as new uramended information on
the region are gathered. I
THE UN8OCALINNOVATION CORRIDOR
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The ^|nSoCai Innovation Corridor" from h4unieta-Temnecuiatothe City of Riverside and University uf
California, Riverside is already hub for innovation-oriented companies.
|nSoCa[ CONNECT was created with the goal of
accelerating innovation and assisting the
anpansion, formation and development of
technology companies in the area. During its
early yaars, the focus will be on raising
awareness of the existing innovation and export
opportunities in the |nSoCai Innovation Corridor.
|nSnCai CONNECT activities promote the growth
of higher paying jobs, a more diversified and
robust economy, more export opportunities and
sustainable communities. The organization is
intended to promote the growth of the region as
a logical extension uf the nearby San Diego tech-
based economy.
InSoCal Innovation Corridor
With the University of Caiifornia. Riverside and
California State Univuraity, San Marcos as
anchors, its available and affordable Land and Coto N
buiidinQs, easy freeway access to all areas of
Southern California, skilled vvorkforce, and Murrieta
central location between Greater Loa
Angeles/Orange County and San Diego/Tijuana, Temecula
the |nSuCai region is ideally suited for the
growth of additional high technology companies.
This includes research and deveiopnnont, in
advanced manufacturing, biosciencea, cioan-tach, aerospace connponents, information technology,
international businassea, higher aduoation, health care, corporate headquarters, and other similar
industries. The area's entrepreneurial environment welcomes start-up technology companies.
The area is poised for the growth of technology and office park campuses along freeway corridors and
will increasingly be recognized as a site for investment bv national institutional capital funds, This is
the opportunity for growth, which reflects the clear vision of regional Leaders and poiic9mnakers for
the region to transform these from bedroom communities into a more sustainabie, diversified
business hub for Southern California.
Riverside Wins Prestigious Intelligent Community of the Year Award in 2012
The |nteiUgent Community Forum (|CF) recognized the City of Riverside as one
of the top seven most intelligent communities in the vvnrid for the past two
years in a row. The |CF names the Intelligent Community of the Year at its
annual Building the Broadband Economy summit in New York City, The
selection of the Intelligent Community of the Year culminates the 12-month
cycle of the Intelligent Community Awards.
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Foundations of a New Economy (oort'N
In 2009, Bourns, a manufacturer of electronic components, established the second incubator, /\maker
of customer relationship management aysterns. Suredo, included incubator space in its new Surado
Corporate Center. And 4xisio, a publicly traded technology innovation company, established an
Innovation Economy Initiative tn assist inthe commercialization of emerging technologies.
Businesses took these gambles because they saw the ready-made supply of entrepreneurial talent
represented by Riverside's 48,000 university and community college students. And the academic
sector proved to be a willing partner in connecting classroom and Laboratory innovation to
opportunities in the marketplace. UC Riverside has become a leading research center for
nanotechnoiogy and solar energy. Riverside's first incubator. the Riverside Innovation Conter, was
created by the city and UC Riverside. Within three years of start-up, it became the headquarters of
eight new high-tech companies. 5urado and Avisio both got their start there, as did OnnniPiatforrn.
developer uf online applications for emergency room management.
The Riverside Community College, with nearly 20,000 students, operates the Tritech Business
Development Center. Using funding from the US Small Business Administration and Local sponsors,
TriTarh provides free counseling, networking and workshops. Its counsellors are successful Local
entrepreneurs in high-tech fields. Together with the Tech Coast Angels investor group, it has trained
270 potential entrepreneurs and established 20 technology start-ups. It also partners with the city,
Riverside Technology CEO Forum and universities to host an annual venture creation competition, The
Big Idea, that awards cash prizes and in-kind services tn students and start-up companies invited to
pitch their product or idea toa group ofinvestors.
In 2009, the city partnered with UC Riverside and its Bourns College of
Engineehng, as well os sister city Sendai, Japan and Sondai'sTohoku
University, to launch the Southern California Research Initiative for
Solar Energy (SC-RISE). In collaboration with Federal agencies, SC-
RISE researches new solar technologies such as high-temperature
solar thermal energy storage. It is testing and implementing new
technologies like thin-film solar caUa with researchers at Tohoku
University and rare-earth yttrium batteries with Winston Global
Energy in Shenzhen, China.
Winston Global Energy is partnering with Riverside's 6okarh4ax
Technology to build a 2 K4VV solar generation and storage project at UC
Rivenside, and is working with the city and Riverside Public Utilities to
develop e2OK4VV solar generation strategy for the city.
Sn-arM_av has ^io_inpH forces with the cit` x t— o create e renewable enerav
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program that has won the right from the US government to offer up to 160 foreign nationals
permanent US residency in exchange for investment of$5OO.O00 in a Riverside business that creates
at Least 10 jobs. The program has generated $15 million already, focused on installation ofrooftop
solar systems, and expects to create 1,600 direct and indirect solar installation jobs in Riverside.
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Foundations of a New Economy (coot'd) �--~--m
SmnertRiverside, in keeping with its goal of attracting and fostering both new and existing technology
companies in the City of Riverside, has developed the Technology Tenant Improvement Program/Rent
Abatement program. Under this program, grants may be awarded to small technology companies with
sates of Less than $20 million per year. The program is designed to help offset tenant improvement
costs for small technology companies, allowing them to redirect capital.
Riverside Public Utilities Economic Development and Temporary Economic Development Utility Rate
Qualified techno\og»/Breen companies as defined by certain North American Industry Classification
(NA|CS) codes are eligible for the Riverside Public Utilities Economic Development (ED) Utility Rate.
The rate provides a significant discount off the first year and the second year electric coats. The
current term of this ED Rata contract is four years with a 4096 discount in year 1 of the contract and a
2O96in year 2of the contract.
Riverside has continued to invest in a five-year. $1.6 billion "Riverside Renaissance" program. That
investment has gone into improving traffic flows, replacing aging water, sewer and electric
infrastructure and expanding and improving poiicn, fire and other community services. It is a physical
manifestation of the immense social and economic changes that the community has put into motion. It
is also a dramatic vote of confidence in the future for a community that has seized its destiny and is
not Looking back.
The City of K4unieta is increasingly recognized as
creating an aggressively pro-business climate by
marketing the community to targeted technology
companies, working with companies to help them find
sites, assisting them with the permitting process,
assisting in Locating suitable mentors and in helping to
Locate financing for business growth.
In 2011, Murrieta and Temecula became part of one of
twelve state-designated innovation hubs in California, expanding the opportunities to create jobs by
encouraging innovative technology companies in the region. Referred to as iHubs, K4uniata,Ternecuia
and Riverside joined the San Diego iHub. The expansion of the iHub makes the region a stronger
candidate for federal funds, to be used for introducing innovations in the clean technology sector.
The City � of Muniata led a recent effort by UC Riverside and the San Diego Zoo joining together to
apply for e grant from the US Economic Development Administration for their 16 Green Chaiienge,
which dealt with advancements in the field of Bionninniory, according to Brook Taylor, a spokesperson
for the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
^|n addition tothe partnership between UC Riverside and the San Diego Zoo, cities such as Munio&a,
and Temecula have been actively engaged to develop this partnership and emphasize the innovative
companies along the Interstate 1-215 corridor," Taylor said.
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Foundations of a New Economy (conx'd) �-�--�
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The Munieta City Council has adopted a new General Plan which designated hundreds ofacres along
1-15 and 1-215 for the development of office/research parks. The City funded the cost of the
Environmental Impact Report for these privateiv-owned properties with the objective of encouraging
the development oftechnoimgv/sdancg parks along these corridors.
Recognizing the importance of opportunities afforded by globalization and its location on the Pacific
Rim, the City of K4urrimta has created an international focus for its economic development strategy.
This strategy is designed to encourage area companies to expand their businesses Locally by
increasing the export of their products and services to the expanding overseas markets and to
encourage the growth of foreign direct investments to promote the continued growth nfK4urriota's
regional economy.
The K4unieta City Council approved the
establishment of an International Business
Center (IBC) at City Hall that is intended to focus
the area's resources nn promoting international
connections to expand the regional economy.
Through the IBC, the City has hosted high-level
business and governmental delegations from
Indonesia, Vietnam, Kenya, Iraq, and Chine,
among other countries. One such visit by
Singapore resulted in a regional business
breakfast at h4urrieta's Bear Creek Golf Ciub, at
which representatives of Singapore's
government described business partnership
opportunities for area businesses that would
a{iovv them to grow their businesses in the
K4urheta area vvhiia setting their products
through Singapore.
The City worked with Swenson Advisors, LLP — a regional accounting firm with offices in San Diego,
Hong Kong and K4urriata — to host a ~Doing Business with China" event at the K4urrieta City Hatt
earlier this year. Murrieta recently held o "Doing Business with Malaysia" event in September 2012
with the Malaysian Consulate General.
l believe that one of the ways to keep growing the companies that we have here is to
encourage our firms (o find additional markets for their products. The purchasing power in
many countries has grown dramatically and this creates an outstanding opportunity for
Murrieta area companies to grow in this area by expanding their sales overseas."
Rick Dudley, Munieto City Manager
k4urheta is already home toa number of successful exporters, including Nimbus Water, Cryoquip, and
Challenger Water as well as other companies. Nimbus has hooted a delegation from the Iraqi Water
Ministry Looking to purchase their products which include green technologies such aasoiar-povvered
water treatment systems. Nimbus also hosted a Vietnamese delegation.
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Foundations of a New Economy (cont'd)
Murrieta Continues to Bring Additional Medical Innovations to Murrieta/Temecula Region including
Open Heart Surgery
LLUMC & Physicians Hospital of Murrieta Partnership
"My husband was given a hopeless diagnosis by two different doctors, so I took him to Loma Linda
[University Medical Cenier], and i\'s.a minache, he is alive 1oday!^
"Our young daughter was critically injured in a car accident and flown to LLUMC, She is alive and
well today, a mother and vife!'
"My baby was born way too early and should not have survived but she is six years and thriving!"
These are just some of many patient testimonials from residents of Temecula, k4unieta. K4enifao and
surrounding cnrnmnunities, expressing stories of life-saving care they have experienced at Loma Linda
University Medical Center. Loma Linda University Medical Center, which recently celebrated 105
years of service to the community, is a Seventh-day Adventist owned and operated teaching hospital
and, through the years, has made an impact on the K4urriota and Temecula region. The excitement in
the community for the arrival of Lonna Linda University Medical Center-K4urrieta was demonstrated on
February 6, 2011 when over 10,000 area residents attended the hospital's open house celebration.
Loma Linda University k4adicaiCenter-K4urrieta began as unique joint venture, one that started with
a group of dedicated physicians and active community members. Together they formed Physicians
Hospital of K4urhmta. raised $17.5 million dollars, bought iand, hired an architect, achieved approval
from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Deveiopmnant, and broke ground. These
partners in the project recognized the serious need in the community for more healthcare services
and put their personal resources and time into the project. During this same time, Lorna Linda
University Medical Center was exploring the region for growth opportunities and the two parties began
a nine-month process of negotiations. The partnership was formed and the nenno, Loma Linda
University Medical Center-h4urrieta, was selected; the project moved forward at rapid pace.
As the hospital was nearing completion, national
healthcare legislation passed in March of 2010
which made it impossible for founding physician
partners to maintain their ownership and practice
medicine in the hospital they helped to found.
Loma Linda University Health System became the
sole owner of the hospital in early 2011, but our
founding physicians continue to serve the hospital
in e variety ofleadership roles.
%City and State Support for the Hospital
The Qty of k4unieta Leadership played a vital role
in the success of the project aatheyraUiadarnund
the pro' ect, making it a top priority. City
Cuundbnemnbgrs, K4aynre. Directors aUsuppurted the hospital through its journey and helped in the
appeal to the federal government regarding our physician owners.
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The City of Temecula and the City of Munieta also
host m cluster of prominent medical
distribudon/suppk/ and biotech/biomned companies.
These businesses have been attracted to Temecula
and h4unieta for a number nf reasons including:
• A highly skilled tabor force;
• Top notch K,12 school system (which ranks 10th out of
all school districts in Riverside. Orange. and San Diego
counties);
• Close proximity to San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange
Counties;
• Quality housing inaii price ranges; and
• An exceptional quality oflife
The City of Temecula and the City of h4urhata are also committed to providing excellent, expedidous,
and clear guidance to companies Located or planning to locate here throughout the development
process, whether constructing a new facility orLeasing.
The City of Ternecuia, Led by the City Council Snna\i Business Incubator Ad Hoc Sub-CornnnihLee, is
committed to growing the region's iocaitaiont and assisting local companies tu thrive and prosper. On
July 24, 2012. the City Council approved plans for small business incubator and resource center.
Business incubators accelerate the successful development nf entrepreneurial companies through an
array of business support resources and services (business assistance and facility based services).
Temecula Valley Entrepreneur's Exchange (TVE2[ is intended to be a regional business resource
center that assists not only the clients being incubated but also provides services and resources for
many companies in the |nSuCairegion.
TVE2 is proposed as a city-run business incubator and resource center dedicated to growing Local
start-up and early seed companies to stimulate job growth and enhance our Local economy. TVE2wiU
connect people and ideas with knovviad0e, expertise and capital to promote technology growth in the
Temecula Valley. The goat istn assist start-up and early seed companies (2-5 years old) that have a
business plan in place and are ready to expand their company.
