representative santa cruz high growth tech companies
cruz foam
Replacing Styrofoam popcorn and packaging with biodegradable chitin. Raised $1.2M seed funding via NSF grant. Pre-seed Ashton Kutcher, Leo DiCaprio. SCWorks Accelerator graduate 2017.
paystand
Cloud-based billing and payment platform for B2B companies.
jane technologies
Pioneer in e-commerce and POP for cannabis dispensaries. CEO and Founder has an inspirational story from combat in Iraq to Harvard to 2018 Santa Cruz Accelerates program. Raised over $121M and owns 65% of the US market for cannabis dispensaries. SCWorks Accelerator graduate 2020.
purcell
Hardware/software solution to streamline supply chain and store operations for food dispensing. SCWorks Accelerator graduate 2020.
buoy labs
Developer of device and software to monitor water use and detect leaks. Acquired by Resideo in 2019. Toby Corey, Mark Mitchell, and Doug Erickson provided $300K seed funding. SCWorks Accelerator graduate 2018.
ambient photonics
Innovative developer of solar cells that work indoors with ambient light. Unlike conventional solar cells, ambient cells are environmentally safe to manufacture. Services Kmart, Wal-mart, and other retail chains that use indoor digital signage. $50M Series A. SCWorks Accelerator 2020 participant.
parallel flight technologies
“Prius” of drones that can switch between gas and electric to provide up to 3 hours of heavy lift operation. The goal of this company is to be able to deliver equipment to firefighters and medics. SCWorks Accelerator participant 2020.