Explore the latest news about Venture Partners at CU Boulder and keep up to date on the impact CU's startups and technologies are making.

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CU Boulder spinout that revolutionized LiDAR acquired by major government contractor

Jan. 22, 2024

LiteWave Technologies, a spinout of CU Boulder and a subsidiary of Orion Space Solutions, has been acquired by Arcfield, a leading government technology and mission support provider.

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Quantum seed grants awarded to advance industry and university innovation projects in Colorado

Jan. 21, 2024

Research & Innovation Office (RIO)—CU Boulder announced seven winners of the 2023-2024 translational quantum research seed grants, incentivizing quantum science and technology innovations launched from the lab to accelerate them along the development path to new programs and businesses.

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Standard BioTools completes merger with SomaLogic, a CU Boulder spinout

Jan. 5, 2024

Yahoo! Finance—Standard BioTools announced that it has completed its merger with SomaLogic, a CU Boulder spinout, creating a leading provider of differentiated multi-omics tools for research. The combined company is poised to realize significant benefits as a multi-omic technology leader, targeting large, high-growth markets with a diverse portfolio of life sciences tools that power industry-leading throughput and data quality.

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Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Speed Drug Discovery

Dec. 15, 2023

CU Anschutz 360—CU Boulder plays a crucial role in fostering innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and technological advancement in drug discovery and development, particularly through its expertise in quantum computing and AI and its collaborative efforts with CU Anschutz and other institutions.

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VitriVax, a CU Boulder spinout, receives $5M grant from Gates Foundation

Dec. 6, 2023

BizWest—VitriVax, a CU Boulder spinout developing vaccine technology, has received a $5 million, two-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will help the company further develop its proprietary single shot, thermostabilization vaccine technology and begin the development of pilot-scale manufacturing capacity, the company said in a press statement.

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‘Untold’ potential: CU Boulder plays huge role in advancing quantum industry

Nov. 30, 2023

Daily Camera—Gov. Jared Polis announced Colorado achieved a federal designation as a technology and innovation hub for the quantum industry. Massimo Ruzzene, CU Boulder's vice chancellor for research and innovation, said CU Boulder's role in quantum is to make new research discoveries and educate the next generation of quantum physicists and engineers.

GEMS1 Calibration Chamber "The Freezer"

Orbital Micro Systems, a CU Boulder spinout, and Black Swift Technologies awarded $1.25M SBIR Phase II contract for runway soil integrity testing

Nov. 27, 2023

Digital Journal—Orbital Micro Systems (OMS), a CU Boulder spinout and leader in the collection, aggregation and dissemination of commercial weather and climate data together with its partner Black Swift Technologies, has been selected for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to conduct expedited assessments of soil integrity for landing strips in unconventional locations.

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5 ways CU Boulder researchers are working to address climate change

Nov. 27, 2023

CU Boulder Today—The world must slash greenhouse gas emissions to nearly zero by 2050. To reach this goal, technological innovations that can help reduce emissions from the source or absorb emitted warming gasses are crucial. Here's a look at four innovations CU Boulder researchers are working on today.

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Phil DiStefano: Let’s rally behind CU Boulder researchers

Nov. 17, 2023

Daily Camera—In research labs across campus and spinoff companies across Colorado, our faculty—and staff and students who support them—are making discoveries that benefit your health, happiness and economic vitality.

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Three CU Boulder startups receive grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)

Nov. 16, 2023

OEDIT—Tattoos. Soybeans. Video games. All are behind the three startups—Afference, HYPRSKN and Seedling Biosystems—from CU Boulder that just won $250,000 in grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).

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