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Basilard CEO Brynley Lee and founder Masa Rao

Highlander Venture Fund invests in Basilard BioTech

The UC Riverside-based startup will use the investment to develop next-generation prototypes
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business

Federal Economic Development Administration invests in Inland Empire entrepreneurship

Latest grant to UC Riverside will create an angel investor network to take regional tech startups to the next level
By Holly Ober | | Business
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Natural mosquito repellent startup wins seed funding

UC Riverside startup Sensorygen beats entrepreneurs from other University of California campuses
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business
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Riverside named a top city for entrepreneurs

Riverside outranks the better-known entrepreneurship hotspot of San Jose
By Holly Ober | | Business
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EPIC Small Business Development Center will help Inland Empire startups flourish

Center opens April 3; will offer support to technology-focused entrepreneurs
By Jeanette Marantos | | Business

Highlander Venture Fund chooses UCR professor’s ‘next-generation’ mosquito repellent for second investment

Up to $500,000 will help a startup company market a killer repellent that’s nontoxic, natural, and sweet-smelling
By Jeanette Marantos | | Business
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Highlander venture fund makes its first investment

$250,000 supports San Diego-based NanoCellect Biomedical Inc.
By Richard Chang | | University