One night Aliza (Ah-LEE-zah) Hava was listening to the Yellowjackets at Kuumbwa Jazz, a live music venue in Santa Cruz. She wondered how this Grammy-winning jazz fusion band had stayed…
Seaside, CA, Feb. 24, 2021 – Businesses in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties less than 2 years old can apply to compete in the 2021 Startup Challenge before…
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Feb. 22, 2021 - Levered Learning today announced the appointment of two new members to the company's board of directors. Ed Colligan and Thomas Aurelio Davis…
Nine new startup business teams were created during the 2021 Techstars Startup Weekend Monterey Bay held February 5-7, 2021. This was the ninth year that the Institute for Innovation &…
Techstars Startup Weekend, in partnership with Google for Startups, and CSUMB’s College of Business’ Institute for Innovation & Economic Development returns to CSUMB for the ninth year. This year’s event…
Self-driving cars will soon be roaming around the south tarmac of the Marina Municipal Airport. On Dec. 15, Marina City Council approved a conditional airport use permit for Toyota Research…
Addressing COVID-19 impacts, both programs offer no-interest loans if repaid by Dec. 2023, or at 3% interest if not The city of Marina is providing more relief for a longer…
Joby Aviation’s four-passenger prototype has been awarded the first airworthiness approval by the U.S. Air Force of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Beta Technologies is close behind, expected…
Techstars Startup Weekend, in partnership with Google for Startups, and CSUMB’s College of Business’ Institute for Innovation & Economic Development returns to CSUMB for the ninth year. This year’s event…
Parallel Flight Technologies (PFT) has been invited to join Avanta Studios, an accelerator for startup companies with innovative ideas in the InsurTech, Mobility, and Insurance-Adjacent markets. The Avanta Studios program…
Startup Monterey Bay is a program of the Institute for Innovation and Economic Development at the CSUMB College of Business.