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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.
Competing against five teams in the NVC 11 Research & Development (R&D) Track Finals competition (hosted by Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ), TissueForm took home the first place prize and $6,000 after pitching their business idea to a panel of judges and a live audience.
Bright Wearables brings both style and communication together in order to eliminate the need for business cards. Their micro-chip embedded fashion accessories allows contact information to be passed to smartphones with just a tap of the phone.
New Venture Challenge Track Finals are in full swing, and we're excited to announce KartWheel as the second NVC 11 Championships finalist! KartWheel is a specialized transportation company established to transport students with disabilities and injuries from their homes to specific buildings on campus.