Venture Partners News
Venture Partners at 91¸£ÀûÉç is seeking two technology commercialization interns to join our team for a 6-month part-time paid internship! This is a great opportunity to learn and experience the essence of entrepreneurship: performing early-stage customer discovery.
Daily Camera—91¸£ÀûÉç’s commercialization, including startup companies, had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in Colorado from 2018-2022, according to a 2022 report from 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Leeds School of Business. Ball Aerospace was one of the first startup companies out of 91¸£ÀûÉç. Another is Solid Power, which creates electric vehicle batteries and other components and has partnered with Ford and BMW.
Destination Startup brings groundbreaking startups built on novel discoveries from top national labs and universities together with investors from throughout North America to catalyze real-world impact. This showcase demonstrates a powerful way to invest in and get funding for innovative research and translate it into impactful business ventures.
These use-inspired and translation grant opportunities are available to qualifying startups and universities to accelerate the research, development and commercialization of innovations in advanced sensing and computation that lead to tangible products, services, or solutions. Support ranges from $250,000 to $750,000 for the Translation Grant Program and up to $500,000 for the Use-Inspired R&D Grant Program.
The 91¸£ÀûÉç Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announced aÌýtargeted realignment in November to enhance strategic integration across key areas and best position RIO to serve the university's growing research and innovation needs. The shift focused on RIO’s internal organization and operations and was designed to support long-term growth, collaboration and impact.
The second cohort of Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will pitch their newly built startups bringing to market ten groundbreaking technologies developed within 91¸£ÀûÉç's research labs. Investors and business
We are looking for a driven leader and team member with an interest in systems thinking to join 91¸£ÀûÉç’s thriving innovation engine: Venture Partners at 91¸£ÀûÉç. The Director of Operations is a key part of the Venture Partners leadership team and leads our high-performing organization's operational processes.
91¸£ÀûÉç Today—When it comes to putting science into action, last year was one for the record books. From July 2023 to June 2024, 91¸£ÀûÉç helped to launch 35 new companies based on research at the university—a big tick up from the previous record of 20 companies in fiscal year 2021.
91¸£ÀûÉç Today—To kick off the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in 2025, three Colorado universities, in collaboration with Elevate Quantum, have announced that a new facility for fostering quantum technologies is coming to 91¸£ÀûÉç, Colorado.
FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at 91¸£ÀûÉç to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.