Explore the latest news about Venture Partners at CU Boulder and keep up to date on the impact CU's startups and technologies are making.

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State and university partner to award over $1.5 million in funding to ֲý innovations

Nov. 13, 2023

Sixteen teams of ֲý faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.5 million in startup funding grants.

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CU partners with Innosphere Ventures on $2M grant award to advance life sciences innovation

Nov. 10, 2023

Innosphere Ventures—Innosphere Ventures, in partnership with bioscience trade associations and universities, including the ֲý, across a six-state region, has been awarded a Build to Scale Venture Challenge grant from the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), part of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).

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Turning science into startups

Nov. 6, 2023

Coloradan Alumni Magazine—According to the latest report from the Association of University Technology Managers, which assessed startup creation by universities in 2021, CU ranked fifth nationwide, ahead of Stanford and MIT. CU Boulder produced 20 startups that year and has spun out 179 companies to date. The pace of startup formation is surging, having nearly doubled in recent years.

Tim Paule, a laboratory technician at Atom Computing, inspects the company’s custom-developed control systems that orchestrate their quantum platforms.

How Boulder became a hub for quantum technology

Oct. 27, 2023

The Colorado Sun—Before Colorado was named a quantum Tech Hub, an ecosystem existed with roots dating back to the 1950s. Now, a push to commercialize quantum.

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CU Boulder seeks to be a leader in innovation nationwide

Oct. 16, 2023

Daily Camera—Commercializing innovations from CU Boulder has had an $8 billion impact on the U.S. economy and a $5.2 billion impact on the Colorado economy—and the university doesn’t plan to slow down anytime soon.

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Astronomical achievements: On its way to outer space Ball Aerospace launched CU’s entrepreneurial engine

Sept. 28, 2023

CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace have been collaborating for decades to solve mysteries of the universe. That partnership was also the university’s first commercial spin-off and it greased the gears of an entrepreneurial engine that continues to power innovation within the university and far beyond.

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CU Boulder and CSU: Rivals on the field, partners in innovation

Sept. 14, 2023

CU Boulder Today—While Buffs and Rams gear up for the best in-state football rivalry going, the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Sept. 16, it’s a good time to reflect on the incredible work both institutions do to solve an array of global and local challenges.

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National Academy of Inventors announces ֲý is #14 on the Top 100 US Universities List

Sept. 12, 2023

National Academy of Inventors (NAI)—The Top 100 U.S. Universities List is an annual ranking created to highlight and celebrate US universities that play a large role in advancing innovation and invention in the nation.

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CO-WY Engine chosen as finalist in new NSF innovation competition

Aug. 17, 2023

Research & Innovation Office—CU Boulder is a founding partner of the CO-WY Engine, one of 16 finalists for the National Science Foundation’s inaugural “NSF Regional Innovation Engines” competition, which could net winners $160 million over 10 years.

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New deep tech startup creator Embark announces first cohort of entrepreneurs

Aug. 9, 2023

The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator at Venture Partners at CU Boulder has officially launched its first Embark Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. Embark aims to connect business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions emerging from CU Boulder's research labs to bring them to market and unleash the full impact of CU Boulder's research into the world.

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