Tuesday, April 5, 2022

USC Viterbi, Embedded Ventures Launch Venture To Promote STEM Careers

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Embedded Ventures, which invests in dual use space startups, and USC Viterbi School of Engineering said today that the two are in a collaboration to relaunch Project Payload, a program which shows middle school aged-girls what it's like to have a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through the design of rockets, payloads, and satellites, along with programming. Embedded Venturess aid it is supporting Project Payload's summer camp at STARBASE in Los Alamitos, CA. The two did not say how much the donation from Embedded Ventures is worth. Embedded Ventures is led by CEO, General Partner, and co-foudner Jenna Bryant; the firm said one of its co-foudners, Jordan Noone, is a USC Viterbi alumni.