Venture Partners News
- 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—鶹ѰBoulder 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 鶹ѰBoulder has officially launched its first Embark Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. Embark aims to connect business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions emerging from 鶹ѰBoulder's research labs to bring them to market and unleash the full impact of 鶹ѰBoulder's research into the world.
- 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 鶹ѰBoulder.
- Innosphere Ventures—鶹ѰBoulder 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—鶹ѰBoulder 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 鶹ѰBoulder, 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 鶹ѰBoulder comprise the first cohort of companies to receive investment from the Buff Venture Fund. The fund is the newest opportunity for 鶹ѰBoulder 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 鶹ѰBoulder.