The Insider: Deep Tech Partners Edition—February 2026
Featured News
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder joins Medtronic in strategic partnership to drive breakthrough health innovations
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—The University of Colorado (CU) and Medtronic, a global leader in health care technology, have entered into a strategic research agreement to accelerate the development of transformative health technologies. Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØwas selected from a nationwide search for its strength in advancing disruptive innovation.
The University of Colorado Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator announces 2026 cohort
The University of Colorado's Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator has announced its 2026 startup teams. The selected companies span a wide range of disciplines, reflecting the depth and breadth of innovation emerging from CU’s research enterprise.
University Startup and Innovation News
Destination Startup announces startups across the region to present at annual showcase
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.
Physicists create a new kind of time crystal that humans can actually see
EurekAlert!—In a new study, physicists at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ have used liquid crystals, the same materials that are in your phone display, to create such a clock—or, at least, as close as humans can get to that idea. The researchers aren’t the first to make a time crystal, but their creation is the first that humans can actually see, which could open a host of technological applications.
Donated blood has a shelf life. A new test tracks how it's aging
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—University of Colorado researchers have developed a fast, easy test that could help blood centers and hospitals monitor the quality of stored red blood cells. The palm-sized, chip-based device uses surface acoustic waves to assess cell aging, with the goal of improving transfusion outcomes and better allocating high-quality blood to patients.
Think Bioscience raises $55M in oversubscribed Series A
PR Newswire—Think Bioscience, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder biotechnology spinout focused on unlocking elusive drug targets, has raised $55M in an oversubscribed Series A. Returning investors include AV8 Ventures, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØInnovations and Buff Gold Ventures.
Physicist Jun Ye named to Quantum 100 list
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—UNESCO named physicist Jun Ye to its Quantum 100 list—a catalogue of some of the top leaders around the world in the rapidly growing field of quantum science.
