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On Monday, March 14, great minds met to create the next innovation for this year's cross-campus student ventures. Made up of team members from multiple CU Â鶹ӰԺ colleges, multi-disciplinary success rang true at the New Venture

The new age in entrepreneurial ventures is female-led. From mental health campaigns and apps to data-driven analytics for content creators, the next wave of female-driven innovation was on full display Wednesday night at the New Venture

Team Agraaze, first place winner and audience favorite, was awarded $10,000 for their carbon-reducing concept: To add a very small amount of red seaweed to cows’ diets, shown in a scientific study to cut their methane emissions by 82%.

Vitro3D aims to bring 3D printers to dentist's offices with near-instant dental aligners. The team is set to compete in NVC 15 and the Female Founder's Prize Night.

The IEP Innovation Award recognizes exemplary initiatives spurring innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development.

In its second year in a virtual setting, the New Venture Challenge (NVC), CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s premier entrepreneurial startup program and competition, dazzled with high energy and even higher-flying ideas curated by CU Â鶹ӰԺ students vying for their share of $150,000 in prize money.

HUG Solutions, a startup company developing cold chain transportation technology to help rural communities access mRNA vaccines, walked away from the University of Colorado’s New Venture Challenge as champions, banking $30,000 in cash prizes and a $25,000 investment offer.

CU Engineering students have invented PortaVax, a portable vaccine carrier that can keep up to 250 vaccine doses cold for several days using insulation and dry ice. Their device will help solve transporting vaccine doses to rural communities, which often lack reliable electricity or cannot afford ultra-low temperature coolers.

Six of CU Â鶹ӰԺ's top startups (HUG Solutions, LGBT50, Orbital Biodesign, Sarus, Seedling Biosystems and ToobTek) will vie for their portion of $100,000 in funding at the 13th annual NVC Championships.

More than 60 out of 110 registered NVC teams chose to participate in one of the three competitions: Impact Prize, NVC Newcomer Prize and Female Founder Prize. The winners represented all corners of campus, ranging from the Leeds School of Business to the College of Music, to freshmen, graduate students, PhDs and faculty.