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Startup of the Month: Athena Intelligence

Ag-tech startup plots to make data efficient at the ground level.

For almost a decade, David Sypnieski has been working in the ag-tech space, focusing on the production and processing levels of California’s food system. Six years ago, he noticed a major hole in the supply chain: Food companies and growers didn’t have solid, easy-to-access data to help them evolve with the times.

Jan 3, 2018 Russell Nichols

Startup of Month: Dermveda

With integrative approach, comprehensive skin care website delivers personalized content to users

The most common reason people visit their doctor might surprise you. It’s not back problems, high blood pressure or diabetes. According to a 2013 survey by the Mayo Clinic, the No. 1 reason is skin disorders.

Dec 6, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Wyllness

Granite Bay startup launches solution to help solve the opioid crisis

The opioid crisis was born in the late 1990s. Pharmaceutical companies said opioids — a class of drugs that produce pleasurable effects and relieve pain — weren’t addicting. Healthcare providers prescribed more of them. Twenty years later, we’re in the throes of an epidemic.

Nov 1, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Alphapura Robotics

To impact the world, local business seeks to turn trash into 3D treasure

The big idea was garbage.

Frederick Janson was in the garage, taking the trash out of his first house in North Natomas. That was when he noticed how full the blue recycle bin was with plastic containers. He realized these recyclables he was paying somebody to take away could be used as building materials.

Oct 4, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Shenanigans Inflatable Pubs

With Irish imports, family business taps into inflatable pub trend

Inflatable Pubs can be rented for corporate events, weddings, birthday parties or any other type of festivity. Prices range from $400 to $600 per day with additional shipping fees for deliveries outside the region. Right now, Shenanigans has two inflatable pubs, imported straight from Ireland.

Sep 7, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Fantag

With on-demand instant replays, spectators can watch live games from different shots

For sports fans, it’s not about wins and losses, but how you experience that game that counts. Brian Dombrowski learned this shooting videos for youth and high school sports events in the Bay Area. He was filming original content for coaches, but they weren’t the only ones interested in his footage.

Aug 9, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Branch to Box

Lodi delivery service brings fresh fruit from the farm to your office

Typically, fruit goes through many hands — farmer, packer, shipper, broker — before reaching the supermarket. Based in Lodi, Branch to Box focuses on cutting out the middlemen (hence the name) to provide the freshest possible fruit to offices.

Jul 5, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Hoop Maps

Looking to play pickup basketball games? This app will assist you.

If you’re a basketball player, you’re not one to just sit around and spectate. You want to prove you got skills too. Problem is, finding people to hoop with is no walk in the park.

Jun 5, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Free Form Factory

Rancho Cordova-based advanced manufacturing company aims to make waves with durable, all-electric watercraft

In 2014, Darling launched Free Form Factory, making after-market decks and hulls out of durable polymer material. Two years later, the company relocated from Rochester, New York to Rancho Cordova. Free Form Factory has unveiled a stand-up watercraft prototype that is 100-percent recyclable and electric-powered.

May 3, 2017 Russell Nichols

Startup of the Month: Text to Ticket

With traffic safety app, citizens earn cash targeting distracted drivers

If you’re texting and driving, Sarah Morell might be recording you. She’s usually riding shotgun, as her husband drives, with her camera phone, ready to catch traffic safety violators on video. Her 6-year-old daughter’s in on the action too.

Apr 5, 2017 Russell Nichols
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