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- Ted Thayer (EngrPhys '15) is no stranger to the CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ startup world. As a student, he co-founded four companies – MyCoNet, Myra Makes, Nimb.ly, and Earable – and participated in several entrepreneurial campus programs such as Startup Summer, New Venture Challenge, Catalyze CU and countless others. Ted reflects on his startup journey for Myra Makes – a company that creates fun, educational activity books for creative kids.
- Marlee Durand and Julie Kinsella are two best friends and co-founders on a mission to encourage sustainable fashion at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.
- Longmont native, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ student team up to develop Drivewayz app to rent unused parking spotsDrivewayz placed second out of 35 teams in the IT Track finals, winning $2,500 at the New Venture Challenge at CU in March 2019.
- A group of three engineering students and one business student at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ are using their specialized skills to improve bike safety. Alex Mulvaney, who graduated from CU in the spring, tells CBS4 he came up with the idea two years ago.
- A year and a half after starting the company, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts.
- Corporate travel has a been a market in need of some desperate transformation. Pana, a CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ spinoff company, hopes to facilitate this change with a $10 million Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Bessemer Venture Partners.
- Timothy Visos-Ely, Humsini Acharya, Andrew Plum and Max Watrous - founding members of company Stride Tech - won New Venture Challenge 11 and intend to continue their efforts after graduation.
- The Stride Tech team won the 2019 New Venture Challenge (NVC) and walked out of the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Theater with $100,000 toward their invention and the opportunity to hobnob with venture capitalists, business leaders and more.
- This round of financing will enable Mallinda to scale up and to deliver its first commercial product of its high-performance materials for the transportation segment.
- Bright Wearables, KartWheel, Stride Tech, Nimb.ly, TissueForm and Button Huggie will battle it out for $200,000 at the NVC 11 Championships.