Past/Current Startups
Caltech has been extremely active in the formation of technology start-up companies wholly or partly based on technology developed at Caltech and JPL. Caltech has received equity in more than 80 companies since OTT was founded in 1995.
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Active Spectrum
Location
Faculty Member
Year Formed
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Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
Advanced Spectroscopy Techniques
Adaptive Computation
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C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
Combination hardware and software based facial recognition, image based search engine and intelligent video under real world environment
Alerion
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Year Formed
Thomas Meade
1997
1997
MRI Contrast Agents
Allozyne
Location
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
Engineered proteins containing non-natural amino acids for therapeutic, diagnostic or research applications
Alta Devices
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Year Formed
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Faculty Member
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Website
Analytical Pixels (APIX)
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C.E.O.
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Year Formed
Website
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Website
Nano-sensor based gas analysis
Aonex
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Acquired by Amberwave in 2008
Pasadena, CA, USA
Harry Atwater
2004
Pasadena, CA, USA
Harry Atwater
2004
Semiconductor Wafer Layer Transfer Technology
Arges Imaging
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Faculty Member
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Acquired by Sirona
Pasadena, CA, USA
Mory Gharib
2008
Pasadena, CA, USA
Mory Gharib
2008
Dental Profilometry (Scanning for Crown Molds)
Arithmos
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Faculty Member
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Location
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Acquired by ST Microelectronics
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Carver Mead and Amnon Yariv
1995
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Carver Mead and Amnon Yariv
1995
Driver and signal processing chips for flat panel displays incorporating graphic subsystem, signal processing, and interface functions for LCD panel
Arizona Microsystems
Current Status
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Faculty Member
Year Formed
Location
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Acquired
Tucson, AZ, USA
Seth Marder and Joseph Perry
2001
Tucson, AZ, USA
Seth Marder and Joseph Perry
2001
Optical & Polymer Technologies
Arroyo Sciences
Location
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
C.E.O.
Faculty Member
Year Formed
Pasadena, CA, USA
Carl Kukkonen
Sandeep Gulati
2003
Carl Kukkonen
Sandeep Gulati
2003
U-Hunter and MUDDS Software
Aurora Biosciences
Current Status
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Faculty Member
Year Formed
Location
Faculty Member
Year Formed
IPO in 1997
San Diego, CA, USA
Melvin Simon
1995
San Diego, CA, USA
Melvin Simon
1995
Screening for the identification of drug or agrochemical development candidates
Axiom Microdevices
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Faculty Member
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Acquired by Skyworks
Irvine, CA, USA
Ali Hajimiri
2002
Irvine, CA, USA
Ali Hajimiri
2002
Wireless Semiconductors