CU Startup News

  • CU Boulder startup Arpeggio Biosciences raises $17M in Series A funding led by builders VC
    Arpeggio鈥檚 technology isolates a drug鈥檚 effect on entire transcriptomes and has identified new modulators of hard-to-drug proteins like transcription factors. Funding was led by Builders VC and will support ongoing development of Arpeggio鈥檚 drug pipeline as well as its transcription-monitoring technologies.
  • ColdQuanta named Top Company 2022 by ColoradoBiz
    This year鈥檚 Top Company winners and finalists represent 13 industry categories. Entrants were judged on three criteria: outstanding achievement, financial performance and community involvement. ColdQuanta won in the "Technology, Software & Communications" category.
  • PhET Interactive Simulations: Putting students in the driver鈥檚 seat of STEM learning
    It's hard to find a physics or chemistry teacher that doesn't use PhET Interactive Simulations, a free online science and math simulations platform founded at CU Boulder in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman. These beautifully designed STEM explorations are loved by students and educators alike.
  • How this celebrity tattoo artist created a tattoo you can turn on and off at will
    Keith 鈥淏ang Bang鈥 McCurdy is taking HYPRSKN鈥攖he microscopic skin implants with adaptive, color-changing in-skin pigments developed by Carson Bruns and Jesse Butterfield of CU Boulder's ATLAS Institute鈥攖o the next level with real tattoo ink that you can 鈥渢urn on鈥 or off using different wavelengths of UV and white light.
  • ColdQuanta acquires Chicago-based quantum startup Super.tech
    The merger is addressing pressing needs in quantum research for CU Boulder spinout ColdQuanta鈥攁s well as the quantum industry. Both companies are affiliates of Q-NEXT, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Quantum Information Science Research Center led by Argonne National Laboratory.
  • CU Boulder spinout Think Bioscience raises $17M to target undruggable proteins
    Think Bioscience (鈥淭hink鈥), a synthetic biology company focused on developing small-molecule therapeutics that target difficult-to-drug proteins, has raised $17M in an oversubscribed Seed round. Think's foundational IP was developed by CEO Jerome Fox's research group at CU Boulder.
  • This carbon-neutral, biogenic cement Is the future of infrastructure
    鈥淔or the industry, now is the time to solve this problem,鈥 Wil Srubar, an associate professor at CU Boulder and the lead researcher on the project, says in a news release. 鈥淲e believe that we have one of the best solutions, if not the best solution, for the cement and concrete industry to address its carbon problem.鈥
  • Artimus Robotics secures $3.5M in grants, contracts
    Artimus builds actuator components for industries such as defense, automotive and medical devices. Its proprietary HASEL technology 鈥渁lready has shown incredible potential in many applications,鈥 said CEO Tim Morrissey. 鈥淭his capital will facilitate optimization of the technology for the best applications.鈥
  • SomaLogic acquires DNA nanotechnology leader Palamedrix
    SomaLogic, a leader in AI data-driven proteomics technology founded by Professor Larry Gold (MCDB), has entered into an agreement to acquire Palamedrix, Inc.鈥攁 move intended to accelerate the SomaScan Platform's utilization in global biopharma and academic markets.
  • Plant-based food developer Meati raises $150M in Series C funding
    Meati Foods, a Boulder-based company that uses mushroom root to make protein-packed cutlets, has received a fresh $150M capital injection. With the new funding, Meati鈥檚 first order of business is to complete its first production facility, known as a Mega Ranch, in Thornton.
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