Software and Services

SMART Pad LLC

Brief Description

SMART Pad is commercializing a completely redesigned Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) pad for the semiconductor industry. CMP processes have not changed much since their introduction by IBM in 1983, consisting of polyurethane polishing pads, polishing slurries with abrasive particles and pad conditioners for pad resurfacing.

SMART Pad co-founder Sunghoon Lee developed the company's foundational technology while earning his PhD in the lab of UC Berkeley Professor of Mechanical Engineering David Dornfeld.

Timeline 2018...

5Plus Therapeutics

Brief Description

5Plus Therapeutics combines patent-pending software with the motion-sensor technology of Microsoft's Kinect to accurately measure functional range of motion across multiple conditions and injuries as it relates to activities of daily living (ADL).

The diagnostic software delivers an intuitive 3D assessment and progress report of the client’s functional movements to improve clinical outcomes and engage client participation.

Timeline 2013. Company founded Inventors

Ruzena Bajcsy, Richard Abresch, Aaron Bestick, Jay Han, Gregorij Kurillo,...

Hybrid Wisdom Labs, Inc.

Brief Description

Hybrid Wisdom Labs patented and launched the “Collaborative Discovery Engine”, a scalable way for companies to rapidly generate realtime insight from their customers and employees.

Acquired by SurveyMonkey in 2012.

Timeline 2011. Company founded. 2012. Acquired by SurveyMonkey. Inventors

Ephrat Bitton, Siamak Faridani, Kenneth Yigael Goldberg, David Wong

Q-Chem Inc.

Brief Description

Q-Chem, Inc. is a comprehensive ab initio quantum chemistry program to solve computational problems faster, more accurately and less expensively than ever before possible. Q-Chem's capabilities facilitate applications in pharmaceuticals, materials science, biochemistry, and other fields. Q-Chem also provides users with the highest level of technical support.

Timeline 1993. Company founded 1997. Product in market Inventors

Alex Sodt, Andreas Dreuw, Anna Krylov, Anthony Dutoi, Barry Dunietz, Brian Austin, Chao Ping Hsu; Charles...

Menlo Security

Brief Description

Menlo Security is eliminating the threat of advanced malware by introducing a new cyber security model. The company's software protects against threats and attacks that bypass many advanced security products by mirroring content from a remote browser in the cloud to the desktop, enabling clients to surf safely and securely, with a proprietary Adaptive Clientless Rendering (ACR) technology. The ACR technology was born out of research in the lab of cyber security and privacy expert Dawn Song, a UC Berkeley Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer...

mFluiDx

Brief Description

mFluiDx is aiming to develop the world’s lowest cost, automated point-of-care DNA diagnostic assay for small clinics. In small clinics, such as primary care out-patient clinics, disease diagnosis is typically done by observing symptoms or using paper-strip antibody tests. However, these methods have poor sensitivity compared to DNA diagnostics. Highly sensitive molecular DNA tests (PCR) are not often used because of cost and the need to send tests off-site resulting in a slow turnaround time (several days).

mFluiDx is a UC Berkeley startup developing Gates...

Microgrid Labs

Brief Description

Microgrid Labs Inc (MGL) is a consulting and software company specializing in microgrids and electrification of transportation.

The company's consulting arm follows a simple and practical approach to planning microgrids and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The company helps clients assess needs, analyze the state of operations, model future operating scenarios, and design the most economical solutions.

Complementing the consulting practice, the company also offers software platforms for modeling, simulation, and optimization of EV charging...

Cooler, Inc.

Brief Description

Cooler is a for-profit social venture that connects every purchase to a solution for global warming. It does this by enabling businesses and people to eliminate the global warming impact of their everyday purchases and activities.

Timeline 2007. Company founded Inventors

Christopher Jones, Daniel Kammen

Colusa Software

Brief Description

Colusa commercialized software for developers to produce memory-protected high-performance internet components in popular programming languages. The company provided a cross-language virtual machine that provided secure execution within systems such as databases and operating systems.

Microsoft Corporation acquired Colusa Software Inc. in 1996. Co-inventor, co-founder, and CEO Robert Wahbe became an executive at Microsoft after Colusa's acquisition.

Timeline 1993. Company founded 1996. Acquired by Microsoft...

CaseForge, Inc.

Brief Description

CaseForge produces personalized stabilizers for use in research and clinical imaging. These stabilizers interface with medical devices to precisely position the patient and eliminate motion, guaranteeing comfortable, fast, simple placement consistency across treatments.

The company was founded by graduate students in the lab of Dr. Jack Gallant, a professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology, and an affiliate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and programs in Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Biophysics and Vision...