The |nSnCai region is emerging as e center for job growth due to the proximity to neighboring San
Diego and Orange Counties. This growth occurred due to the availability of affordable hnusing, the
highly acclaimed school systems, affordable industhat/nffice buildings and [and, freeway accessibility,
educated workforce and the area's high quality of Life which has made the area attractive to
technology companies and advanced manufacturing.
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|n fact, the San Diego region has expanded to the point where it has now merged with the |nSoCaL
region to create new h4a0a-region.
This expansion is due to the
strong attributes that the
|nSoCainagion offers to
growing companies,
including inexpensive real
estata, a low cost and
available workforce,
extensive manufacturing
services and ideal
transportation corridor
Linkages throughout the
United States and
international linkages
through international ports
and airports.
These linkages between the
|nSoCa\ region and San Diego
create additional opportunities
for entrepreneurship leading t
business and job creation asa
number ofresearch
universities and technology
San Diego region.
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Metrolink is the regional /commuter
rail system that links the six Southern
California counties of Los Angeles,
Ventura, Riverside, San Diego, Orange,
and San Diego. The InSoCal region's
closest existing Metrolink stations are
Located in Oceanside, Corona and
Riverside. Plans are underway to
extend Metrolink service to south
Perris which will improve direct access
to the regional rail service from
Murrieta /Temecula. The InSoCal region
commuters are also served by the
North County Transit District light rail
and Coaster commuter rail services in
neighboring San Diego County.
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The InSoCal region is focused on promoting international trade. The region
actively participates in the World Trade Center San Diego and is located within
the City of San Diego Foreign Trade Zone, which provides various incentives to
manufactures and other types of businesses involved in trade.
0 Foreign Direct Investment
The InSoCal region is experiencing an increase in Foreign
Direct Investment primarily from Asia through both the
EB -5 international visa program and other direct
investments in new development projects. The cities in
the region are prepared to facilitate this process to
encourage more such investment to support business
growth.
A new shopping center financed with foreign
investments through the EB -5 visa program was
recently completed near the Murrieta City Hall.
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8NSOCAL INNOVATION COMPANIES M
The maps and company descriptions showcase a selection of the innovative companies and serve as
an illustration of the currant innovative technology companies already doing business along the
|nSoCai Innovation Corridor.
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KN8OCAL INNOVATION COMPANIES M
CaddmckEiectronics
Caddook Electronics, Inc. manufactures precision resistors and resistor networks. Coddochuses unique
resistance film technologies and process technologies to create solutions for performance demanding
applications. The product Line consists of over 25U models, including high voltage resistors, current sense
resistors, chip resistors, high frequency resistors, RF nesistons, load resistors, pulse resistors, and non-
inductive power resistors. Custom resistors and resistor network solutions are also available.
Carbon Solutions, Inc (CS|)
CSI has become one of the Leading nanotechnoioQycompanies due to its reputation for producing high
quality chemically processed carbon nanotube materials for commercial sale. CSI is the acknowledged
Leader in the development of purity evaluation techniques and was the first fn develop quality control and
quality assurance criteria for industrial sates of carbon nonotubes. The company currently has strong
business relationships with Leading companies interested in the development ofcarbon nanotube-based
sensors, flexible electronics, transparent conductors, infrared and visible photodetectons.
|SCATechnoiogies
The mission of |SCATechnoiugies is to provide integrated pest management solutions that are economical,
effective, environmentally friendiv, and inopurtentiv, do not have the harmful aide effects of many
conventional pest management techniques that rely solely on insecticides. Its products include more than
3OU species specific insect lures and traps, and a range of innovative pest management toots such as the
Monitor Pest Management Information System and automated insect identification devices.
[TVlzion
|TVizion is o trusted, reliable and agile provider of Information Technology (|T) consulting services. The
company's customers range from start-up businesses Looking to implement best-practices, to Large
enterprises needing assistance with their mission-criticat environments.
Jacquard Computing
Jacquard provides technical services in the development of novel accelerated applications and porting of
ROCCC 2.0 to FPGA platforms. ROCCC 2.Os powerful toot set is the toot to use for C to VHDL solutions, The
team atJC| has more than 15 years combined experience in compilation of high Level Languages to FPG4-
based hardware accelerators. The company's goat is to provide the tools and services needed for their
customers to fully take advantage of the untapped parallel nature of reprogrammabLe hardware.
LuminexSofbwore
Based on their industry Leading MODERN Mainframe Virtual Tape Technology, LUM|NEX has been providing
the answers for mainframe enterprises for years. LUh4|NEX's Channel Gateway products and technology
provide rooi solutions for real business needs with the reliability, high performance and total cost of
ownership benefits that you demand. The Channel Gateway product Line is designed to provide unique
capabilities to non-disruptiveiv address each of the four nna]nr customer storage needs. Luminex was
named to the OeLuitte Fast50 List as being one of the fastest growing technology companies in Southern
California. Lunninau was one of the select few named to both the Inc. Magazine Inc. 500 and Deioitto
Feat5O0as one uf the 5UU fastest growing companies in the United States.
OmniPLatform
OmniPbytform provides enterprise technology and cloud delivered services to a growing client base in the
United States and internationally. Their Latest product Lines service process needs of Start-ups, 8NE'yand
Fortune 500 corporations. OmniPLmtfonn creates strategic partnerships with cUpnba that recognize the
need to adapt to evolving business demands but are not necessarily in business to develop scalable
technology platforms. OnnniPiatforrn effectively becomes the IT back-end for customer focused
organizations to provide scalable technology and support solutions.
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Abbott Vascular
Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott, is a global leader in cardiac and vascular care with market - leading
products and an industry - leading pipeline. Abbott is Temecula's largest employer.
Advanced Composites Engineering (ACE)
ACE provides design, research, development, pattern making, prototyping, tooling and part production with full
in house manufacturing facility. Serves land, sea, air and space applications utilizing advanced plastics and
reinforced plastics, carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass and other advanced materials.
Biomarker Profiles Corporation
Biomarker Profiles is located in the Murrieta Innovation Center (city incubator). This company specializes in
mass - spectrometry based biomarker discovery. They use their expertise to find biomarkers in diseases with
unmet needs. Their database includes 4,300 biomarker - disease associations.
Copan Diagnostics
Copan recently expanded their manufacturing operations from Connecticut to Murrieta. The company is an
innovator in pre- analytics and supplier of bacteriology swabs, viral transport media VTM, and molecular
systems, including patented Flocked Swabs, ESwab and UTM Vital Transport which advance the quality of
microbiology assays through improved fluid dynamics.
Cryoquip
Cryoquip is a global company based in Murrieta which is one of the world's leading designers, engineers, and
fabricators of cryogenic vaporizers and industrial gas equipment. The company's capabilities span the entire
spectrum of cryogenic equipment from cold boxes used to manufacture liquefied gases themselves to
equipment that stores and uses the gases in a multitude of applications.
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"Observations of earthquakes go back to only about 100 years, resulting in a relatively short record,"
said James Dieterich, a Distinguished Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences
and the five -year grant's Principal Investigator. "If we get the physics right, our simulations of plate
boundary fault systems — at 1- kilometer resolution for California — will span more than 10,000
years of plate motion and consist of up to a million discrete earthquake events, giving us abundant
data to analyze."
Dieterich, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, explained that his simulations will provide
the means to integrate a wide range of observations from seismology and earthquake geology into a
common framework. In particular, the fault system models will integrate advanced ground motion
simulations to better characterize the magnitude and variability of ground shaking in damaging
earthquakes.
"A computer model of the kind we are developing is an excellent experimental tool for understanding
how fault systems organize themselves, how earthquake stresses build up in the Earth," he said. "The
simulations will help us better understand the interactions that give rise to observable effects. They
are computationally fast and efficient, and one of the project goals is to improve our short- and Long-
term earthquake forecasting capabilities. More accurate forecasting has practical advantages —
earthquake insurance, for example, relies heavily on forecasts. More important, better forecasting
can save more lives."
Dieterich and colleagues also wilt study in detail
the long -term processes that condition fault
systems to fail in great earthquakes (larger than
8 on the Richter scale. An increasing fraction of
the world's population lives in regions where
great earthquakes occur —or could occur —and
is exposed to high seismic risk as a result. Great
earthquakes, such as the 1906 earthquake in
San Francisco and the one off the coast of Japan
earlier this year, occur every 300 -500 years.
Dieterich is an internationally renowned
authority in rock mechanics, seismology and
volcanology. His research has Led to a new understanding of the Earth's crust. He is the recipient on
numerous awards including the Bucher Medal from the American Geophysical Union; and the
Distinguished Service Award from the US Department of Interior. He is a fellow of the American
Geophysical Union.
He will be joined in the research project by researchers at UCR, Brown University, Columbia
University, the University of Southern California, San Diego State University, UC San Diego and the US
Geological Survey. The UCR researchers are David Oglesby, an associate professor of geophysics;
Elizabeth Cochran, an assistant adjunct professor; Keith Richards- Dinger, an assistant researcher;
and graduate students.
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$1.2 Million grant received by education professor will allow doctoral students to conduct research in
Riverside and San Bernardino schools
Source: Sean Nealon on January 3, 2012 in UCR Today
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A $1.2 million
grant will allow a University of California, Riverside
professor in the Graduate School of Education to
fund doctoral students to conduct research and
prepare teachers for students with disabilities at
Riverside and San Bernardino schools.
Rollanda O'Connor, whose research focuses on
reading development for children with disabilities,
starts work this month on a five -year grant
awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Special Education Programs.
The incoming doctoral students, who will start in Sept. 2012, will develop expertise through courses,
training in university -level teaching, and research in low- income public schools.
They will be able to pursue research on K -12 students with a range of disabilities or risk for
developing disabilities, including learning disability, intellectual disability, autism and status as an
English language learner.
Their training will be multidisciplinary and draw on expertise of special education, educational
psychology, methodology, and medical faculty across the University of California system, particularly
those from the UC Special Education Collaborative that includes UC San Diego, Los Angeles and Santa
Barbara.
They will also work with other Graduate School of Education faculty whose research focuses on
special education, including Lee Swanson, Jan Blacher and Michael Orosco.
The grant almost doubles the typical funding a graduate student researcher receives. It also pays for
books, travel to conferences and memberships in professional societies.
O'Connor has had several similar grants in past years. The most recent one, which included $800,000
in funding, expired at the end of August. It has assisted seven students, six of whom have already
earned their Ph.D. and are faculty in special education at universities.
"These grants enable the transition from doctoral student to a professional faculty role,.' O'Connor
said. "They provide an additional level of support, mentoring, and hands -on research and teaching
opportunities.
"Our goal is for all of our Ph.D. students in special education to work collaboratively with school
district personnel on mutually beneficial research — research that ultimately benefits the students in
the Inland Empire public schools.
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NIH grant to UC Riverside's Frances Sladek aims to bring
personalized medicine a step closer for patients
Source: Igbal Pittalwala on May 14, 2012 in UCR Today
Frances Sladek is a professor and toxicologist in the Department of Cell
Biology and Neuroscience at UC Riverside. Photo credit: UCR Strategic
Communications.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Aside from identical twins, no two
individuals are completely identical genetically. Most differences
between individuals are due to single nucleotide changes or
polymorphisms (SNPs) — DNA sequence variations -® in the
genome.
SNPs, the most common type of genetic variation among
people, are being increasingly recognized as playing a major
role in phenotype variations, such as eye and hair color, basal body weight, muscle tone,
responsiveness to alcohol consumption, as well as susceptibility to diseases such as cancer, diabetes,
heart disease and mental disorders.
The more scientists know what SNPs' functions are, the easier it would be to understand the
tremendous variability in individuals' responses to drug treatments such as why some drugs are life-
saving for some people but cause serious side effects in others.
Frances Sladek, a professor of cell biology and toxicologist at the University of California, Riverside,
has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to support a four -year research project that will allow
her to examine the effect SNPs have on a special class of proteins called nuclear receptors that bind
DNA and regulate the expression of many important genes in response to hormones, vitamins and
drugs.
"Many SNPs introduce structural or functional changes in the proteins encoded by genes," explained
Sladek, the grant's principal investigator. "Other SNPs, the vast majority, are outside of the protein -
coding portion of the gene; they are often found in the regulatory regions of genes — regions that
determine the level of gene expression. We will characterize both types of SNPs to help predict
disease susceptibility and response to drug treatments. Such a characterization will help lay the
foundation for personalized medicine, ultimately leading to more effective and hence less costly
health care costs."
Sladek's lab will use a powerful new technology, called protein binding microarrays, to identify SNPs
in DNA sequences to which nuclear receptors bind. By integrating a range of biochemical, molecular,
genomic and bioinformatics approach, the researchers will examine nuclear - receptor -DNA binding
and how SNPs influence it.
The team will make publicly available all their results on a UC Riverside website dedicated to the
project, as well as on other public databases. The researchers are also developing web -based tools
for target gene prediction, an evolving science of efficiently identifying the regions of genomic DNA
that regulate the expression of genes.
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"It's incredibly energizing to be able to recognize these innovative solutions for social good," said
June Sugiyama, Director of Vodafone Americas FoundationTM. "This is our fourth year of this
competition and we continue to identify unique and impactful solutions."
