Christy Serrato

Throughout her career, Christy Serrato has made her mark in Northern California—and especially at UC Davis and in Sacramento. Serrato is the founder and CEO of Pair Anything Inc. and the program director and a founding fellow of the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy. She obtaining a B.A. in economics from UC Davis and later returned to campus to compete in the 2019 Big Bang! Business Competition, taking home the $10,000 Food + Agriculture Sector Award. Most recently, PairAnything has been featured on Good Day Sacramento and in the Davis Enterprise to showcase how the digital platform became even more relevant during COVID-19.
25th Annual Big Bang! Business Competition

2024 Big Bang! Finalists

The UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition provides a forum for innovators to collaborate as they develop and test business ideas.

View our 2024 finalists below.

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Congratulations, 2021 Big Bang! Finalists

  • by Christina
Congratulations, 2021 Big Bang! Finalists Forty-five teams—representing 135 aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs—entered the 21st annual UC Davis business competition.

The competition drew students and alumni from across UC Davis, as well as from colleges and universities throughout California. Together, the Big Bang! and Little Bang!

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Pair Anything on All Things Napa

  • by Christina

Christy Serrato, founder and CEO of Pair Anything, was featured on the All Things Napa radio show on KVON-AM - 1440 AM 96.9 FM. Pair Anything won $10K in the 2019 UC Davis Big Bang! for its platform to help wineries connect with customers beyond the tasting room by guiding them on wine and food pairings. Listen to the show >

25th Annual Big Bang! Business Competition

Big Bang! Prizes

Outdo the Competition!

The 2025 Big Bang! Business Competition will award up to $100,000+ in prize money, with additional residencies. We are very grateful to our sponsors.

 Meet a 2024 Big Bang! Winner: Bike Lane Marketplace

Bike Lane Marketplace of Davis connects bike collectives that have an abundance of niche parts with cycling enthusiasts around the world who want to buy them. The team is co-founded by high school students Kutay Ozcelik and Deniz Sumer. Bike Lane Marketplace won the Energy and Sustainability Award and took home $12,500.

PairAnything Good Day Sacramento

PairAnything on Good Day Sacramento

  • by Christina

Pair Anything, founded by Christy Serrato, was featured recently on Good Day Sacramento. Pair Anything won the $10K Food + Ag Sector Award in our 2019 Big Bang! Business Competition for creating a platform to help wineries connect with customers beyond the tasting room by guiding them on wine and food pairings. Watch the video >

Ejnar Knudsen Founder and CEO AGR Partners

Ejnar Knudsen

  • Business Partner
  • Founder/CEO, AGR Partners
Ejnar Knudsen and AGR Partners sponsor the Big Bang’s Food + Agriculture Sector Award, along with the Gowan Co. The $10,000 award recognizes innovations in food and agriculture. Knudsen is founder and CEO of AGR Partners, and oversees the company’s investment strategy, providing capital to cultivate long-term growth in leading food and agribusiness companies.
Pam Marrone Founder and CEO Marrone Bio Innovations Business Partner

Pam Marrone

  • Business Partner
  • Founder and CEO, Marrone Bio Innovations
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) is co-sponsoring the 2020 Big Bang! Business Competition’s First Place Award, given to the top innovation across all categories. Pam Marrone founded MBI in 2006 to discover and develop effective and environmentally responsible, biologically based products for pest management and plant health. In August 2013 she led the company IPO on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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