CU Startup News

  • An illustration of a giant beanstock full of critters and a man carrying a solar panel and a woman carrying a giant price tag.
    Coloradan Magazine鈥擟U Boulder鈥檚 strong network of researchers bring innovations out of labs and into companies that have real-world impact. The university is a national leader and spinout powerhouse, launching 35 companies in fiscal year 2024 and over 100 since 2016, according to Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for innovation and partnerships.
  • Sristy Agrawal and Wale Lawal
    Mesa Quantum, a CU Boulder 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鈥檚 drive toward commercializing chip-scale quantum sensors for multiple applications including next-generation position, navigation and timing solutions.
  • A mall device of artificial muscle
    PR Newswire鈥擜rtimus Robotics, a CU Boulder startup and leader in artificial muscle technology, announced 拢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.
  • Two men work on a mechanical device in a laboratory
    Daily Camera鈥擟U Boulder鈥檚 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 Boulder鈥檚 Leeds School of Business. Ball Aerospace was one of the first startup companies out of CU Boulder. Another is Solid Power, which creates electric vehicle batteries and other components and has partnered with Ford and BMW.
  • 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.
  • A man stands in a lab and holds up three tubular devices
    CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science鈥擨t鈥檚 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.
  • Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator
    The second cohort of Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will pitch their newly built startups bringing to market ten groundbreaking technologies developed within CU Boulder's research labs. Investors and business
  • 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.
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