Keogh's research aims to address a largely unrecognized barrier farmers face: insect infestation.
This is a particularly big issue in developing countries due to high costs, and limited access to,
pesticides.
Keogh and a team at UC Riverside, in collaboration with ISCA Technologies, a Riverside, Calif. -based
company, has created a technology that senses the location, type, and number of harmful insects in
the field, alerting the farmer about the type of intervention needed with a once -a -day text message.
Inspired by the lasers used in spy movies to listen in on conversations, this wireless technology
drastically reduces the costs typically spent by farmers on untargeted, blanket pesticide spraying.
Ultimately, this will increase profits for farmers as well as alleviate hunger worldwide.
Keogh's research centers on data mining, which is discovering patterns and /or irregularities in large
data sets, or, as Keogh puts it, "statistics on steroids." While much of data mining today focuses on
social media and finance, Keogh isn't interested in those areas.
Instead, he has collaborated with everyone from anthropologists and cardiologists to astronomers and
entomologists and worked with data as diverse as 15th- century historical manuscripts, primate
skulls, graffiti and medical records.
This makes some sense when Keogh's background is considered. He grew up in Dublin, Ireland,
where his father worked for Guinness, the beer company. At 15, he dropped out of high school and
worked painting cars. Four years later, he won a visa lottery and came to the United States. While
working full -time doing everything from building and designing mountain bikes, restoring vintage
cars, and restoring carousel horses, he worked his way through college before being hired at UC
Riverside in 2001.
UC Riverside's Bahram Mobasher has received a
$200,000 NASA grant to compile data from the Hubble
Space Telescope
Source: Igbal Pittalwala on March 29, 2012 in UCR Today
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Bahram Mobasher, a professor of
physics and astronomy at the University of California,
Riverside, has received a two -year $200,000 grant from
NASA to compile into a data bank all the imaging
observations of galaxy surveys that the Hubble Space
Telescope has performed since 2002, when a powerful
imaging instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys,
was installed on the telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope
Photo credit: NASA
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Two grants will allow further development of steam hydro - gasification process that turns waste from
food, yards and other sources into transportation fuels or natural gas
Source: Sean Nealon on September 14, 2011 in UCR Today
The grants will allow researchers to
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu)— Researchers at the University
of California, Riverside's Center for Environmental Research and
Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have
received two grants to further explore a process they developed
that turns waste into inexpensive, green fuels.
"These grants allow for the continued happy marriage of clean
technologies," said Chan Park, an associate research engineer at
CERT. "This research has the potential to produce a number of
clean fuels that are carbon neutral and turn landfill waste into
renewable energy."
A $650,000 grant from the California Energy Commission extends
its commitment to $2 million to CERT for its patented steam
hydrogasification reaction, which can turn any carbonaceous
material — including waste from food, yards, sewage treatment
facilities —into transportation fuels or natural gas.
It will allow for the completion of a process demonstration unit at
CERT that will provide data needed before a proposed pilot plant
is built at the city of Riverside's waste water treatment facility.
Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge, who wrote a letter in support of the grant application, said he was
delighted to hear CERT had received the grant.
"The city supported the initial research on the gasification of biosolids from our water treatment
facility, and we certainly look forward to partnering as this technology is developed," Loveridge said.
"This process has the potential to be used throughout California and globally to provide a cost
effective sustainable component to our natural gas supply."
The second grant, for $100,000 from the UC Discovery Program, which pairs industry and university
research to boost the California economy, will connect CERT researchers with Irvine -based SNGERGY
Corporation, which has developed a process to turn food waste into a concentrated biomass. The
biomass will be evaluated as a feedstock for CERT's steam hydrogasification reactors.
Initial testing has found the concentrated biomass is 10 percent more efficient than other biomass
feedstocks evaluated, said Sean Lee, the CEO SNGERGY.
"We saw that and said, 'Wow, this is a great discovery, "' Lee said.
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Using lab experiments and computer simulations, the final step will be to calculate the economic
return of the production of different energy types — including synthetic diesel, natural gas, or
electricity —that can be produced by the process.
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Research performed in Guy Bertrand's lab offers vast family of new catalysts for use in drug
discovery, biotechnology
Source: Igbal Pittalwala on July 28, 2011 in UCR Today
Guy Bertrand is a distinguished professor of chemistry at UC Riverside.
Photo credit: L. Duka.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Chemists at the University of California,
Riverside have accomplished in the lab what until now was
considered impossible: transform a family of compounds
which are acids into bases. As our chemistry lab sessions
have taught us, acids are substances that taste sour and
react with metals and bases (bases are the chemical
opposite of acids). For example, compounds of the element
boron are acidic while nitrogen and phosphorus compounds
are basic.
The research, reported in the July 29, 2011 issue of Science,
makes possible a vast array of chemical reactions — such as
those used in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industries, manufacturing new materials, and research
academic institutions.
Bertrand's lab at UC Riverside specializes on catalysts. A catalyst is a substance — usually a metal to
which ions or compounds are bound — that facilitates or allows a chemical reaction, but is neither
consumed nor altered by the reaction itself. Crucial to the reaction's success, a catalyst is like the car
engine enabling an uphill drive. While only about 30 metals are used to form catalysts, the binding
ions or molecules, called ligands, can number in the millions, allowing for numerous catalysts.
Currently, the majority of these ligands are nitrogen- or phosphorus- based.
"The trouble with using phosphorus -based catalysts is that phosphorus is toxic and it can contaminate
the end products," Bertrand said. "Our work shows that it is now possible to replace phosphorus
ligands in catalysts with boron ligands. And boron is not toxic. Catalysis research has advanced in
small, incremental steps since the first catalytic reaction took place in 1902 in France. Our work is a
quantum leap in catalysis research because a vast family of new catalysts can now be added to the
mix. What kind of reactions these new boron -based catalysts are capable of facilitating is as yet
unknown. What is known, though, is that they are potentially numerous."
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Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CR|S) is the research and development of
autononnous/serniautunonnoua systems with sensing capabilities that are able to communicate and interact
with other intelligent (biological and artificial) systems. These intelligent systems will be able to perform
tasks that require understanding of the environment through hnovviedBe, iearning, reasoning and planning.
Advancements in each of the many enabling technologies required represents a major challenge and will
have great impact ina wide range nf applications, such as autonomous navigation, manufacturing, robotics,
photo interpretatinn, space exploration, document understanding, remote sensing, human-computer
interaction, environmental monitoring, image communication, digital Libraries, data mining, management,
economics and health care.
Center for Social and Economic Policy (CSEP) is an academic research unit housed under UC Riverside's
Center for Social and BehavioraiSdences Research. Its mission is to promote research bvUC Riverside
faculty and graduate students on all aspects of social and economic policy.
Center for Ubiquitous Communication by Light (UC-Light) will enable wireless communications by
embedding signals into the light emitted by next-generation LEDs in systems for illumination, traffic
control, advertising, and other purposes.
Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development provides research and analysis with an
emphasis on policy ona wide-range of issues faced by developing suburban areas. This mnubi-discipiinary
center touches on all aspects ofthe human experience to help ensure that the nation's growing suburbs
are sustainable and make sensible use of resources while meeting the needs of its population.
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (|GPP) promotes basic research at UCR into the structure,
nrigin, and evolution of the universe. In pursuit of this mission, |GPP research extends from the earth's
core to the far reaches of space. Interdisciplinary research by faculty and students of the colleges of
Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Hunnanities. Arts. and Social Sciences focuses on astrophysics.
space physics, solid earth geophysics, geochemistry, archeometry, and tectonophysics.
Institute for Integrative Genome Biology brings together faculty from a wide variety ofcampus units to
participate in this era of rapid ganunnics-based discovery. Research efforts are focused on areas of biology,
vector biology, mammalian bioiogy, plant biology, bioengineering and public policy issues and are directed
toward pioneering solutions towards hunger, disease and environmentaiaustoinabiUty.
Center for Plant CeU Biology answers significant outstanding questions in plant biology by integrating
genomic, bioinformatic, cellular, molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches. Their goal is to apply the
knowledge of how plants respond to their dynamic environment toward manipulation of crop plants safely
and efficiently for better and more sustainable production.
Center for Disease Vector Research is a world Leader in adopting comprehensive approaches to the
problem of vector-transmitted pathogens at both basic and applied research Levels. Researchers at the
Center study vector-pathogen systems at the moiecuior, genetic and ecological Levels and foster
communication and idea cross- pollination between participating units, initiating collaborative research.
Institute for Integrative Genonne Biology (UGB) was established in 2000 to pioneer solutions for hunger,
disease and environnnentaiaustainebiUty — some of the greatest challenges confronting the 21st century. It
pursues these aims by embracing advances in genomics technologies and the currant trend for
increasingly nnudi-discipiinaryresearch in projects exploring the development for more nutritious foods,
disease- and fiood-resistant crops, alternative fuel sources and new medical and pharmaceutical
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Transportation Systems Research (TSR) Facilities has the capability to perform research in a variety of
areas, focusing on the system-iavei issues of mudi-modaitronsportation. 4 primary goal is to predict the
air quality and energy impacts of o variety of transportation activities. Avariety of field studies, measuring
traffic parameters and individual vehicle activity (including emissions) while operating in traffic are also
conducted. The TSR also has an extensive teienoatics research program, focused on send ing/recaiving
information from vehicles in real-time.
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Center for Nanoscaie Science O, Engineering (CN5E) is a state-of-the-art Nanofubhcation Research facility
available 24/7toqualified users. The facility is approximately 2,UO0 square feet and includes significant
safety and operational monitoring capabilities. The Cieanroonn is certified at Class 100 in the
Photolithography bay, Class 1000 in the Thin FiLnn/Etch bay and the environment is being controlled and
monitored.
Center for Plant CeU Biology Core Facilities (CEPCEB) is o state-of-the-art, 10,000 square-foot shared-use
hadiby providing instrumentation suites in microscopy and imaging, bioinfurmados, proteunnics, and DNA
sequencing and molecular biology.
Central Facility for Advanced Microscopy and MicroenaLysis (CF4K4k4) is a universal research, service, and
consulting Laboratory for microscopic characterization of organic and inorganic nnateriais, biological tissue
and minerals applying electron beam techniques. CF4K4W incorporates two transmiosion, two scanning
electron microscopes, and a confocai Laser microscope system. Three basic kinds of information in the
micron down to atomic scale range are provided by the electron microscopes; imoges, crystal structure,
and chemical analysis.
Digital Geologic Map Center. e G|S menter, is part of the U.S. Geological Survey and California Division of
Mines and Geology's Southern California Aerial Mapping Project (SCAMP). The center is responsible for
developing and producing 2-D, 3D, and 4-D digital geologic, geochemicaL, and isotopic databases.
Eh4SOC Facility is a partnership with the University of Washington and the University of Utah. Housed at
UCR, the participating universities, with funding by NSF, have built national nnagnetoteiiurio instrument
pool for electromagnetic studies of the continent (EMSOC). The facility houses commercial broadband MT
systems and 14 Long period instruments.
Gennmics Conn Instrumentation Facility is a pad of the UCR Institute for Integrative Genome Biology; the
facility supports campus research with tools for handling genomic and cDNA Libraries, DNA sequencing,
genotyping. and gene expression studies.
Geochemicai Kinetics Laboratory is used to conduct studies of the rates and mechanisms ofgeochernioai
reactions. Facilities include reaction vessels, constant temperature heating/cooling circulation baths. UV-
visible speutrophoto meter's with finvv-through caiis, pH meters and supporting analytical instrumentation.
The Laboratory also houses a heating/freezing fluid inclusion stage with optical microscope and closed-
circuit color camera system. Polishing Labs for thin and thick section preparation are also housed in the
Laboratory.
G|S and Remote Sensing Laboratory is used to support departmental research in geological sciences,
spatial analysis, fine ecology, and vegetation dynamics using Geographical Information Systems. This area
also serves as a major node of the interdepartmental 0S resource at UCR, as well aathe Location of
number of G|S course work and information servers.
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UC Riverside Schools and Colleges (cont'd)
Graduate School of Education (GSOE) facilitates extraordinary leaders by shaping ideas about education
by taking a thoughtful, results- oriented approach. Engaging the rigor of research and practice to work,
GSOE looks to shape the future of education in positive, forward - thinking ways.
Research and Economic Development (RED) promotes excellence across the University. Research is
fundamental to the University. Education, at all levels, is delivered by faculty directly involved in the
discovery of new knowledge. UC Riverside is increasingly involved in the commercialization of research
through the transfer of new technologies to industry further contributing to the economic development of
the region.
School of Business Administration (SoBA) focuses on two crosscutting themes: Innovation,
Entrepreneurship & Economic Growth; and Leadership, Strategic Thinking & Personal Growth. SoBA was
the first professional school of its kind in the region and is the only one at a research -based institution.
Through cutting -edge research on the business challenges of the 21st century, SoBA is a center of
excellence for Inland Southern California.
School of Public Policy (SPP) brings together faculty and students from a variety of disciplines to train
students in rigorous policy analysis skills, allowing them to pursue careers in government and the not -for-
profit sector; facilitate research by multidisciplinary teams at UCR on policy problems affecting the region,
state, nation and the world; and initiate and maintain a policy dialog with regional, state and national policy
makers.
