Venture Partners News
- Sixteen teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.5 million in startup funding grants.
- Innosphere Ventures—Innosphere Ventures, in partnership with bioscience trade associations and universities, including the University of Colorado, across a six-state region, has been awarded a Build to Scale Venture Challenge grant from the
- 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 «Ƶ 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.
- 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.
- Daily Camera—Commercializing innovations from CU «Ƶ 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.
- CU «Ƶ 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.
- CU «Ƶ 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.
- 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.
- Research & Innovation Office—CU «Ƶ 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.
- The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator at Venture Partners at CU «Ƶ 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 «Ƶ's research labs to bring them to market and unleash the full impact of CU «Ƶ's research into the world.