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Big 5 is a 5-week innovation bootcamp addressing globally relevant challenges. 30 students from the University of Colorado Boulder are selected to participate. Big 5 seeks participants with diverse backgrounds, such as engineering, design, business, law and social sciences to form teams that will work over 5 weeks to design entrepreneurial ventures to tackle social and environmental problems.
The CU Boulder I&E Seed Grant program, administered by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, encourages faculty and staff to undertake projects involving innovative, entrepreneurial outcomes, or a problem-solving mindset. Cross-campus interdisciplinary projects are highly favored.
http://www.colorado.edu/entrepreneurship/innovation-seed-grant
The New Venture Challenge (NVC) connects the campus with the Boulder community to develop and fund entrepreneurial ideas. Through fall and spring semesters, teams form, work with mentors, and refine their ideas before pitching at the championships. The NVC provides a way for CU Boulder students, faculty, staff, and the Boulder community to learn about the process of launching ventures through events, workshops, mentorship, and networking.
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1 Million Cups
A weekly meetup event for local entrepreneurs to meet and present their startups to the thriving peer network of founders in Boulder. The coffee is highly encouraged. Visit 1 Million Cups.
10.10.10
10 days, 10 prospective CEOs, and 10 wicked problems. Visit 10.10.10.
Access Venture Partners
Invests in early stage technology companies. Passionate for helping entrepreneurs build phenomenal fast growing businesses. Visit Acess Venture Partners.
Advanced Industries Accelerator Grants
Designed to promote growth and sustainability in certain industurues by helping accelerate commercialization, encourage public-private partnerships, increase access to early stage capital and create a strong ecosystem that increases the state’s global competitiveness. Visit Advanced Industries Accelerator Grants.
Alchemy Creative Workspace
Offering creative coworking and shared office space in Denver. Visit Alchemy.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Co-ed Professional Business Fraternity open to all majors on campus. Visit Alpha Kappa Psi.
Altira Group
Provide venture capital funding for technology products and advantaged service offerings in order to help meet the modern and complex challenges of today’s oil and gas industry. Visit Altira Group.
Analyze Boulder
Community of data geeks with meetups in Boulder. Visit Analyze Boulder.
Applied Computer Science BS Degree
(ON CAMPUS) The post-baccalaureate degree in Applied Computer Science (ACS) is a new degree for professionals with a prior bachelor’s degree that would benefit from a computer science degree. The goal of the program is to prepare students with a diverse academic background to enter the computer science field. Visit...
Athletic Business Club
Student-group that brings together like-minded business students to build connections and a sense of community within Leeds through participation in athletics. Visit Athletic Business Club.
ATLAS Institute
(ON CAMPUS) Resource that sponsors diverse interdisciplinary academic and research programs, challenging community members to explore, innovate, create and design well outside the box. Visit ATLAS.
Beta Alpha Psi
An international honors fraternity for finance and accounting students. Visit Beta Alpha Psi.
BioFrontiers Institute
(ON CAMPUS) Researchers from the life sciences, physical sciences, computer science and engineering work together to uncover new knowledge at the frontiers of science, and partnering with industry to make their discoveries relevant. Visit BioFrontiers.
Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network
A mentor network that builds valuable relationships and support for Colorado’s growth entrepreneurs. Visit Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network.
BLDG 61
A free and all-ages community workshop that provides maker education and technology to the public in a creative and inclusive environment. It is located in the 1961 portion of the Main Library in Boulder. Visit BLDG 61.
Boomtown
A Boulder based accelerator that invests in two cohorts a years, each lasting 90 days, for startups within 16 industries and across 32 technologies. Visit Boomtown.
Bosun Studios
Bosun Studio will select teams to take part in a mentored growth investment program in Denver, Colorado. Each startup will receive a multi-faceted immersion for product design and development. Bosun Studio is uniquely designed to provide guidance on bringing your business to life through marketing, innovation,technology and networks. Visit...
Boulder Beta
Showcasing Boulder’s finest startups. Visit Boulder Beta.
Boulder Bits
A startup studio that tests many ideas at once and turns the best of them into companies, while also attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to the market. Visit Boulder Bits.
