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Back in 2004, the city of San Jose, Calif., invested $6 million in an incubator that has since helped hundreds of startups get off the ground.

Today, the San Jose BioCenter is a state-of-the-art life sciences incubator, recognized in 2009 by the National Business Incubation Association as the best incubator in the world. lawsuit settlements . The center provides “wet” laboratories, research equipment, and commercialization support to life sciences and other emerging-tech companies.

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