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Talking Tech Transfer—In this weekly interview series featuring global thought leaders in technology transfer, host Thierry Heles, editor of Global University Venturing, interviews Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation and managing director for Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ.

Innosphere Ventures—CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is one of the partner universities in the Colorado-Wyoming Engine proposal, a finalist in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition. The proposal aims to address climate solutions and community resiliency, competing for up to $160 million in funding over the next ten years.

Tech Transfer Central—CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has developed the Embark Deep Tech Start-Up Creator to provide an alternate mechanism for forming a new business: their founders are not the inventor but rather outside entrepreneurs who are matched with existing

As the deep tech startup scene rapidly grows, the Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, created by Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, helps founders move past sticking points to hit critical milestones in transitioning their technologies from lab to marketplace.

The University of Colorado is a national leader in startup creation with a growing suite of entrepreneurial resources giving innovative researchers opportunities to spin ideas into businesses.

In taking its technology from the lab to the streets, Solid Power is changing how electric vehicles run with less expensive, more efficient and safer battery technology.

Five promising startups spun out of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ comprise the first cohort of companies to receive investment from the Buff Venture Fund. The fund is the newest opportunity for CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ startups to access critical funding on the path to success. The Buff Venture Fund is administered by Buff Gold Ventures, which has a formal partnership with Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. 

On two exciting nights of pitches and prizes, ten startups brought a broad range of ideas to the stage, including how to live and garden more sustainably, how to deal with the downsides of social media, how to offer practical prosthetics for kids—and sustainable water filters and hydroponic produce for all. Across the two events, eight teams took home a total of $20,000 to develop their ideas further.

Wanted: entrepreneurs ready to launch startups based on innovations created in CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s research labs. The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator is a new program created by Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, the commercialization arm of CU, to match business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions created within its walls.

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has developed a groundbreaking pipeline to translate research into real-world impact, as highlighted in the 2022 Annual Report of Venture Partners at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, the university’s commercialization arm.