Boulder Chamber of Commerce
Region’s flagship business support and advocacy organization. Visit Boulder Chamber of Commerce.
Boulder Chamber’s Esprit Venture Challenge
A community-oriented startup competition where everyone gets a say in who wins through online and in-person voting. Visit Esprit Venture Challenge.
Boulder Crowdfunding
(ON CAMPUS) A campus online fundraising platform that allows CU Boulder individuals and organizations to create and share fundraising campaigns with an engaged community. Visit Boulder Crowdfunding.
Boulder Food Group
BFG is a venture capital firm that seeks partnerships with early stage food and beverage consumer product companies. Visit Boulder Food Group.
Boulder Open Coffee Club
An informal meetup that serves as a great way to take the pulse of the startup community. Visit Boulder Open Coffee Club.
Boulder Ruby Group
Software users group interested in the programming language, Ruby. Visit Boulder Ruby Group.
Boulder Startup Meetup
A meetup in Boulder targeted at stimulating the free flow of entrepreneurial ideas and sharing of practical wisdom. Visit Boulder Startup Meetup.
Boulder Startup Week
As the original Startup Week, we set the tone for how startup communities come together to build the next great things. We have 200 events that are free and open to the amazing community. Visit Boulder Startup Week.
Boulder Ventures
A venture capital firm that leverages decades long relationships with proven seriel entrepreneurs, and focuses on high-potential, early-stage companies in information technology and life sciences. Visit Boulder Ventures.
BTU Lab
(ON CAMPUS) At the BTU Lab, and we Blow Things Up. Seriously. It is a place for experimentation and hacking. We make science fiction science fact and vice versa. Visit BTU Lab.
Built in Colorado
Colorado’s hub for startups and tech. Visit Built in Colorado.
Business Minor
(ON CAMPUS) A 12-credit Business Minor so that all CU Boulder students can gain business fundamentals, increasing their immediate impact as new hires. Visit the Business Minor.
Caffeinated Mornings
Showcase designers and creatives from all walks in our creative community. Visit Caffeinated Mornings.
Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative Seed Award
(ON CAMPUS) Inspires faculty and staff to take risks and develop new projects – whether project-based learning and research, or redefining and streamlining how the university operates. Visit Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative Seed Award.
Canopy
A seed-stage business accelerator program and venture fund for the legal cannabis industry. Visit Canopy.
Catalyst Accelerator
A defense and national security accelerator. The Catalyst Accelerator promotes technology advancement for the warfighter and the transfer of government technology to the commercial market. Visit Catalyst Accelerator.
Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation
A community of health-tech professionals and businesses working to quicken the pace of healthcare advancement. Visit Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation.
Catalyze CU
(ON CAMPUS) A startup accelerator designed for CU Boulder students and faculty that combines world class mentorship and equity free grants. Visit Catalyze CU.
Cleantech Open Challenge
The world's largest clean technology business accelerator, looking for the best clean technology ideas from around the world. Visit Cleantech Open Challenge.
CoFoundersLab
Connect, meet and collaborate with like-minded entrepreneurs. Visit CoFoundersLab.
College of Arts & Sciences
Designing Social Innovations Art: Aesthetics to Engineering SOCY 4160
College of Media, Communication, and Information
Entrepreneurial Adventures in New Media JOUR 4872 Fundamentals of UX Design Sprints I
College of Music
The Entrepreneurial Artist MUSC 4988/5988 Building Your Music Career MUSC 2918/5918 Prepared for Soundcheck MUSC 2061-2 Writing a Venture Plan ESBM 4100 Arts Administration and Management 4988/5988 Community Performances MUSC 4958/5958
Colorado Bioscience Association
The hub of Colorado’s thriving bioscience sector, connecting innovators to funding, infrastructure, research and talent. Visit Colorado Bioscience Association.
Colorado Center for Drug Discovery
A unique preclinical drug discovery organization that is capable of advancing drug discovery programs through collaborative research. Colorado Center for Drug Discovery.
Colorado Enterprise Fund
We help Colorado’s small business owners get access to affordable loans and lines of credit with flexible rates and terms. Our lending practices are responsible, transparent, and patient – we take time to get to know our applicants during the loan process. We also offer our borrowers free business advising...
