Los Angeles-based Stratia focuses on creating “obsessively researched” skincare products using science-backed ingredients and formulations.
Companies & nonprofits in the Projects portfolio
Stak
Stak provides physical infrastructure for vertical parking, EV charging, and software to operate the physical equipment.
First Gen Scholars
Founded by first-generation college graduate Jonathan Burgos, First Gen Scholars is a nonprofit “GPS for college access for first-generation low-income students.”
The Prep Institute
The Prep Institute is a social solutions company offering customizable solutions, expert advice, and tools to help turn community visions into reality.
Just Fare
Oakland-based catering company Just Fare is dedicated to creating a positive impact for its workforce, the planet, and the community.
Mireles Landscaping
Mireles Landscaping provides landscape maintenance, irrigation repair, and general business and site maintenance primarily to commercial clients in San Diego.
Aquagga
Aquagga is a cleantech startup with a mission to advance health equity and environmental justice by removing toxic “PFAS”—“forever chemicals”—from our environment and water supplies.
RORE Inc.
RORE Inc. is a woman- and minority-owned construction management company headquartered in San Diego with offices in Honolulu.
Boxes Interactive
Started in Uruguay, Boxes Interactive provides a blended digital and retail experience for brands and consumers. The “Boxes” are self-service retail devices in high-traffic areas such as bathrooms, stadiums, and college campuses.
Smartville
Smartville is a Carlsbad-based company founded by UCSD Center for Energy Research’s Antoni Tong, principal investigator, and Mike Ferry, the energy storage program director. They realized the need to give used electric vehicle (EV) batteries a second life.
Healing To You
Healing To You is a nonprofit organization that provides mobile medical and mental health services to adults and children impacted by domestic violence.
Skuld LLC
Named after a Norse goddess of the future, Skuld’s mission is to make metal parts in an environmentally friendly and efficient manner, in an effort to save time, money, and the planet.
The Watershed Nursery
The Watershed Nursery, founded in 2001 by Diana Benner and Laura Hanson, provides quality native plant material and services to nearby Northern California restoration projects.
Open Heart Leaders
Open Heart Leaders is a Black woman-led community-based mental health agency in San Diego that offers culturally adaptive services in mental health, education, and wraparound services.
All Good
All Good is a Certified B Corp headquartered in Morro Bay, CA that produces personal care products such as sunscreen, deodorant, soaps, and lotions with natural and regenerative ingredients.
Tea Drops
Tea Drops is an Encinitas-based retailer of lightly sweetened loose-leaf tea pressed into a single-serving dissolvable drop, available online and in stores across the country.
Right at Home
Right at Home offers in-home care for those who are elderly and those with physical or developmental disabilities.
Vested Solutions
Northside Shack, opened by Pamela Olvera in 2014, offers açai bowls and smoothies across a few different locations in San Diego County.
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