UC San Diego Spin-off Companies
UC San Diego is an economic engine that is driving the future of the region via these active spin-off ventures—through sales and growing workforces—which amount to an economic impact of over $20 billion in San Diego County alone.
Companies by Industry
UC San Diego is an economic engine that is driving the future of the region via these active spin-off ventures—through sales and growing workforces—which amount to an economic impact of over $20 billion in San Diego County alone.
Retail
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| Chuao Chocolatier, Inc. | 30 | $221,000 |
| Denfran Systems, Inc. | 4 | - |
| Emitations.com | 1 | $77,000 |
| Gravity Skateboards | 12 | $1,000,000 |
| Laserlab Inc | 6 | $670,000 |
| Mission Playground | 7 | $690,000 |
| Muttropolis, LLC | 2 | $100,000 |
| MyCats | 1 | $55,000 |
| Photometria, Inc | 1 | $68,000 |
| Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. | 6 | $300,000 |
| R B III Associates, Inc. | 210 | - |
| Rusty Surfboards | 24 | - |
| San Pasqual Wintery, LLC | 4 | $340,000 |
| Sorrento Mesa Printing | 2 | $130,000 |
| Sparkle Farm | 1 | $69,000 |
| Surf Diva, Inc. | 25 | $1,900,000 |
| Swankpets | 2 | - |
| Taaz | - | - |
| Waters Fine Catering | 115 | $3,900,000 |
| With Rock Surf Camp | 2 | - |
Computing
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| app2you, Inc. | 3 | $250,000 |
| Brightcloud, Inc. | - | - |
| Immersive Media Research | 2 | $92,000 |
| IVID Communications | - | - |
| Mathemagical Images | 1 | $85,000 |
| Network Digicality | 1 | $85,000 |
| Northstar Web Design | - | - |
| Nukona, Inc | 2 | $130,000 |
| OceanHouse Media | - | - |
| OpenCandy. | - | - |
| Ortiva Wireless, Inc. | 25 | 4,900,000 |
Financial, Management, & Consulting Services
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| Active Motif, Inc. | 40 | $4,600,000 |
| Airsis, Inc. | 25 | $3,600,000 |
| Andrews, Lagasse, Branch and Bell, LLP | 3 | $290,000 |
| Aspire Independent Review Board | 10 | - |
| BatesnoWhite | - | - |
| Better Business Funding, LLC | - | - |
| Carlton Disante & Freduenberger | 10 | $990,000 |
| Certain Technology Ventures | - | - |
| Covario, Inc. | 84 | - |
| Delphi Private Advisors | - | - |
| Domani Investments LLC | - | - |
| eProcesses Consulting | 2 | $170,000 |
| Forward Ventures | 15 | $1,600,000 |
| Gaslamp Insurance Services | 27 | $6,230,000 |
| GlobeFlex Capital, L.P. | 24 | $24,870,000 |
| Huntington Capital | 3 | $1,000,000 |
| Integrity Capital, Inc. | - | - |
| JorgeCruise.com, Inc | 2 | $110,000 |
| Phoenix Flow Systems, Inc | 4 | $420,000 |
| Psyomics, Inc. | 2 | $170,000 |
| Regent Partners, LLC | 2 | $140,000 |
| Roger Bradley Consulting | 2 | $180,000 |
| Rore Inc | 45 | $3,990,000 |
| Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency | 5 | $190,000 |
| Schwartz, Semerdjian, Haile, Ballard & Cauley LLP | 23 | $2,300,000 |
| Sovereign Capital | - | - |
| Talentsmart, Inc. | 12 | $630,000 |
| Tom Shepard & Associates, Inc. | 7 | - |
| Traversa Therapeutics | 12 | $1,100,000 |
| WebPRpro | 9 | $1,200,000 |
Sustainability Technology and Services
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| San Diego EarthWorks | 11 | $2,834,800 |
| Sapphire Energy | 109 | $17,900,000 |
| Silver Wood Energy Inc | - | - |
Hi-Technology
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| AwarePoint | 40 | $5,100,000 |
| CardioSync Technologies | 2 | - |
| Coglonics | 1 | $73,000 |
| Cymer, Inc. | 820 | $307,700,000 |