Colorado Impact Fund
A Denver-based venture capital firm, invests in Colorado companies with high-growth, scalable business models and a commitment to make their community better in areas such as healthcare, education, and the environment. Visit Colorado Impact Fund.
Colorado Innovative Industries Internship Program
If you are an employer in an innovative industry, this program will help with your internship costs. Visit Colorado Innovative Industries Internship Program.
Colorado Institute for Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development
Accelerating commercialization of new drugs, medical devices and diagnostics based on discoveries made at Colorado’s research institutions. Visit Colorado Institute for Drug, Device, and Diagnostic Development.
Colorado Law
Entrepreneurial Innovation and Public Policy LAWS 5201 Philosophy of Entrepreneurship Deals Labs: Venture Capital LAWS 6271 Venture Capital and Private Equity LAWS 7271 Entrepreneurial Law Clinic LAWS 7619
Colorado Product Group
Informal gathering of technology product managers. Visit Colorado Product Group.
Commercialization Academy
Teaches on-campus entrepreneurship tools to faculty, research staff and graduate students in the CU Boulder community. Visit the Commercialization Academy.
Commercialization Network
Connects Colorado's outstanding innovation community to university researchers who arre commercializing their inventions. Visit the Commercialization Network.
Computer Science
Startup Essentials for Software Entrepreneurship CSCI 4830/7000 Cross-campus entrepreneurship certificate Introduction to Entrepreneurship ESBM 3100 Principles of Business for Entrepreneurs ESBM 3200 Writing a Venture Plan ESBM 4100 Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Engineers ESBM 3100-3
Conference on World Affairs
(ON CAMPUS) A year-round unit of the University of Colorado Boulder, offering events without admission fees to the Boulder community, students, and the public. Visit Conference on World Affairs.
Contrary Capital
During the school year, we invest through 100+ Venture Partners on-the-ground at dozens of universities. During the summer, we run the most selective accelerator for university entrepreneurs in San Francisco, working in an intensive environment, under one roof, with one, obsessive focus: building. Visit Contrary Capital.
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
(ON CAMPUS) A partnership of NOAA and CU Boulder, hundreds of environmental scientists work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. Visit CIRES.
Creative Density
A Denver creative co-working space and community that will keep you going, help brainstorm ideas when you’re stuck, discuss ski plans over lunch, and play yard games after a long conference call. Visit Creative Density.
Creative Labs Center
(ON CAMPUS) The ENVD program offers its students access to specialized workshop and study facilities at the Creative Labs Center (CLC). Visit Creative Labs Center.
Creative Mornings Denver
A breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Visit Creative Mornings Denver.
CU Advertising Club
Student club that connects students with industry by hosting professionals who visit the campus, touring local ad agencies and making annual networking trips nationwide. Visit CU Advertising Club.
CU American Marketing Association
CU's exclusive marketing club with weekly themed meetings. Visit CU American Marketing Association.
CU Biotech Club
Student group comprised of business, engineering, and life sciences graduate students interested in pursuing business opportunities in the biotechnology industry. Visit CU Biotech Club.
CU Boulder Career Services
(ON CAMPUS) Empowers students and alumni to become more employable and find meaningful work by being active participants in the career development process. Visit CU Career Services.
CU Boulder Crowdfunding
A campus online fundraising platform (launched in May 2014) that allows CU Boulder individuals and organizations to create and share fundraising campaigns with an engaged community. http://www.colorado.edu/crowdfunding
CU Boulder New Venture Challenge (NVC)
(ON CAMPUS) The go-to program for aspiring entrepreneurs across the CU Boulder campus. It gives teams the chance to build a startup with support and mentorship from across campus as well as many of the area’s most important entrepreneurs, startups and established businesses. Visit CU Boulder New Venture Challenge.
CU Collegiate DECA
Collegiate DECA is a national organization that includes over 15,000 members in 275 colleges and universities around the world. It's goal is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management through competitions, relationship building, community service, and exposure to career opportunities. Visit CU Collegiate DECA.
CU Energy Club
Connecting CU Students with the Energy Industry. Visit CU Energy Club.