School of Medicine (Soli) is California's first new public medical school in four decades. The SoM was
conceived to address a shortfall of health care professionals in Inland Southern California. With an
emphasis on expanding and diversifying the region's physician workforce, the SoM will develop research
and health care delivery programs to improve the health of medically underserved populations.
University Extension (UNEX) is the continuing education and professional studies branch of the UC
Riverside and operates independently as a nonprofit division. For more than 50 years, UNEX has served the
Inland Empire community and international students by providing educational opportunities to people of all
ages — with or without a college degree — seeking professional advancement, personal fulfillment or a
new career.
UC Riverside Annually Generates $1.4 Billion National Economic Impact and Supports 16,335
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Source: Kris Lovekin on October 3, 2011 in UCR Today
A view from the top of the carillon tower. Photo by Carlos Puma
RIVERSIDE, Calif. —The University of California, Riverside annually
generates $1.4 billion in economic activity in the nation, according to a
new economic impact report. The study, created by the firm CBRE
Consulting, was based on Fiscal Year 2009 -10 figures.
The total impact of $1.4 billion is created by direct spending by the
university as well as direct, indirect, and induced impacts of spending
by the campus' students, visitors, and retirees.
Overall, the direct and induced impacts of UCR spending support
16,335 jobs annually - most of them located within Inland Southern
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UC Riverside's highly skilled graduates are among the university's most significant contributions to the state
and regional economies. In FY 2009 -10, UC Riverside conferred 3,822 degrees, including 3,189 bachelors, 438
masters and 195 doctorates. By 2011, UCR had about 86,000 alumni living in California, the Nation, and the
World.
The report indicates that the UCR School of Medicine
generated more than $28 million in economic impacts
for the fiscal year studied. [Those figures include an
ongoing 2 -year medical education program produced
in partnership with UCLA, which enrolls 56 students.]
By 2021, the study authors estimate the school could
generate more than $150 million in spending, with
more than 2,200 jobs supported by that activity.
Additional economic activity would also be induced by
future research grants gained by School of Medicine
faculty.
"The UC Riverside School of Medicine will strengthen the university's economic role as well as
achieve its unique mission to expand and diversify the region's physician workforce and to
develop research and health care delivery programs," wrote the CBRE study authors.
School of Medicine Granted Preliminary Accreditation
On October 3, 2012, UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White announced that the UCR received a notification
from the Liaison Committee for Medical Education that the School of Medicine has been granted preliminary
accreditation. The school can now begin recruiting students for the charter class of 50 medical students,
enrolling in August 2013.
"When faced with challenge after challenge, the Inland Southern California community stepped forward with
advocacy, moral support and financial backing," said Chancellor White. "Sheer determination and a refusal to
take a knee have transformed the vision of this medical school into a reality."
The medical school was previously rejected for accreditation a year ago due to lack of ongoing state funding.
"That need has been our greatest incentive as we have tackled issue after issue on the road to preliminary
accreditation," commented White. "And our greatest encouragement has been the tremendous support we
have received from the individual residents, elected officials, and civic leaders of Riverside and San
Bernardino counties, as well as the regions healthcare professionals and UCR's own cadre of volunteers and
supporters, along with faculty and staff."
For the year studied, UCR attracted $115 million in research funds. Of that total, $78.5 million came from the
Federal government.
"Research funds provide considerable economic value to the region, with the funds turning over multiple
times through employment of personnel and purchase of goods," said the study authors. "A primary added
value is in the knowledge transfer within the region and nation."
In FY 2009 -10, UC Riverside researchers reported 54 inventions, with 288 cumulative inventions based on the
original breakthroughs. A total of 29 first and 36 secondary U.S. patent applications were filed and 4 patents
were issued.
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The College of Science and Mathematics at California State University San Marcos is a resource for
innovation and workforce development in the region, serving south Orange County, the |nSoCai region, and
Worth San Diego County. C6USK4 builds upon the successes and accomplishments of the prior College of Arts
and 6cienoas, which was established in 1991 as a "scholarly community committed to providing
comprehensive, high-quaLity education for students in a rapidly-changing world."
Restructuring of the CSUSM colleges in Late 2010 Led to the official establishment of the new College and the
hiring of its founding Dean, Katherine Nantordjieff, in July, 2011. CSUSk4 includes over 1OO tenure-track and
Lecturer faculty in 5 departments, and offers 7 Bachelor of Science degree programs, several with multiple
tracks, as well as 4 Master of Science degree programs. The College also contributes broadly to the general
education of CSUSK4's student body. CSUSM faculty bring in approximately $2.2 million annually in external
research support. Over the next 5years, CSUSh4 expects to increase the size of its faculty by approximately
10percent, undergraduate enrollment by 20 percent, and graduate enrollment by 15 percent.
Centers and Institutes at CSUSM facilitate the conduct and dissemination of research, perform public service,
or provide special training. Their purpose is' genenaiiv, to bring into focus the communication, Learning,
research, ur other efforts of faculty, students, and staff interested inon area of study or service not normally
offered by a single academic department or program. 4 center or institute can enhance service and
professional development opportunities for students, facuby, and staff; build Links with governnoent, industry
and community organizations; foster interdisciplinary work; aid in obtaining external support; and
California complement the instructional program.
|ndhmw Culture and Sovereignty Cemter(C|CSC)
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Dr. JoolyPmud@'Director
Tel: 760-750-4619 email: jproudfi@csusm.edu
Center for Leadership Innovation and MenlorsN{p Building (CLIMB)
VVeboito:hUp://dimb.oauam.edu/
Dr. RunmndiniPi|lai.Director
Tel: 760/750.4324 email: rpillai@csusm.edu
Center ARTES(Arts, Research, Teachers, Education, Schools)
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Dr. K4erry| Goldberg, Director
Tel: 760/750.4322 emai|:Ao|dbong@ouuam.odu
National Latino Research Center /NLRC\
VVebmKe: www.onuom.odmh|nc/
Arce|aNu0ez. Research Director
Gloria Santos, Coordinator
Tel: 760/750.3500 1 Fax: 760/750.3510 email: nirc@csusm.edu
Office for Training, Research & Education in the Sciences
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Dr, Keith Trujillo, Director
Dr. Victor Rocha. Associate Director
Rita Cooper, Coordinator
Tel: 760/750.4084 email: keith@csusm.edu alt.: rcooper@csusm.edu
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aLif rnia State University an Marcos
The College of Business Administration (CoBA) at California State University San Marcos wants to be the
hub in the region that brings together all community stakeholders — business, not - for - profits, government
— to ensure the InSoCal region's success.
Our vision is to make a significant difference in the region's intellectual, social, and economic
development. Our mission is to provide rigorous and relevant educational programs that reflect a balance
of theoretical and applied learning. We achieve this through collaborative relationships of faculty, staff,
students and the community.
CoBA has 31 full time tenure track professors, 2,056 undergraduates, and 40 MBA students. The College
has three departments, one undergraduate program with 7 options, and 1 master's program (MBA).
• Departments:
• Accounting & Finance
• Information Systems & Operations Management
• Management & Marketing
• Degree programs:
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
• Accounting
• Finance
• Global Business Management
• Marketing Track
• Entrepreneurship Track
• Global Supply Chain Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management
• Management & Organizations Track
• Entrepreneurship Track
• Marketing
• Master of Business Administration
• Centers:
o Center for Leadership and Mentorship Building
CSUSM faculty are dedicated professionals with a passion for teaching who strive to give every student a
quality education through our rigorous and relevant programs.
Small class sizes allow students to get personal attention and to develop professional relationships with
faculty and fellow students.
Senior Experience, required of all students, is perhaps the most unique aspect of CSUSM undergraduate
program as it pets students into the community working with local organizations on important projects. It
is an excellent example of how our programs teach students how to apply theory to real world business
problems.
The Senior Experience Program matches teams of students with projects submitted by Local businesses
and organizations. - by r r as consultants on .• • us, reaL-worLd projects that require.
teamwork and application of •• m knowledge
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Other Education Institutions Serving the inSoCaLRegion:
Concordia University Temecula Regional Center
2O7O0 Single Oak Dr.. Suite 12O
Temecula, CA 92590
951.214.3381
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' 45OORivon*a|kParkway
Riverside, CA 92505
951,785.2000
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Mt. San Jacinto College Temecula Education Complex
27447 and 27403 Enterprise Circle West
Temecula, CA 92591
951,3081059
' http://www.moo.odu%20
National University-Temecula Online Information Center
407O5 Winchester Road, Suite A,105
Temecula, CAS2591
851.280]220or1.8OO.NAT.UN|V ext. 122O
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San Joaquin ya[[eV College
27270 Madison Ave, 3rd Floor, Suite 3O5
Temecula, CAS250U
951.298,6015
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University Of Phoenix- MU[rieta Campus
25249 Hancock Avenue
K4unieta.CAS2502
800,888.1088
University Of Redlands, School of Business-Te[MecU[aCGOOpUs
2772O Jefferson Ave, Suite 40O
Temecula, CA82581
051296.2007 880.999.0844
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INSOCAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS € �'
The InSoCal region's long -term economic growth and competitiveness are dependent upon the investments
in research and education that we make today. Many high -tech companies cite the availability of a skilled
STEM workforce as the number one reason for determining where they locate their facilities.
One of the primary ways the InSoCal region can defend its competitive edge in the
21st century global economy is to invest in research and science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) education for our future workforce.
InSoCal school leaders and community partners are defining Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) education for today's global learners while the Next Generation Science Standards for
California K -12 schools are in development. By 2013, the Next Generation Science Standards will drive
teachers to engage students in behaviors that scientists engage in as they investigate and build models and
theories about the natural world and the key set of engineering practices that engineers use as they design
and build models and systems. These practices begin to define K -12 STEM education, as currently a
uniform definition does not exist.
The consensus among STEM education collaborators defines K -12 STEM education as an interdisciplinary
approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real -world lessons as students
apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics in contexts that make connections between
school, community, work and the global enterprise enabling the development of STEM literacy and with it
the ability to compete in the new economy.
InSoCal CONNECT and its community partners have identified more than a dozen
programs provided by organizations in the InSoCal community offering outreach and
education programs to students, teachers and families in the sciences, technology,
engineering, mathematics, economics, and innovative arts.
The programs selected below are not intended to be comprehensive, but rather is indicative of the
community's commitment to helping build the necessary skills our future workers and leaders will need to
support and grow the InSoCal region's innovation economy.
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Today
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — American
industry is begging for employees with strong
skills in science, technology, engineering and
math, yet 70 percent of U.S. students who enter
college with the intent to major in those STEM
fields drop out of school or switch majors within
four years according to a 2008 CPEC study. That's
why this year's Science Technology Education
Partnership (STEP) Conference is focusing on
young students and their teachers, to try to turn
those numbers around.
A radio - controlled drone flies at the 2011 Science Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Conference. (US Navy
photo by Greg Vojtko /Released)
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"1'm a strong believer in making school something wonderful that makes kids want to learn," Clute said.
"We're teaching math like we taught it 2,500 years ago. We need to make a change to make it more
relevant and exciting to kids, and more pertinent to this 21st century global economy. If we don't do this,
our students will face an extreme competitive disadvantage and our economic vitality, which depends on
quality STEM education, will suffer."
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Murrieta's High Schools Offer High Academic Standards, Win World Robotics Championship and Offer
Strong Science and Career Focus
A team of 10 Murrieta Valley robotics students won the first
world championship title in the school's history during a
three -day competition held this weekend in Anaheim,
California.
The quality of a high school is often measured by how
prepared graduates are for higher education or the world of
work. Not only must today's graduates be proficient in core
academic subjects, they need to be critical thinkers, problem
solvers and effective communicators; in other words, they
need 21st century skills.
Murrieta Valley Unified School District high school students are exploring their interests and taking steps
to prepare for college and careers through high school career pathways, International Baccalaureate
classes, Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment classes and their involvement in a vast array of co-
curricular clubs and activities.
Miles Schuler, valedictorian of Murrieta Mesa High School's Class of 2012, will take the skills he acquired
in his engineering and robotics classes to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts where he will
study aeronautical and environmental engineering.
Cr,
reekside High School alumni Miles Ten Brinke discovered his passion for the environment after joining his
school's Green Team, a student -led effort to reduce energy consumption. In 2011 Ten Brinke joined the
Cal Energy Corps Program at U.C. Berkeley. After earning his degree in society and environment in May,
Ten Brinke will fly to Great Britain in September with a Fulbright Award where he will work towards a
Master's degree in energy policy at the University of Exeter.
Students on Murrieta Valley High School's Solar Team designed, built and raced their solar energy car in
the Shell Eco- marathon held ,last April in downtown Houston with teams from 177 colleges and high
schools from North and South America. Mll �,; ,,
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The workshop aims to reach out to local high school students, through their teachers, in an effort to
encourage them to learn physics, build and maintain interest in attending college and majoring in physics,
and prepare them for rigorous physics courses at the college level.
A total of 21 physics teachers from high schools in Southern California participated in 2012 workshop,
working closely with about 14 faculty members in the UCR Department of Physics and Astronomy.
"We had 61 applicants from all over Southern California," said Leonid Pryadko, an associate professor of
physics and astronomy, and the primary organizer of the academy. "All of the teachers selected to
participate this year are new to the academy."
