Mesa Quantum Inc.
Developing advanced chip-scale quantum sensing for next-generation position, navigation and timing capabilities. Visit the Mesa Quantum Website
The University of Colorado Connection

Venture Partners helped match a motivated grad student, Sristy Agrawal (NIST, JILA, CU Boulder Physics), with a novel atomic clock invented in Svenja Knappe’s lab (CU Boulder Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering). Mesa Quantum was first conceived in the NSF I-Corps™ Hub: West Region customer discovery programming offered at Venture Partners. Mesa Quantum is ushering in the next generation of chip-scale atomic clocks and quantum sensors, powering the industries of tomorrow in fields like autonomous vehicles and advanced deep-water oil exploration. Read More
Funding Status and Investment Opportunities
- Industry: Hardware and Instrumentation, Quantum, Aerospace, Advanced Materials, Robotics, Optics
- Funding Stage: Seed Round
- Contact for Investment Inquiries: Sristy Agrawal, sristy@mesaquantum.com
In the News
- Mesa Quantum scores $100K inaugural state grant for quantum sensor development (2025)
- Alum Sristy Agrawal leads CU Boulder startup Mesa Quantum to success (2025)
- ‘A broader impact’: CU Boulder startup culture brings life-changing technology to Colorado (Daily Camera, 2025)
- 5 CU Boulder startups to watch in 2025 (2025)
- Rising Startup Stars: Sristy Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of Mesa Quantum (ColoradoBiz, 2023)
- OEDIT announces grants to University of Colorado startups and researchers in the advanced industries (OEDIT, 2024)
- Quantum timekeepers raise $3.7M for a precise clock (2024)
- If GPS goes dark, Mesa Quantum has a backup plan (2024)
- Six CU Boulder startups selected to present at the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (2024)
- Pitch competition celebrates and funds new CU Boulder ventures founded on scientific discoveries (2024)
- State and university partner to award over $1.5 million in funding to University of Colorado innovations (2023)
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