| Direct Electron, L.P | 10 | $1,000,000 |
| Elintrix | 5 | $440,000 |
| Entropic Communications | 262 | $116,31,000 |
| Insillicomed, Inc, | 3 | $240,000 |
| IQ Analog | 1 | $110,000 |
| La Jolla Networks | 7 | $260,000 |
| Machine Perception Tech, Inc. | - | - |
| Mushroom Networks | 10 | $690,000 |
| Neurovigil | 11 | $640,000 |
| Qualcomm, Inc. | 11,850 | $10,416,000,000 |
| SciVee | 3 | $100,000 |
| Sotera Wireless, Inc. | 39 | $4,100,000 |
| Synervate Inc. | 5 | - |
| Tempest Microsystems | 16 | $1,900,000 |
| Togabi Technologies, Inc. | - | - |
| ViaSat, Inc. | 1,110 | $628,200,000 |
Medicine & Health
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| American Specialty Health Networks | 663 | $147,000,000 |
| Billups Rothenberg, Inc | 5 | $500,000 |
| Biological Dynamics | 4 | $240,000 |
| Celladon Corp. | 10 | $1,100,000 |
| Dance or Die | - | - |
| David L. Christopher, A Psychotherapy Corporation | - | - |
| DR Systems Inc | - | - |
| Dynamic Behavioral Solutions | - | - |
| Fit & Giggles | - | - |
| Genoptix, Inc. | 440 | $184,380,000 |
| GlySens, Inc. | 1 | $160,000 |
| Minnow Medical | 25 | $3,300,000 |
| Nicolas Conor Institute | - | - |
| PlanetX | - | - |
| Protein Vision, Inc. | - | - |
| Proveri, Inc. | 2 | $200,000 |
| Pulmosense | 3 | $190,000 |
| SanDiegoTherapist.com | - | - |
| Sonicboomwellness.com | 7 | $850,000 |
| TDAK Medical Inc | 3 | $120,000 |
| Timeless Age Defying Laser Clinic | 4 | $410,000 |
| Tritonics | 5 | $420,000 |
| Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $600,000 |
BioTechnology
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| Active Motif, Inc | 40 | $4,600,000 |
| Androclus Therapeutics | 3 | - |
| Aviva Systems Biology Corporation | 7 | $160,000 |
| Biostretch Med, Inc. | 1 | $100,000 |
| BrainCells, Inc. | 30 | $3,500,000 |
| Ceregene | 32 | $3,600,000 |
| Crinetics Pharmaceuticals | $83,000 | - |
| Cytori Therapeutics, Inc | 93 | $14,730,000 |
| Genomatica, Inc. | 18 | $2,000,000 |
| GenWay Biotech | 21 | $2,300,000 |
| Human Biomolecular Research Institute | 10 | $2,360,000 |
| Imgenex Corp | 16 | $2,840,000 |
| ItherX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 42 | $4,700,000 |
| Life Technologies Corporation (formerly Invitrogen) | $3,280,000,000 | - |
| Lithera Inc. | 9 | $920,000 |
| Microstem | 7 | $420,000 |
| MO Bio Laboratories, Inc. | 17 | $1,900,000 |
| Nautilus Environmental LLC | 18 | $1,180,000 |
| Neostasis, Inc. | - | - |
| Nereus Pharmaceutials, Inc | 29 | $20,000 |
| Opus pharmaceuticals | 3 | $280,000 |
| Quanlight | 3 | $210,000 |
| Quantitative Biosciences | 6 | $290,000 |
| Receptos | 18 | $1,200,000 |
| Rhevision Technology, Inc. | 3 | $110,000 |
| Sangart, Inc. | 35 | $6,700,000 |
| Seashell Technology, LLC | 7 | $1,000,000 |
| Senomyx | 108 | $15,510,000 |
| Sensormetrix | 5 | $180,000 |
| Sova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | - | - |
| Syngen Research | 1 | - |
| Synthetic Genomics | 27 | - |
| Vical, Inc. | 113 | $12,690,000 |
Other
| COMPANY NAME | EMPLOYEES | ANNUAL SALES |
|---|
| AEC One Stop Group (Formerly MP3.com | - | - |
| Craftsman Wood Refinishing | - | - |
| Crystal Pyramid Productions | 5 | $200,000 |
| Kereshmeh Records | - | - |
| M Ship Co., LLC | 10 | $840,000 |
| Martinez + Cutri Architects | 30 | $4,300,000 |
| Music Search, Inc. | 3 | $140,000 |
| Reality Changers | 4 | $720,000 |
| SanTech Inc | 1 | $150,000 |
| Villa Musica | - | - |
| WaveLoch | 9 | $1,200,000 |
| Western Mineral Appraisers | - | - |