Through lectures and demos, the teachers will learn the latest in a variety of research topics conducted by
UCR physicists such as classical mechanics, astrophysics, condensed matter, thermal physics, high energy
physics, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, nanoelectronics, biophysics, and optics.
The teachers also will get to work in a lab on alternating current circuits and learn about both physics
education and physics careers.
Each participating teacher will receive a stipend of $600 for the duration of the workshop. The registration
fee to attend the workshop is $100.
The Summer Physics Academy is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. The Department
of Physics and Astronomy is providing secretarial and educational support staff.
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Grant Will Fund Efforts to Assist Hispanic and Low - Income Students on Path to STEM Careers
A five -year, $3.93 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow the University of
California, Riverside to continue efforts to help Hispanic and tow- income community college students on a
path towards bachelor's and advanced degrees in fields of science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM).
The grant will be used to continue to support student recruitment and retention activities for Hispanic and
Low-income students in both the Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) and the College of Natural and
Agricultural Sciences (CNAS), according to Chinya Ravishankar, associate dean of undergraduate education
in BCOE and the lead principal investigator on the grant. Richard Cardullo, dean of life sciences in CHAS, is
co- principal investigator.
"This program is about creating and sustaining a pipeline to get these traditionally underrepresented
students into STEM fields," Cardullo said. "This has been part of UCR's commitment over the years — it is
consistent with our diverse student profile and one that we are extremely proud of."
Ravishankar agreed, saying that between 8,000 and 10,000 students have gone through UCR -based STEM
programs since their inception in 2004.
In those seven years the programs provided initial outreach through pre- matriculation and transfer
support activities including summer bridge programs, academic advising, and hands -on design projects.
For enrolled students, the programs include academic support, mentoring, STEM clubs and paid research
opportunities. The new grant will enable these programs to continue as well as provide funds for some new
opportunities.
INSOCAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The programs are designed to motivate and support students who are either potential first - generation
college attendees and /or from low- income backgrounds. The participants are also given resources to help
them succeed in high school and beyond. The newly- awarded grants will be used to fund the programs over
the next five years.
James W. Sandoval, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, was thrilled by the news. "I know how hard the
Upward Bound staff has worked to establish a model program; that effort has paid off with this
phenomenal accomplishment that will provide a tremendous benefit to our community," he said.
The Upward Bound programs, established in 2002, serve several communities: Upward Bound Classic
works with students in Moreno Valley, Perris and Rubidoux, while Upward Bound Oasis works with students
in Banning and Beaumont. In the fall, Upward Bound Oasis will start working with Norte Vista high school
in Riverside County.
There are about 110 students currently participating in the programs. Once a student is accepted into
Upward Bound, they continue to receive services until they graduate.
Program services are free and include one -on -one academic advising, after - school tutoring, college
campus visits, cultural activities and an opportunity to participate in a rigorous six -week summer program
at UCR.
Upward Bound counselors also assist the students during the college application process. They review
transcripts to make sure participants are taking classes that fulfill the entrance requirements set by the
University of California and the California State University systems, remind them of important deadlines
(SAT /ACT, college admissions, financial aid, etc.) and offer assistance when parents and participants fill
out college admission and financial aid forms.
UCR student Christopher Hernandez, 19, says he wasn't exactly a good student when he joined Upward
Bound as a junior at Beaumont High School. The biology major says without Upward Bound, he probably
wouldn't have gone to UCR. "I'm the first person in my family to go to college, so all the applications —
SATs, FAFSA, college applications — were new to me. I learned every little thing about applying to college
from Upward Bound."
As part of the Federal TRIO Programs, the Office of TRiO Programs at UCR provides services to over 700
students per year at nine schools in the Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Source: Sean Nealon on May 15, 2012 in UCR Today
RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The UC Riverside Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program is
giving highly motivated seventh- and eighth -grade students an opportunity to experience engineering.
The two -week summer camp, Project EASE (Engineering & Applied Science Experiences), will take place
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays from June 19 to 29 at UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering.
Students attending the camp will strengthen their thinking and design skills through hands -on learning
activities, build and test several engineering projects, strengthen their mathematics skills needed for
success in engineering and science careers and interact with other students interested in "learning by
doing."
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"Despite a proud history of promoting diversity at all levels, UCR still tags in achieving campus goals for
women on our STEM faculty and of women faculty of color in all areas," said Moses, a professor of
anthropology who is known nationally for her research on race and gender issues in higher education.
"There is a dearth of senior STEM women — especially women of color —in leadership positions at UCR and
in the University of California as a whole."
The issue is not confined to UC Riverside, or the University of California. "Nationally women comprise 10
percent of tenure -track engineering faculty and 18 percent of tenure -track faculty in the physical sciences.
Women of color represent just b percent of all STEM faculty at U.S. institutions," Moses explained. "This
project is our effort to tackle this disparity."
System -wide the University of California has more than 3,700 faculty in STEM disciplines. Women comprise
18.4 percent of that number and underrepresented minority women in STEM (African American, Hispanic
and Native American) total 1.1 percent. UCR has 723 tenure -track faculty in all disciplines. Of those, 31
percent are women and 9.1 percent are underrepresented minorities. The campus has one
underrepresented minority woman in a STEM discipline as of the writing of the grant proposal.
The NSF grant will fund a series of mentoring, professional development and leadership programs, as well
as a support network for women faculty of color in STEM disciplines within the 10- campus UC system,
California State Universities and the state's community colleges. The goal of the network is to build a
critical mass of women in STEM fields — especially women of color, Moses said. National studies show that
the success of underrepresented minority women faculty in STEM disciplines depends on their being a part
of supportive networks that include other women of color.
"Since the numbers of women of color in STEM faculty are so small on any given campus within California,
our goal is to create that critical mass through a statewide network for both professional personal
support," she said.
FORWARD kicks off with a reception on Sept. 26 that will introduce the program to the campus. Annual
retreats will be open to all women faculty and will include workshops that Moses said are especially
needed for junior women and underrepresented minority faculty in departments where they are
significantly outnumbered and may feel isolated. Funds to support at[ women faculty at the Riverside
campus will come from matching funds from the UCR Office of the Provost.
"Many of the challenges that women faculty in STEM fields face originate from the rigid cultures and
structures of postsecondary institutions and the STEM departments nested within them," Moses said. "For
example, despite the presence of family friendly policies such as family leave and stop- the - tenure -clock
that intend to remove some of the structural barriers for women faculty, entrenched beliefs about the
behaviors of 'successful' scholars prevent many women and men from taking advantage of such policies
for fear of being judged negatively by their male colleagues."
Larive said she looks forward to the program's launch this fall because it will "foster career success and
create leadership opportunities for women faculty."
The project will develop a toolkit to help STEM women identify the steps they need to take to achieve
success; provide leadership and professional development training for women who want to become
department chairs, deans or hold other administrative posts, including mentoring and a support network;
create an interactive database to allow faculty and administrators to track the recruitment, retention and
women faculty success at UCR; and create programs at UCR and statewide that will be sustained after the
NSF grant expires.
"We are thrilled to have received this funding," said Walker. "It will start the conversation on this campus
about the role women faculty play in the leadership of their fields, their departments, and on our campus.
And hopefully, it will empower us to be even more engaged as leaders."
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pleased to. say that we have put over $1.1 billion to work for those companies. We are
open - minded regarding the specific types of businesses we fund but we are currently':'
looking most actively at businesses in the life sciences.
Express. Ventures assists San Diego -based ' pre -Series A`. stage entrepreneurs by :.
providing initial funding and focused attention on company development in
preparation for a successful Series A funding from a top tier venture capital fund.
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Express Ventures anticipates making $50,000 to $1,000,000 investments into 8-9 early
stage San Diego ventures before the and of 2007. Express has made 7 such
Investments in Its first 14 months of operations. The fund's limited partners consist of
47 of San Diego's elite technology entrepreneurs, business leaders and Investors.
Farwell Capital invests in ventures formed by it or by related Investors or
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entrepreneurs, The company also considers Investments in start-up and early stage .
Internet, IT,
companies as well as publicly traded micro -cap equities whose businesses Involve (i)
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Finistere Ventures Is a leading life science venture capital firm based in San Diego. We
believe that early stage investments offer outstanding opportunities for superior fund
returns. Our experienced team of professionals lend significant entrepreneurial,
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science and business expertise to help grow our portfolio companies and have the
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companies alike. Our advisors include thought leaders and practitioners in the fields in
which we Invest, and enable us to understand . the challenges of commercialization of...
Innovative technologies.
Forward. Ventures, founded In 1993, Is a leading ilf"cience venture capital firm
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located in San Diego.. Forward has a team of investment professionals with extensive'
experience in entrepreneurship, venture capital and operations. Our firm has invested
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million In capital under management. The most recent fund, Forward V, continues
Forward Ventures' program of life sciences and health care venture investing in
companies of all stages . of development. Forward invests throughout the United States
and will consider select European opportunities.
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investment operational management and /or advisory role.
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BioPharma.Ventures, LLC engages in formation and development of
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investing in talented entrepreneurs bringing new Life Science technology enterprises
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to market. Hamilton BioVentures invests in companies developing dramatically better
treatments (biopharmaceuticals and medical devices) for major human diseases and
other medical. conditions. Our Investments generally take the form of direct equity in
early -stage companies . located on the West Coast. -
JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software, Internet,
Software, Internet,
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management teams to help build their businesses into industry leaders, and have
invested in over lt )O companies in our target markets.
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) Is the venture capital subsidiary
of Johnson & Johnson. JJDC is comprised of experts and leaders in the health care
and technology venture communities who identify early market indicators, health care
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JJDC determines the success of an investment's performance not only in financial
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businesses looking for capital and strategic advice to expand their current operations.
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technologies, large market opportunities, and passionate entrepreneurs.. We offer a
unique blend of venture capital, entrepreneurial, technical, clinical and collaborative
skills which enable us to help entrepreneurs create highly successful new startups.
Leading Ventures LLC in San Diego, CA is a private company categorized under
Venture Capital Companies. Our records show it was established in 2007 and
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revenue. of $2.5 to 5 million and employs a staff of approximately 1 to 4. Companies
like Leading Ventures LLC usually offer: Find Venture. Capital, St Paul Venture Capital,
Nee Venture Capital, Polaris Venture Capital and Invest Venture Capital.
Mesa. Verde Venture Partners' charter is to invest in a diversified portfolio of early- -.
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stage biotechnology and medical technology companies in the southwest. Areas of '.
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transform game changing ideas into capital efficient, profitable businesses.
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superior returns on investment for its investors. This is accomplished by investing in `.
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the most promising early-stage companies in high growth, emerging markets, and
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and navigate acquisitions and IPOs.With $1 billion under management, our firm
applies capital and expertise to guide start -up companies to successful exit
Sorrento invests in companies led by experienced management teams that have
demonstrated that a large market opportunity exists for their products and services.
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Sorrento's investment focus Includes medical devices and biotechnology, enterprise
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software, communications, electronics and hardware, enabling distribution
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technologies Including the Internet and specialty retail.
Steelpoint is interested in partnering with exceptional companies, at any stage of their
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growth. We look for innovative technologies that have the power to transform an
industry or proven business models that have the opportunity to capture significant
market share. We seek companies that have a deep understanding of their market with
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a strong view of the future and a strategic plan to get there. .Because of our
commitment to the success of our companies, we prefer to take a lead investor role
and seek companies that align with the interests and background of our team. We
primarily focus on media & marketing services, IT & communications, healthcare & life
sciences markets, consumer products & retail, and business services & other.
StepStone is a global private equity specialist overseeing more than US$39 billion of.:
private: equity allocations, including over US$7.5 billion of assets . under management.
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using ahighly disciplined research - focused approach that prudently integrates fund,
secondary, mezzanine and co-investments.
SVB Financial Group provides diversified financial services to emerging, growth and
established technology . companies and the life science, cieantech, venture capital, '.
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and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, SVB
Financial Group provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts
its clients' success.
We have unique skills to help navigate the difficult terrain of turning breakthrough
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funds in new markets, .build innovation ecosystems, and develop policies to drive
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healthcare, renewable resources, water filtration, materials, radio frequency
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TAO Venture Capital Partners provides capital and advisory services to entrepreneurs
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Thomas, McNerney & Partners is a health care venture firm that invests in life science
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distinguished from other health care funds by the multistage investment expertise of
its partners and their long, successful Investment track records. The Thomas,
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McNerney & Partners team has significant experience in helping entrepreneurs start
companies, in providing growth capital to emerging companies and in undertaking
restructuring transactions such as spin -outs, roll -ups and recapitalizations.
Torrey Pines has a team of Investment professionals with extensive experience in
entrepreneurship, venture capital and operations. Our firm has created biopharma
Torrey Pines investments
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incubators investing in early development stage assets from international pharma and
biotech partners in CNS, oncology, and virology area to bring them to commercial
success through pharma partnering and M&A.
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eight - decade Rockefeller tradition of funding entrepreneurs and establishing
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successful, enduring companies, and the firm's investment returns place it among the
top tier venture capital firms that have achieved consistently superior performance.
Western States Investment Group is a privately held San Diego -based investment firm
specializing in providing capital, connections, and strategic advice to small, emerging -
growth businesses.
