Deep Tech Partners Edition—March 2025
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Alum Sristy Agrawal leads CU Â鶹ӰԺ startup Mesa Quantum to success
Mesa Quantum, a CU Â鶹ӰԺ spinout and leader in quantum sensing, recently announced $3.7 million in seed funding and a $1.9 million grant from SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. Both investments are fueling the company’s drive toward commercializing chip-scale quantum sensors for multiple applications including next-generation position, navigation and timing solutions.
Expanded opportunities for innovation and partnerships at CU Â鶹ӰԺ
The CU Â鶹ӰԺ Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announced aÌýtargeted realignment in November to enhance strategic integration across key areas and best position RIO to serve the university's growing research and innovation needs. The shift focused on RIO’s internal organization and operations and was designed to support long-term growth, collaboration and impact.
CU Startups and Technologies in the News
Rentschler, Aspero Medical awarded $4.5M for endoscopy advancement
CU Â鶹ӰԺ College of Engineering and Applied Science—It’s been six years since the launch of startup company Aspero Medical, co-founded by Professor Mark Rentschler of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company has seen great success, including the development of a medical device designed to enable more efficient procedures in the small bowel region.
‘A broader impact’: CU Â鶹ӰԺ startup culture brings life-changing technology to Colorado
Daily Camera—CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s commercialization, including startup companies, had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in Colorado from 2018-2022, according to a 2022 report from CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Leeds School of Business. Ball Aerospace was one of the first startup companies out of CU Â鶹ӰԺ. Another is Solid Power, which creates electric vehicle batteries and other components and has partnered with Ford and BMW.
​New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit
CU Â鶹ӰԺ College of Engineering and Applied Science—A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Â鶹ӰԺ has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics.
Artimus Robotics wins UK ARIA award to accelerate the development of dexterous robotic hardware
PR Newswire—Artimus Robotics, a CU Â鶹ӰԺ startup and leader in artificial muscle technology, announced £1.5M funding from the UK government's Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA). This contract will enable crucial advancements in Artimus Robotics' core soft actuation technology and support deploying this technology into dexterous manipulators in collaboration with the University of Bristol.
Can pythons help treat heart disease? A CU scientist is aiming to find out
The Colorado Sun—Professor Leslie Leinwand (BioFrontiers Institute) and her lab want to know how python hearts grow and shrink so fast—and whether that could lead to treatments for humans.
New quantum incubator in Â鶹ӰԺ to propel innovations for real-world impact
CU Â鶹ӰԺ Today—To kick off the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in 2025, three Colorado universities, in collaboration with Elevate Quantum, have announced that a new facility for fostering quantum technologies is coming to Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado.
Local tech startup ExoPower aims to power commercial robots
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel—Brandon Regensburger, founder and CEO of ExoPower, a CU Â鶹ӰԺ 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 Â鶹ӰԺ and Cornell University.
