Entrepreneurship

The Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants were awarded by COEDIT’s Global Business Development Division. The grants are intended to “drive innovation, accelerate commercialization, encourage public-private partnerships, and increase access to early-stage capital across the state from Dolores to Grand Junction to Fort Collins."

Biomedical Engineering Professors Nick Bottenus and Corey Neu each won the Lab Venture Challenge 2021 Award in Biosciences.

Aspero Medical, a medical device startup founded by Professor Mark Rentschler, received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop the company’s endoscopic balloon overtube for gastrointestinal and endoscopy procedures.

Rentschler received the honor recognizing his thought-leadership and discovery on Monday, Nov. 1.

After a year when the nation experienced a shortage of mechanical ventilators to help treat patients with severe COVID-19 complications, Professor Mark Borden's company Respirogen presents another treatment option: oxygen microbubbles.

BME Professor Mark Rentschler's Boulder-based company will seek FDA approval after receiving a patent for its leading-edge medical balloon technology.