WSIG approaches every investment as a long -term partnership. We assist
Western States Investment Group
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management in the development of a proper foundation for growth and the formulation
of a business strategy that maximizes long -term value. We also assist in opening
doors to a broad network . of human resources, which . typically are a start-up's most ,
valued asset.
Since its inception in 1998, Windamere Venture Partners has supported more than a
dozen pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and other healthcare companies
Windamere Venture Partners LLC
Life Science
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from the very early stages. Our unique approach combines a specialized investment
focus with active management and long -term commitment to ensure the highest rates -
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of -retum for both entrepreneurs and investors. '
Windward Ventures was organized in 1997 to provide management assistance and
capital to early stage, high growth companies In Southern California. Since that time
Semiconductors, Storage,
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we have assisted and invested in over 25 companies. The Managing Partners of
Windward Ventures
Windward Ventures have extensive experience as venture capital investors, senior
.Communications
managers, and entrepreneurs. We provide management assistance and guidance to
select entrepreneurial companies and Investors.
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CONNECT Capital Competition
Productivity, Connectivity & Delivery Solutions
Productivity, Connectivity & Delivery Solutions is open to companies with mobile productivity tools and
applications, mHealth, remote monitoring, smart home /home automation, energy monitoring, cloud
computing and storage, cyber security, digital accessories, social media, entertainment solutions and more!
Life Sciences
Life Sciences is focused in the areas of instrumentation, diagnostics, bio- markers, microbiology, molecular
biology, therapeutics, pharmaceuticals and other life sciences specialties.
To apply for the Capital Competition, please visit the CONNECT website:
http: / /www. connect. org /programs /capitaL- competition/
Program Contact: Orlee Dykan I Assistant Director
(direct) 858.964.1330 1 (main) 858.964.1300 1 connect.org
OCTANe's VC in the OC
This event showcases the best of Orange County innovation. From investment presentations to keynote speakers to
industry discussions, this is OC's premier venture capital conference.
VC Speed Dating
This fast and fun format gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet venture capitalists one -on -one. This program is
for entrepreneurs and participating VCs only. You must be registered to attend the conference but no additional sign -
up is required.
How it works:
The VCs are seated at tables with a table card that gives their name, their firm, and their firm's focus.
Entrepreneurs get in Line to speak with the VC of their choice.
Each entrepreneur gets 2.5 minutes (150 seconds) at the front of the Line with the VC.
When the timer hits zero, the "speed date" is over.
The entrepreneur then lines up to speak with another VC of interest.
VC in the OC takes place each May, and you can view the 2012 conference here: www.vcintheoc20l2.com
San Diego Venture Group Annual PitchFest! Business Ptan Competition
10 semi - finalists for PitchFest! are selected each year from company nominee applications for their innovation,
investor appeal and progress. The panel of judges that selects the semi - finalists is comprised of a group of San Diego's
Leading entrepreneurs, professionals and investors.
Three finalists will make their presentations at the San Diego Venture Group's annual holiday soir6e, where an
audience of more than 300 people will decide the winners. Each finalist will receive at Least $2,500 in cash, and the top
choice will take home more than $25,000 worth of cash and services. The companies will be chosen for their
innovation, investor appeal, and progress. Previous PitchFest winners include EcoATM, Takelessons.com,
SwoopThat /Hub.edu, and went on to receive significant funding or were acquired.
For more information, please see the SDVG website: http: / /www.sdvg.org/
The socalTECH.com Venture Database is a searchable database of Southern California venture deals, companies, and
venture capitalists. The database features full profiles of local venture - backed companies, including contact info,
names and biographies of key executives, and links to their investors. The database also includes listings of venture
firms who invest in Southern California, and their portfolio companies. The database is up to date with the latest
venture rounds, accessible 24x7 from your web browser.
socaLTECH.com's VentureMap provides a graphical map of venture deals and how they are connected to companies and
venture firms. This browse -able map allows you to easily browse deals, click for more information on a company, and
see in a visual way the deal activity in the region.
For more information, please see the socaLTECH website: http: / /www.socattech.com /intelligence/
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Angelvision Investors LLC
Founded in 2010, AngelVision Investors is a Los Angeles -based angel investment group. Our principals are
current and former entrepreneurs who have successfully created, owned, led, managed, built and sold
companies in the entertainment, marketing, and new media industries. In addition to capital, we offer
valuable assistance — specialized knowledge, key industry relationships and mentoring based on our direct
operating and industry experience — to entrepreneurial, growth- oriented firms that seek and can benefit
from an investor offering more than just financing.
Website: http: / /www.angetvisioninvestors.com/
Coachella Valley Angel Network (CVAN) is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and accredited investors
that have formed an angel investment group. CV Angel Network is interested in providing early -stage
funding to start -up companies -- primarily those based in the Coachella Valley. Our members come from a
variety of backgrounds and professions, including medical technology, consumer goods, computer
technology and financial services.
The goal of CV Angel Network is to improve the economy by helping to develop new businesses that can
provide jobs, economic growth and an expanded and more diverse business base in the Coachella Valley.
Our members make individual decisions on investments, with CV Angel Network serving as a "clearing
house" to present these entrepreneurial business opportunities.
The CV Angel Network has a close working relationship with The University of California, Riverside School
of Business Administration. UCR Palm Desert helps to supplement and support the evaluation and advisory
assistance (mentoring) that is part of the CV Angel Network process - -and that is needed to help start -up
companies succeed.
Website: http: / /www.cvangeLnetwork.com/
The CONNECT Deal Network is a confidential list of high net worth investors who periodically review best -
in -class companies that have succeeded in CONNECT's Springboard, Venture Roundtable or Most
Innovative Product Awards programs. The events are held at the private residence of an investor and are
attended by 25 or more investors.
Website: http: / /www. connect .org /programs /deal - network/
Contact: Orlee Dykan, Associate Director, CONNECT odykan(dconnect.org
Imporium Angels
Members of Imporium Angels consist of successful entrepreneurs who have founded their own companies.
They want to lend their capital and more importantly their experience to high -risk startups. Companies
that receive capital from Imporium Angels get much more than money. The extensive personal networks
built by its members in their respective careers will be available to deals they finance.
Website: http: / /www.imporiumangels.com/
Contract: infoCdlmporiumAngels.com
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Private Capital Network's team invites multiple funding sources in support nf our member investments.
These sources include
• government and foundation grant organizations,
• Lending institutions,
• private equity firms,
• national Angel investment groups and
• (amiiy offices asweKas national business Lenders.
The relationships PCN has developed offer our nnenobena risk nnhigation, exit options and additional
financial resources.
Contact: Ken Hubbard Chapter President. Ken0privatecapitainetworkoet
VVebsite: http://www.p,.rivatecapitaLnetwork. net/
SO Sports Innovators Angels
The goal of the SDS| Angel Group is to create o pool of qualified and active investors, interested in sports
deals, who gather regularly to view SD5| member companies deemed venture ready through SO5|'s
rigorous vetting process.
Contact RenneCaia|anoatrcataiano(aconnect.nrg
If you are an investor interested in joining the SDS| 4ngei Group investor pooi piease contact Lisa Freedman at
Lfreedroan0connecLorg.
SO Sports innovators Capital Forum
The SQ5| Capital Forum provides six to eight of the most promising and investment ready start-ups in the
sports and active Lifestyle industry an opportunity to present their business to e room of active investors in
the sports space. Applicants are selected through a rigorous screening process by an SDG| committee of
experienced executives and investors.
Contact: RenneCataianoatrcataiano0connecLorg
Tech Coast Angels (TC4)
TC4 is an angel investor network in the United States and one of the Leading sources of funding to early-
stage companies in Southern California with the potential to rapidly scale into market and financial
Leadership and o market opportunity sufficiently Large to create a business with at Least $5Oto$1OO million
in annuai revenues. Since its inception in 1997. TC4 members have focused on building veiuehie
companies, personally invested nearly $100 million, and helped portfolio companies attract more than $1
billion in additional capital mostly from venture capital firms. TC4 members give companies more than just
capital; they also provide counsel, nnentoring and access to an extensive network of potential invastors,
customers, strategic partners and management talent. TC4 has more than 250 noembers, including its
venture capital affiliates, in five networks in Loa 4ngeies, Orange County, San Diego, VVeatiake/Sento
Barbara and the Inland Empire.
Contact:http:/Ymembers.techcoastangeis.com/
VVebsi(e:h\tp://www.techcoastangeiszom/obout-us
Temecula k4urrieta Angel Capital Investment Group
The Temecula Murriota Angel Capital Investment Group is a snnaiL non-incorporated group of
professionals with the resources to invest in Local companies (Tennecu[a/Murrieta). Individually we have
proven skills in finance, Legal, technology, saies/nnarketing, and strategic planning. The Group have a
desire to stimulate business growth in the Temecula h4urrieta area. We intend to complete one or two
investments in the near term in the range of $50,000 to $250.000 and than expand our core group with
additional angel investors. As opportunities arise, we will form alliances with other angel groups for joint
investments that have Larger funding needs. The Temecula k4urrieta4ngei Capital Investment Group will
consider start-ups, early stage, and mature companies needing equity capital to grow. While their focus is
on technology, the Group will consider other opportunities with realistic risk/reward prospect for investors.
Contact: 8iU Demmina( 131demminlIdgmaiLcom or Mahion Tobias at mahiun0iobiascommercieLcom
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INCUBATORS (cont'd)
Murrieta Regional Technology Innovation Center
26443 Beckman Court
Murrieta, CA 92562
The Murrieta Regional Technology Innovation Center is located in the former City Halt building and is being opened up
to entrepreneurs who are creating innovation in the medical and defense technology sectors. The facility includes
approximately 13,000 square feet of space strictly devoted to emerging companies. The Murrieta Innovation Center
creates the foundation for the growth of technology firms in the Murrieta region/ The Center connects companies to
mentors and financing. Occupants of the Center will enjoy vastly reduced office rent, mentorship, introductions to
capital, and the vital networking and collaboration opportunities offered by such a facility. The city has welcomed its
first two occupants, a defense technology company and a biomarker discovery company. The city is currently
interviewing additional applicants.
For more information about the Innovation Center, or to obtain an application, please contact:
Bruce Coleman or Kimberly Davidson, City of Murrieta Economic Development Department at 951.461.6003
Temecula Valley Entrepreneur's Exchange (TVE2)
43200 Business Park Drive
Temecula, CA 92590
Temecula Valley Entrepreneur's Exchange is proposed as a City run business incubator and resource center dedicated
to growing local start -up and early seed companies to stimulate job growth and enhance our local economy. The
Exchange will connect people and ideas with knowledge, expertise and capital to promote technology growth in the
Temecula Valley. Our goal is to assist start -up and early seed companies (2 -5 years old) who have a business plan in
place and are ready to expand their company. TVE2 is not looking to incubate early ideas or provide space to mature
companies looking for space.
Initially, TVE2 will utilize approximately 7,500 square feet of the first floor of the building and will include offices, open
work stations, lounge, and kitchen and meeting space. Other features of the facility include 24/7 key card controlled
access, high speed wireless internet connection (FIGS 150 mbps down /35 mbps up), and free off - street parking. The
City has partnered with the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Corporation of
Southwest California, Inland Empire SBDC, SBDC Tri -Tech, California State San Marcos fd Temecula and Mt. San
Jacinto College.
For more information contact Cheryl Kitzerow, Economic Development Analyst at 951 - 694 -6409 or via email
cheryl.kitzerowrdcityoftemecu la.org
ACCELERATORS
Ansir Innovation Center
4685 Convoy St, San Diego CA 92111
888.882.8833
A relatively new accelerator that has been on the rise in San Diego, Al Center targets startups and provides them with a
variety of accelerator services beyond the average co- working model. Great for fledging startups, who are invited to
weekly events and join the growing community at the center.
Day passes are free, flexible monthly options available.
http: / /aicenterca.com/
California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC)
310.263.3088
CMTC's non - profit organization provides manufacturing and distribution consulting services which improve California's
Industrial base and our state's economic vitality. CMTC's organizational culture of "hands -on consulting," delivered by
an exceptionally experienced team with proven capabilities, provides unique client value with industry specific services
that offer tailored, practical solutions for manufacturing and technology related industries.
Contact: Patti Anthony, Executive Assistant
http: / /www.cmtc.com
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ACCELERATORS (cont'd)
Minority Business Development Agency Business Center (MBDABC)
951.637.1460
6820 Airport Drive Riverside, CA 92504
The MBDA BC provides procurement and finance assistance to minority business enterprises ( "MBEs ") in Riverside. Its
primary objective is to assist MBEs by identifying opportunities for increased sales and revenues, securing financial
capital needed to start or expand a business, resolving key operational issues hindering the success of the business,
and providing business education and training on important business topics.
Contact: Irma Flores, Director of Government & Public Relations
www,mbda.gov
Murrieta Co- Working Connection
The Murrieta Co- Working Connection provides affordable, flexible space for start -ups and other companies from a
central location in Murrieta.
