CU Startup News

  • Two researchers, a woman and a man, examine a small device he holds up in a laboratory.
    CU Boulder Today鈥擶hen it comes to putting science into action, last year was one for the record books. From July 2023 to June 2024, CU Boulder helped to launch 35 new companies based on research at the university鈥攁 big tick up from the previous record of 20 companies in fiscal year 2021.
  • A white man with brown hair in blue t-shirt and wearing protective glasses concentrates on his work in a greenhouse.
    U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)鈥斺淓PA congratulates PAGE Technologies on receiving this grant award,鈥 said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. 鈥淭he company鈥檚 development of low-cost, handheld printable sensors for water quality monitoring will deliver an innovative, new tool for safeguarding water quality and public health."
  • A man works at a workshop table
    The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel鈥擝randon Regensburger, founder and CEO of ExoPower, a CU Boulder startup, is developing a technology that can wirelessly charge robots as they move and work. He has set up shop in the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center, where he continues developing technology he has worked on for years as a graduate student at CU Boulder and Cornell University.
  • A woman in a lab holds up a beaker with a jelly fish inside it
    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 CU Boulder to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.
  • A man and a woman laugh while working together to in a laboratory
    Innovation at the University of Colorado Boulder reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2023-24 by launching 35 startup companies based on university innovations. This achievement shattered CU Boulder鈥檚 previous record of 20 startups in FY 2021 and placed it among the most prolific single-campus institutions in the country.
  • Progressive photos of a piece of resin degrading
    Composites World鈥擬allinda Inc., a CU Boulder spinout and global developer of vitrimer resin systems, announces the commercial launch of Vitrimax versatile hot melt (VHM) resin, a vitrimer-based composite resin system. According to the company, this technology combines the optimal mechanical properties of thermosets with the processing flexibility of thermoplastics, while enabling economic recyclability and reuse for high-performance composites.
  • Mesa Quantum founders Sristy Agrawal and Wale Lawal. Photo courtesy of Mesa Quantum.
    ColoradoBiz鈥擜grawal, 29, moved from India to Colorado to study quantum computation at CU in 2019. 鈥淏oulder, in general, has the most thriving quantum ecosystem in the world,鈥 she says. The overwhelming focus on quantum computing, however, paved the way for Agrawal to co-found CU Boulder Startup Mesa Quantum with Wale Lawal in early 2024.
  • Colorado
    Colorado Bioscience Association鈥擟olorado's life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023, demonstrating the resilience of life sciences companies and organizations in the state during a challenging year for U.S. life sciences fundraising.
  • Hundreds of colorful lines converging on a single white point.
    Yahoo Finance鈥擜yar Labs, a semiconductor startup based in San Jose and spun out of CU Boulder, has raised $155 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its optical I/O technology.
  • Destination Startup
    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.
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