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CU �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 �鶹ӰԺ, Colorado.

This is a new funding opportunity available to CU �鶹ӰԺ therapeutics projects. This program offers up to $50,000 in rapidly accessible funding to help advance early-stage therapeutic projects with strong commercial potential. 

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 �鶹ӰԺ to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

Innovation at the �鶹ӰԺ reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2023-24 by launching 35 startup companies based on university innovations. This achievement shattered CU �鶹ӰԺ’s previous record of 20 startups in FY 2021 and placed it among the most prolific single-campus institutions in the country.

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.

CU �鶹ӰԺ Today—A new workforce roadmap released this week aims to train, prepare and inspire the next generation of quantum workers and the general public in Colorado and the Mountain West.

Fourteen teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).

Daily Camera—Research funding at the �鶹ӰԺ has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 CU �鶹ӰԺ-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.

Colorado Public Radio—The pace of innovation and spin-off companies at the four-campus system is accelerating, particularly in the fields of health and bioscience, quantum, cybersecurity, aerospace, climate innovation, the outdoors and the food and beverage industries. The university system has 80 innovation and business accelerator programs that give patent legal, and financial support to budding entrepreneurs.

CU �鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business—It’s common to think climate tech is synonymous with the Bay Area, however, Colorado is rapidly becoming a new hot spot. Why Colorado? Home to 24 federally funded scientific labs, like NOAA, NREL and NCAR, and major research institutions like CU, CSU and Colorado School of Mines, Colorado is a ‘hub of climate research and technical expertise.’