Contact: 951.677.4060
National Association of Women's Business Owners -- Inland Empire Chapter (NAWBO -IE)
NAWBO -IE sits in the center of the fastest growing Counties in the country — both San Bernardino and Riverside
Counties, and covers more square miles than any chapter in the country. NAWBO-IE is one of nine chapters in the State
of California and is an integral part of NAWBO-CA. With more than 92,000 businesses in the Inland Empire headed by
women as Presidents or 50 percent partners, NAWBO-IE seeks to be the premier organization for women business
owners in the Inland Empire. Established 14 years ago, our goal is to promote and enhance the growth and profitability
of our member businesses. Our vision and objective is to unite women business owners in the Inland Empire for profit,
influence and community!
Contact: Hilda Kennedy, IE Chapter President 2011 -2012
www.nawbo- ie.org
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
951.683.7100
3985 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92501
SCORE, "Counselors to America's Small Business," is America's premier source of free and confidential small
business advice for entrepreneurs. SCORE is a 13,000 member volunteer program sponsored by the U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA). The program matches volunteer retired executives with small businesses that need
expert advice at no cost.
Contact: Tom Evans, Business Counselor
www.score.org www.score.org /hispanic.htmt
TriTech Small Business Development Center
951.571.6477
3750 Market Street
Riverside, CA 92501
TriTech SBDC is for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to turn their ideas into viable businesses. TriTech
provides training, high -level consulting, and referrals that empower the client to succeed. Unlike other professional
firms motivated by profit margins, TriTech has assembled complementary, personalized business assistance in a
confidential, one -on -one setting that result in major economic impact.
TriTech SBDC has a Murrieta office to serve Southwest Riverside County.
Contact: Mark Mitchell, Director
Email: M@rk.Mitchettfarcc.edu
www.Tritechsbdc.com
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CONNECT Global Bridge Program
8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite A -124, La Jolla, CA 92037
Global CONNECTTM draws on the success of San Diego's economic transformation and on its relationship with the
international research community to provide customized cluster development support to regions around the world. The
Bridge program is a technology commercialization program providing direct market, business strategy assessment
and assistance for companies outside the United States wishing to access the US market. By leveraging extensive
social and professional networks, as well as the CONNECT Springboard Program (providing focused, one -on -one
coaching /mentorship), Global CONNECTTM facilitates access to R &D collaborators, key supply chain partners, potential
customers, talent, direct investment, and market liquidity channels.
Companies entering the Springboard process are assigned entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) who help to mentor and
work virtually with them. EIRs are executives with deep business, technical domain and market experience in the
industry sector of the company they are assisting. After weeks or months of coaching the company travels to San Diego
and presents to a panel of business and technical experts specifically selected for their synergy with the presenting
company. This panel provides customized feedback and guidance.
If you would like information about these services, please contact: Ruprecht von Buttlar at rvonbuttlarrdconnect.org
http: / /www.connect.org /springboard/
CONNECT Business Advisor Program
CONNECT's prestigious Business Advisor program offers one -on -one coaching by successful CEOs who have
hands -on experience as a founder, raising capital, building a company through a significant growth phase and
piloting an exit.
Business Advisors are volunteers who provide coaching and expert input to CONNECT's Springboard Program,
Most Innovative New Product Awards, Capital Competitions and CONNECT's Sport Innovator Capital Forum.
Today there are more than 100 Business Advisors from a wide range of clusters including:
• Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and wireless health
• Clean technology
• Software, Web 3.0 and cyber security
• Action and sports products, services and advanced materials
• Communications technology
o Autonomous robotics
CONNECT's Business Advisors also provide mentoring to CommNexus's EvoNexus incubator and UC San Diego's
Entrepreneur Challenge Program.
For more information on becoming a Business Advisor contact Ruprecht von Buttlar at rvonbuttlarfdconnect.org
http: / /www.connect.org /programs /eir/
Global CONNECTTM
Global CONNECTTM is an applied research and technical assistance consultancy within the University of California, San
Diego (UCSD). The experienced and diversified Global CONNECT team focuses on partnering with regions seeking to
build innovation capacity, accelerate technology commercialization, and build global connections.
Global CONNECTTM's mission is to drive the growth of technology clusters through global alliances.
• Share best practices in industry- university relations
• Connect regions to the skills, knowledge, and relationships essential to science -based business development
• Assess innovation capacity and facilitate technology cluster development
Accelerate region -to region collaborations
Global CONNECTTM research serves as a platform for success in subsequent education and practice. Many regions
around the globe have begun their quest of innovation excellence by partnering with Global CONNECTTM.
If you would like more information about any of these services, please email Nathan Owens at nowensfducsd.edu.
http: / /gLobalconneCt.ucsd.edu /about /index.cfm
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City of Murrieta Economic Development Department
The City of Murrieta Economic Development Department leads the City's initiatives to promote the growth of
entrepreneurship in the community through the expansion of the City's entrepreneurial culture, encourages the growth
of technology businesses, the growth of technology parks, and the retention and expansion of existing businesses in
the community. The Department operates the Murrieta Innovation Center and works to create the foundation for a full
range of business growth in the community. Economic Development hosts numerous events and activities such as the
Export University, the international business events in the City, the monthly Business Roundtable, Tech Coast Angel
events, provides connections to mentors, and promotes the growth of domestic and international investment in the
community.
The Department serves as the Business and Development Ombudsman and assists in providing one -stop permitting
services for businesses in the community. The Department actively markets and promotes the community primarily in
targeted markets such as San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles to technology business sectors, commercial
developers, investors and others. The Department works closely with the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce. The
Department is focused on creating partnerships to grow the business sector in Murrieta. The Department works in
partnership with the Murrieta Chamber of Commerce.
Contact: Bruce Coleman, Economic Development Director, City of Murrieta
951.461.6021
bcolemanfdmurrieta.org
Kim Davidson, Business Development Manager, City of Murrieta
951.461.6003
kdavidsonfdmurrieta.org
Temecula Economic Development Agency
The City of Temecula is fully committed to providing excellent, expeditious and clear guidance throughout your
development process. Whether its gaining entitlements, grading permits or building permits, we can help. The
Economic Development Division also offers ombudsman services, personalized development review meetings with the
Building and Fire Marshals and access to a variety of business related resources.
41000 Main Street
PO Box. 9033
Temecula, CA 92590
951.694.6444
Contact: Christine Damko, Economic Development Analyst,
christine .damko(dcityoftemecula.org
http:// www.cityoftemecuLa.org /temecuLa /businesses
Riverside Economic Development Agency
The City of Riverside Office of Economic Development is ready to provide services to stimulate economic development
and assist in the development process for all new, relocating and expanding businesses. The City of Riverside's Office
of Economic Development is taking a proactive approach to better address the increased demands and challenges on
our local businesses by shifting resources and time in order to enhance outreach and ombudsman services. Several of
the programs available to Riverside businesses are being customized to provide a deeper level of assistance. In
addition, economic development staff augments their ability to support companies by utilizing other local, regional,
state, and federal business assistance programs.
* Business Resource Guide
* Business Assistance Programs & Services
3900 Main St. 7th Floor - Riverside, CA 92522
877.748.7433
econdevfdriversideca.gov
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REGIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE INNOVATION ECONOMY
Valley Innovators
Valley Innovators is a loosely knit group of just about anybody that wants to build things; inventors, entrepreneurs,
artisans, retirees, and investors with ideas. We aim to build a local community of startup specialists who value the
startup culture. We expect to open a rapid prototype shop, a consulting center, and a business advisory group. Many
hands make light work. Valley Innovators is starting a very versatile consulting group.
We will provide our clients both speed and enhanced professional capabilities by making it simple to add manpower to
a project. We can be a single go -to place for most consulting needs:
• Flexible Workforce
• Common Legal. Agreements
• simplifies collaboration and shortens schedules
• customers don't have to sign separate NDAs / contracts and push them through legal
• mutual assistance from members provides much broader expertise than individuals
• References — we don't keep people who can't do the work
o a clear code of conduct
• (Coming Soon) an active rapid prototyping facility to build and test new concepts, test beds and the tike
• Off -Site privacy for 'skunk works' projects
Contact George Bennett at: innovationgroupfdverizon.net or Bruce Coleman at the City of Murrieta at 951.461.6021
http:// valleyinnovators.com /index.htmt
Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
The Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce has been providing comprehensive business seminars and programs to
the local business community for more than 100 years. Chamber members enjoy a wide variety of services and
networking opportunities. There are six chamber divisions serving the greater Riverside area. Specialized programs
include: International Trade Assistance, Government Procurement Assistance, access to customized training, extensive
health and worker's compensation benefits, free notary service, business statistics, demographic and population
information, discounted liability and property insurance, discounted medical /dental /vision insurance and discounted
credit union membership.
3985 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
951.683.7100
www,riverside- chamber.com
Contact: Cindy Roth, President /CEO
Greater Riverside Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
The Greater Riverside Hispanic Chambers of Commerce fosters economic development by cultivating business
relationships of mutual benefit, advocating for laws and regulations that benefit. Hispanic -owned businesses and the
Hispanic community, and seeking opportunities that stress the importance of education. Membership benefits include
event sponsorship opportunities, Web site exposure, business resources, networking opportunities and participation on
various boards.
PO Box5872
Riverside, CA 92517
951.286.6000
www.gnccc.org
Contact: Lorraine Saint, Executive Director
Inland Empire African American Chambers of Commerce
The mission of the Inland Empire African American Chambers of Commerce is to promote the economic and
professional development of African- American -owned businesses. Membership benefits include networking
opportunities, newsletter advertising, promotional opportunities, individual business consulting, access to corporate
contracts and various special events.
255 North D. Street, Suite 303
San Bernardino, CA 92401
909.888.0017
www .ieafricanamericanchamber.com
Contact: Carl Dameron. President
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REGIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE INNOVATION ECONOMY
Riverside County Office of Foreign Trade
The Riverside County Office of Foreign Trade (OFT) serves both the business community and governmental bodies with
export and import assistance. The OFT serves as a link to developing and existing markets overseas, including the
United States Export Assistance Centers, Foreign Agricultural Services, United States Chambers of Commerce
operating abroad, United States Commercial Service, Foreign Trade Offices, and investors from other nations. The OFT
offers financial assistance for exporters thru the Ex -Im Bank, working capital via its ED 5 Regional Centers, and
assistance in locating foreign direct investment. Additionally, help is available for export assistance in 180 countries
around the globe, and the OFT has established formal relationship with numerous countries.
3403 10th Street, Suite 300
Riverside, CA 92501
951.205.0749
www.rivcoeda.org /oft.usa.ca
Contact: Tom Freeman, Commissioner of Foreign Trade Email: tomfreemanldrivcoeda.org
US Department of Commerce /US Commerce Service /international Trade Administration
To increase trade and investment, ITA helps U.S. companies navigate foreign markets. ITA helps educate companies
about how to tailor their activities to the specific market with respect to their product state, financing, marketing,
assembly and logistics. While the United States exports more than any other country, making that first export can still
be a daunting challenge for a small or medium sized business. ITA helps equip those businesses with the knowledge
and tools they need to meet that exporting challenge, and by extension, promote the trade and investment that expands
the economy.
United States Department of Commerce
3110 East Guasti Road, Ste 465
Ontario, CA 91761
909.390.8283
www.buyusa.gov /in[andempire
Contact: Eduard Roytberg, Senior International Trade Specialist
World Trade Center Association Los Angeles -Long Beach
The WTCA LA -LB pursues trade facilitation and investment attraction for the greater Los Angeles region. The WTCA
LA -LB works to support the development of international trade and business opportunities for Southern California
companies as the leading international trade association, trade service organization and trade resource in the Los
Angeles region. It also promotes the Los Angeles region as a destination for foreign investment to a targeted
international audience to attract a significant flow of investment to the region, thereby enhancing the region's
economy, employment and business opportunities for local firms.
350 South Figueroa Street, Suite 272
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213.680.1888
www.wtca- LaLb.org
Contact: Vance Baugham, President /CEO
World Trade Center San Diego
World Trade Center San Diego provides comprehensive international trade services and key global contacts to facilitate .
and expand trade for regional and worldwide clients. Leveraging its global network of World Trade Centers and affiliate
partners, WORLD TRADE CENTER San Diego is the proven forum for international information, communications and
connections. World Trade Center San Diego was established in 1994 to serve the growing needs of San Diego
businesses. We are an international business organization licensed by the World Trade Centers Association in New
York, WTCA. Members include businesses or organizations involved in world trade. In 1999, World Trade Center San
Diego was one of the first World Trade Centers internationally to be certified by the WTCA, receiving a "best practices"
designation for our trade missions. The certification process was established to identify and create a specific standard
of services at World Trade Centers worldwide.
2980 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92101 -4368 USA
619.615.0868
www.wtcsd.org
Contact: Hugh Constant, Interim President /CEO
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REGIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE INNOVATION ECONOMY
Riverside Community College District - Office of Economic Development
Whether your company needs training workshops or other services, RCCD Office of Economic Development can help
address your needs in an efficient and time effective manner. They provide tailor -made services to improve employee
performance. This customized approach supports your business in today's competitive marketplace by increasing the
knowledge and skill of your employees. RCCD Office of Economic Development offers your business a full - service
consulting program.
152 East Sixth Street
Corona, CA 92879
951.571.6474
www,rccdextension.com
Contact: Vevesi Save, Economic Development Assistant
The procurement Assistance Center
The Procurement Assistance Center (PAC) offers assistance to businesses interested in marketing their products
and /or services to federal, state and local government agencies. These complimentary services include counseling,
assistance with registrations and certifications; identify opportunities through bid matching and informative
workshops.
