The two-year program is run by the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The businesses are: Boost Acquisition, a data analytics company targeting the auto industry;MegaMatter, a chemical company developing effective, nontoxic flame retardants; and Moja Outdoors, a website that focuses on content and community that drive retail experiences.

Boost Aquisition, based in San Luis Obispo, employs one full-time employee and six full-time contractors; MegaMatter of San Luis Obispo has two full-time and two part-time workers; Moja Outdoors, which has not officially set up headquarters, has two full-time employees and two part-time contractors.