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The Hurt Co. was founded by Bren School graduates Taylor Heisley-Cook and David Mun. What started as a UCSB thesis project is now helping shift the fashion industry toward more affordable, eco-friendly materials.

Nereid Biomaterials was named Startup of the Month by Comstock's Magazine for developing ocean-degradable materials to reduce marine plastic pollution.

Three Gauchos made TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025, reflecting the university’s ongoing impact in sustainability, technology, and health research.

Heather Hochrein founded EVmatch while earning her master’s at UCSB’s Bren School. What began as a class project to improve EV charging access has grown into a company expanding shared charging options for renters and multifamily housing.

In 2015, the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UC Santa Barbara established the Technology Incubator in Elings Hall to support startup companies stemming from technologies developed on campus. Now in its 10th anniversary year, the incubator has become “a humming innovation ecosystem".

Next Energy Technologies, a Goleta-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology company and UCSB CNSI Incubator Alum, has upgraded its pilot production line.

Unite to Light, James S. Bower Foundation Partner with Dragon Q Energy to Install 10 PowerPoles Across S.B. County.

Why does everyone have to die? That’s the thought that’s puzzled 2023 Under 30 Healthcare lister Felix Wong since he was six years old.

In 2022, the age-old question led him to launch Integrated Biosciences—a biotech company discovering and developing drugs to cure age-associated illnesses like cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. This week, the company announced it’s raised some $17 million in seed funding led by Sutter Hill Ventures, with participation from Illumina Venture Labs, Mission BioCapital and more.

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UCSB spinoff Hikari advances drug dosing technology.