152 East Sixth Street
Corona, CA 92879
951.571.6442
www.rccpac.com
Contact: Julie Ann Padilla, Director
Email: Julie.Padilla(drec.edu
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REGIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE INNOVATION ECONOMY
CleanTech San Diego
CleanTECH San Diego is a private, nonprofit corporation formed in 2007. Its mission is to accelerate the San Diego
region as a world leader in the clean technology economy. The organization was designed to build on the region's
world - leading position in life sciences, materials and high technology and leverage crossovers to clean technology. Its
membership is a diverse blend of public and private entities with interests and operations that extend beyond the
greater San Diego region.
www.cteantechsandiego.org
CommNexus San Diego is a non - profit technology industry association that works to accelerate the formation, growth,
and success of the technology industry in the region. We deliver value to the technology industry through content -
driven programs that provide access to capital, talent and business development.
CommNexus' program portfolio includes EvoNexusTM, a non - profit incubator for high tech start -up ventures;
MarketLinkTM, which introduces regional companies to multi - national corporations via high -tech speed dates;
NextStageTM ,which prepares emerging companies for the next step in developing their business plan; and Special
Interest Groups (SIGs), regularly scheduled panel discussions which examine key issues in the industry. CommNexus
San Diego was established in 1998 and reaches over 14,000 members nationally.
www.commnexus.org
CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of more than 3,000 companies in the San Diego region and is
widely regarded as one of the world's most successful organizations linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the
resources they need for commercialization of innovative products in high tech and life sciences. The program has been
modeled in more than 50 regions around the world. CONNECT has been recognized by Time, Inc. and Entrepreneur
magazines and in 2011 won the national State Science and Technology Institute's 2011 Excellence in Tech Based
Economic Development Award for Building Entrepreneurial Capacity. In 2010 CONNECT was the recipient of the
Innovation in Economic Development Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for creation of Regional Innovation
Clusters. CONNECT manages the San Diego Innovation Hub (iHub) designated by the state of California Governor's
Office of Business & Economic Development in 2010. Key to our success has been the unique "culture of collaboration"
between research organizations, capital sources, professional service providers and the established industries.
www.connect.org
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Global CONNECTTM is an applied research and technical assistance consultancy within the University of California, San
Diego (UCSD). The experienced and diversified Global CONNECT team focuses on partnering with regions seeking to
build innovation capacity, accelerate technology clusters through global alliances. Global CONNECT's mission is to
share best practices in industry- university relations, connect regions to the skills, knowledge, and relationships
essential to science -based business development, assess innovation capacity and facilitate technology cluster
development and accelerate region -to region collaborations.
www.globalconnect.ucsd.edu
The National Defense Industrial Association INDIA) is America's leading Defense Industry association promoting
national security. NDIA is proud to provide a legal and ethical forum for the exchange of information between Industry
and Government on National Security issues. Its members foster the development of the most innovative and superior
equipment, training, and support for war fighters and first responders through its divisions, local chapters, affiliated
associations, and events. The San Diego Chapter (NDIA -SD) is dedicated to uphold the vision and mission of the
national organization with a focus of bringing together the defense community of the city and county of San Diego in an
effort to advocate new technologies, promote a government - industry national security team, and provide a legal and
ethical forum for the exchange of information between industry and Government on National Security issues.
www.ndia- sd.org
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The San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) is a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, whose mission is to
support, promote, and represent the common business and other interests of the military, their quality of life issues,
and the defense industry community in the San Diego area. SDMAC will advance the partnership and communication
between the military, our elected and appointed officials, and the business community while working to enhance
recognition of the military's many contributions to the greater San Diego area, and will be capable of focusing on,
speaking publicly on, and taking appropriate actions in furtherance of its mission. SDMAC was established because the
founders believed it was necessary that an organization would have a sole purpose of supporting the military and
defense industry - related issues in the San Diego Region.
www.sdmac.org
SD Sport Innovators is the heartbeat of the Southern California sports business community. We inspire sports
innovation through connections, networking, mentoring, education and access to capital. SD Sport Innovators (SDSI) is
a non - profit, business accelerating, trade organization that connects and drives the growth of Southern California's
vibrant sports economy by offering innovative programs and services for start -ups, mature companies and service
providers. We offer mentoring, education and capital funding opportunities for start -ups; best practice collaboration,
access to new technology, and public policy advocacy for mature companies; as well as deal flow to our service
providers and the Southern California Investment Community.
www,connect.org /programs /sports- innovators
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The San Diego EDC implements strategies that set the San Diego region apart from other regions as a thriving center
of technology and entrepreneurship. Fueled by the support of 150 companies deeply committed to regional prosperity,
San Diego EDC's mission is to strengthen San Diego's diverse economy to compete in the global marketplace, and to
position the region as the world's premier business location. San Diego EDC's job - growth strategy leverages the
region's highly skilled workforce, innovation economy, leadership in cutting -edge industries, and outstanding quality of
life.
www.sandiegobusiness.org /
San Diego Software Industry Council
The San Diego Software Industry Council (SDSIC) exists to foster and support the entrepreneurial spirit within the
software and IT industry in San Diego by providing an organized forum for the exchange of ideas, sharing of resources
and promotion of industry goals. SDSIC's objectives include fostering communications and networking opportunities
among its members, creating and maintaining a link between the software industry and Local educational institutions
and promoting a mutually beneficial dialog between San Diego's software industry and local government.
www.sdsic.org
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San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) is a nonprofit business organization whose mission is to provide an informal
atmosphere that fosters ideas on how to form, fend and build new ventures. SDVG is comprised of professionals with
bright ideas to share, and the skills to implement those ideas. With over 800 affiliated members and an average
monthly meeting attendance of 325 people, the SDVG is helping San Diego become a significant entrepreneurial and
venture center.
www.sdvg.org
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The California Innovation Hubs (iHubs) form a robust statewide innovation -based economic development support
network of regional innovation clusters designed to stimulate local, regional, and statewide job creation.
The 12 iHubs have each designated a key technology cluster as a core focus and encourage relationships between
federal laboratories and research institutions to foster new research opportunities and generate innovative ideas.
By creating collaboration opportunities across a broad spectrum of disciplines, the iHubs are able to share information
on best practices, leverage statewide assets and develop strategic partnerships in order to bring products to
commercialization sooner.
Sacramento iHub
OCTANe iHub
Clean & Medical Technologies
Biomedical, Information & Clean Tech
North Bay iHub
Coachella Valley iHub
Sustainable Resources & Socially Relevant Technologies
Entrepreneurship & Clean Technology
Bio SE iHub
iHub San Diego
Biotechnology
Convergence of Mobile Health /Biofuels /Solar energy and
iGATE iHub
Energy Storage
Clean Technology &!Green Energy
North State i'Hub
East Bay Green Corridor iHub
Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Advanced Material
Clean Technology
Manufacturing, and Convergent Technologies to the
Industry Space
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Technological Innovations in Water Energy and Agriculture
San Valley Emerging
Technologies iHub
Technalogies iFlu►s
CleanTech Los Angeles iHub
Clean & Emerging Technologies
Clean Technology
Each iHub represents an independent partnership
between local government entities, research institutions,
venture capitalist networks, and economic development
organizations. All are anchored by at least one major
university or research center /institution, at least one
economic development corporation, and typically contains
assets including research parks, technology incubators,
community colleges, business accelerators, and federal
laboratories.
These localized resources afford existing as well as start-
up businesses with greater access to students, internships,
workforce development, technology transfer, research
relationships, facilities, incubator space, and technology
for accelerated business development. They also provide
access to a variety of business services including staff
training, financing advice /contacts, potential innovation
funds, technology transfer information, and online access
to State resources (e.g. the Innovation Asset Mapping
Inventory).
The iHub program seeks to enhance the state's national
and global competitiveness by stimulating partnerships,
promoting economic development, and helping create new
jobs around specific technology clusters throughout the
state.
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BIOMIMICRY CLUSTER INITIATIVE
Biomimicry, or bioinspiration, is a field of integrative study in which biological systems, processes, and
elements are studied to draw analogies to be applied to human design challenges in a sustainable manner.
As demand for natural resources continues to increase, but supply remains fixed, there is a growing cost to
companies, consumers, and the environment. If we want to survive and thrive in the next century, we must
Learn to design new products, systems, and processes that are more efficient and environmentally
sustainable.
Biomimicry is a interdisciplinary approach to problem solving in which biologists, engineers, chemists,
business leaders, and more combine their expertise with the knowledge put forth by nature's evolutionarily
refined elements to progress the fields of technology, transportation, renewable energy, and beyond. With
millions of extant species and billions of creative human minds, the possibilities are endless.
San Diego's innovation companies are utilizing bio- inspired designs in developing new products:
mirasot@, a display innovation by Qualcomm, mimics the microstructure of a butterfly's wing
to generate color without pigment in their handheld display technologies:
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Biomatrica has developed DNA and RNA preservation technology based on the process in
nature called anhydrobiosis: http:// www. biomatrica_ co. m/ tech— n.oLcag�r_�nh.�drabi_�si_s_php
To see other examples of bio - inspired design, follow this link:
http: / /www.sandiegozoo.org/ conservation /biomimicry /resources /biomimicry_in— action
San Diego Zoo Global has partnered with the City of San Diego, CONNECT, University of California San
Diego, San Diego State University, Point Loma Nazarene University, and University of San Diego to form
BRIDGE (Biomimicry Business, Research, Innovation, Design, Governance, and Education), a multi -
organizational collaboration poised to promote the field of biomimicry. Collectively, the initiative aims to
develop San Diego into a leading center fostering biomimicry to become the world's first biomimicry hub by
establishing a new paradigm for nature - inspired research, education, innovation, and investment.
The BRIDGE organizations will play a crucial role as part of the Center's Advisory Board to serve as
advisors and liaisons to academia, industry and government. In August 2011, the San Diego iHub initiative,
Led by CONNECT, expanded its focus to include biomimicry to the convergence clusters of mobile health,
solar energy and energy storage. The iHub initiative, which includes 12 regional hubs, seeks to advance the
state's national and global economic competitiveness by stimulating regional partnerships, economic
development and job creation around research clusters.
Global Biomimicry Efforts: An Economic Game Changer
In 15 years, biomimicry could represent $300 billion annually of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010
dollars. It could provide another $50 billion in terms of mitigating the depletion of various natural
resources and reducing CO2 pollution. Biomimicry could account for 1.6 million U.S. jobs by 2025. Globally,
biomimicry could represent about $1.0 trillion of GDP in 15 years.
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NEARSOURCING CLUSTER Oro SET
Riverside County is home to more than 800 outsourcing companies, including specialists in prototyping,
R &D, contract research organizations (CROs), contract manufacturing and more. This creates an
opportunity for the region's early stage and growth companies to access this local talent instead of
sourcing out of the area or country. Nearsourcing can mean ease of collaboration, less cost and faster
time to market for these companies.
Partners in the InSoCal Innovation Corridor participate in the Connectory.com database — a comprehensive
resource guide to outstanding companies. The Southwest Riverside County portal is maintained by the
Economic Development Corporation of Southwest California.
Connectory.com® - the Southwest California Portal - contains detailed capabilities profiles of US industrial
and technology companies across all industries at every level of the supply chain. The goal is to link the
region's businesses to each other and to provide information about the industrial and technology base of
the economy. It also includes profiles of other critical assets in addition to companies including federal
labs, university and private research centers.
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The program includes three components: (1) Regularly- scheduled educational workshops and conferences
that teach our entrepreneurial community about the benefits of nearsourcing, (2) An interactive database
that contains 5,000 San Diego outsourcing companies and is actively marketed and (3) Nearsourcing
Roundtables that introduce leading outsourcing companies to the community by way of an active
matchmaking process. The matchmaking process includes:
• Companies seeking outsourcing services submitting a statement of need to CONNECT;
• CONNECT Business Advisors (selected from CONNECT's 200 volunteer CEOs) selecting appropriate
outsourcing candidates from our interactive database;
• The "client" company providing a presentation outlining their need(s);
• The outsourcing candidates preparing proposals; and finally
• The "client" company and Business Advisors interviewing each candidate to ensure a good match.
The value for the technology start -up is access to pre - qualified resources at a fraction of the time, effort
and at lower cost. For the nearsourcing provider, the program provides access to a growing number of
innovation companies with clearly defined projects and the ability to build a pipeline of valuable
commercial relationships.
The Nearsourcing Roundtable program has assisted a number of companies including Avacen, Benchmark
Revenue Management, HTS Resources, 33 Voices, MicroParticle Proteomics and EcoDog, Inc. EcoDog, a
Leader in home energy management solutions and graduate of CONNECT's Springboard program,
participated in CONNECT's first Nearsourcing Roundtable. "The CONNECT Nearsourcing process has been
extremely valuable to us for this project. We have been able to reach pre - screened and qualified local
resources in a fraction of the time and with a fraction of the effort we would have expended otherwise. I
am confident we will have a higher quality and lower cost outcome as a result," said Ron Pitt, CEO of
EcoDog.
Local companies interested in participating as part of CONNECT's Nearsourcing Initiative are encouraged
to submit your needs /specifications, fill out the online application here or contact Ruprecht von Buttlar at
rvonbuttlar(dconnect.org. Look Near First!
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