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Big Blue Technologies—The Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) announced that Big Blue Technologies (BBT), a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout based in technology developed in Alan W. Weimer's lab (Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Chemical and Biological Engineering), has been awarded $1.5 million to scale up process technology to make magnesium metal.

BusinessWire—Infleqtion, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout and global leader in quantum information technologies, announced a second grant from the UK government to further accelerate the performance of its neutral atom quantum computing platform, Sqale. The project aims to increase gate execution rate by 10–100x, a major advance in the scalability and capability of quantum hardware, critical for making quantum systems commercially viable.

The Global Business Development division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that 22 Colorado companies and 13 researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention grants through OEDIT’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Program, including seven Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØDenver and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder ventures.

Innosphere has announced the 2025 cohort of its Life Sciences Incubator, featuring 33 startups advancing solutions in biopharma, digital health, diagnostics and medical devices, including three Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startups: Kioga, Endios Bio and IntraLumenus.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz, Forbes—Since World War II, the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise has driven an era of prosperity and innovation, fueling breakthroughs in space, medicine and technology while empowering our national security and international trade.

Venture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spin-off a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan (alum, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Physics). Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has launched Boulder Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative—The 2025 New Venture Challenge (NVC) culminated in a final showcase on April 23 with a live audience cheering on the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ’s next exciting innovations. At an event filled with big ideas and even bigger entrepreneurial spirit, six teams competed for a record $325,000.

Albuquerque Journal—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startup Mesa Quantum is commercializing its quantum sensors, which target more robust position, navigation and timing applications in miniaturized atomic clocks. It’s now one step closer to that goal.

Manus Bio—Manus, the proven bioalternatives scale-up platform, and Inscripta, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout and leading life science technology company helping to create the bioeconomy, today announced a strategic merger to establish a unique end-to-end platform for scalable development, biomanufacturing, and commercialization of bioalternative products.