Among the other companies that have emerged from the UCI MBA program:
–Irvine-based Entridia Corp. makes chips designed to speed up Internet and other IP network connections. It was started in 1997 by three UCI students: Emil Chao, VP of business development; Paramesh Gopi, VP of marketing and Ram Krishnan, CTO. To date, Entridia has raised $40 million, with investors led by Conexant Systems Inc. and including Applied Micro Circuits Corp. and Agilent Technologies Inc.
–Digital Transit Inc. of Dana Point was begun earlier this year by Patrick Lilley, a 1990 graduate. It makes software that allows cellular phone companies to remotely update their clients’ cell phones and other products without the consumer having to bring the product to a service center. To date, its investors include Nokia Ventures LP of Silicon Valley, Windspeed Ventures of Boston and Celerity Ventures of Boston.
–Homegopher.com was founded by Wayne Lin, who earned his MBA in 1999. It’s an e-commerce portal that uses entertainment to attract buyers and sellers in a distribution channel.
–Huddle24-7 Inc. of Santa Ana was co-founded by 1998 graduate Andrew Patel and several classmates. The company provides an Internet-based service to enable corporate team members to share documents and to manage programs from any location.
–Egoose Inc. of Irvine was co-founded by Sasha Talebi, a 1999 grad. The company is a Web portal that provides online financial advice, stock market analysis, proprietary research and commentary for investors.
–Elink Commerce of Glendale was co-founded by Dave Hackett, a 1997 graduate. It uses the Internet to automate supply-chain management in the bulk commodities business.
–1hope.com Inc. of Irvine was co-founded by Chuck Metzger, a 1998 grad (and a medical doctor). It helps nonprofit groups use the Internet to do fund-raising.
–Alteer Corp. of Irvine was founded by Frank Rhie, a 1995 graduate (and also a doctor). It makes software to streamline information systems in medical offices.
–ISPstrategies.com Inc. of Mission Viejo was co-founded by J. Mike Wray, a 1997 grad. The company provides Internet access, domain names, e-mail, Web designs and other Internet services.
–OzNetwork Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, was founded by Kris Duggan, who graduated in 1999. It’s a Web portal competing with Yahoo Australia and Excite Australia. In April, Imperial One Ltd., a small publicly traded Australian company, purchased a majority share. The company employs 20.
–Endeavors Technology, Irvine, is a maker of Internet-based collaboration and mobile information management software. Its Magi suite is based on research done at UCI and partially funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. It was acquired this year by U.K.-based Tadpole Technology PLC for $3.3 million.
