#305: Startup Launchpad, Nanoprobes, Lost Pets, BBCI, and more tech.

Digest #305

CSUMB has been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to help fund a new virtual startup incubator designed to serve entrepreneurs in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. The $426,035 EDA grant, along with local matching funds, provides over $852,070 to fund the creation of Startup Monterey Bay Launchpad .

The UCSC Genomics Institute , which announced their new headquarters on Delaware in September, held a standing-room-only open house last Friday. Wow! I've been following the GI for years but I have to admit, the event knocked my socks off. The GI's cutting edge research is beyond what might have been only imaginable a few decades ago. Learn more about the GI projects here .

There's more. More from Poly. More from the Kucklehead of Silicon Valley. What about facial recognition technology for lost pets?

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Sara Isenberg

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Santa Cruz Tech Beat

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