CU Environmental Center
(ON CAMPUS) Nation’s largest and most accomplished student-led center of its kind. By translating student leadership into action and engaging the campus community, the Center helps CU-Boulder to become a global leader in sustainability. Visit CU Environmental Center.
CU Innovations
Brings together industry partners, entrepreneurs and investors to help CU researchers solve important problems and improve quality of life worldwide. Visit CU Innovations.
CU Leeds Women’s Council
Part of Leeds School of Business, a network of successful business leaders who share their expertise and encouragement with students in order to positively impact the trajectory of tomorrow’s leaders. Visit the CU Leeds Women's Council.
CU Net Impact
An international nonprofit organization of MBAs, graduate students, and professionals whose mission is to mobilize a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in their workplaces and the world. Visit CU Net Impact.
CU Real Estate Club
Purpose: To bring informative real estate industry speakers to campus to speak to undergraduate students interested in real estate. To give students the opportunity to network with other students interested in real estate. To provide construction site tours which will give students an opportunity to see real estate development from...
CU Venture Club
We study the coolest startups, technology, and trends, partnering with venture capital firms to create value. We are looking for motivated students interested in these areas. Our mission is to educate and promote ambitious students from various disciplines toward entrepreneurship and technology. We will feature outstanding faculty, as well as...
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity, and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a...
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
(ON CAMPUS) Prepares graduates to embrace key global challenges by equipping them to think like entrepreneurs, act as social innovators and deliver as successful business leaders. Visit Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.
Deming Center Venture Fund
Provides capital and resource support for emerging companies in Boulder and surrounding communities. Visit Deming Center Venture Fund.
Demystifying Entrepreneurship
Workshop with professionals and experts in the field on everything from prototyping to marketing. Visit Demystifying Entrepreneurship.
Denver Cannibis Tech
A meetup for the field of Cannibis Technology. Visit Denver Cannibis Tech.
Denver Startup Week
The largest event of its kind in North America, Denver Startup Week is the summit of entrepreneurial energy, innovation, and connection. Visit Denver Startup Week.
Design For America
CU Boulder Design For America (DFA) is a student organization that uses human-centered design to create local and social impact. Working within interdisciplinary teams, we partner with community members and organizations to scope meaningful real-world design projects. We tackle problems in fields as diverse as education, sustainability, and more! Visit...
DevOps Boulder
Development and operations, together as one. Visit DevOps Boulder.
EdTech Meetup CO
Seeks to create a collaborative space where people across sectors can work together to tackle challenges and explore meaningful solutions for the global opportunities in education. Visit EdTech Meetup CO.
Ellevate
Network with Professional Women in Boulder. Visit Ellevate.
Emerging Women
Emerging Women is a global network of brilliant women creating new leadership paradigms and supporting the rise of leaders across all sectors of society. Visit Emerging Women.
Engineering Management
Business Methods and Economics for Engineers EMEN 4100 Tech and Entrepreneurship in the Developing World EMEN 4830 Technology Ventures and Marketing EMEN 5090 Entrepreneurial Business Plan Lean and Agile Management EMEN 5500 Engineering Capstone Design courses
Engineers with Borders-USA
Began in 2002 by Professor Bernard Amadei with the goal of creating positive change for developing communities through combined efforts. Visit Engineers with Borders-USA.
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
(ON CAMPUS) Provides law students with practical experience in transactional law while offering valuable legal services without charge to local startup businesses lacking access to legal resources. Visit Entrepreneurial Law Clinic.
Entrepreneurial Mentor Network
Need help taking your idea to the next level? Get pro advice from one of our community mentors. Visit the Entrepreneurial Mentor Network.
Entrepreneurial Solutions, LLC
Committed to the continuation of a highly respected, CU MBA operated consulting firm. Capitalizes on the experience, knowledge and expertise of the involved consultants, ES serves the Colorado business community. Visit Entrepreneurial Solutions, LLC.
Entrepreneurial Studies Certificate
(ON CAMPUS) Allows students to study theory and research, and enjoy opportunities to meet and learn from experienced business leaders inside and outside of the classroom. This certificate is awarded to Leeds School of Business students only. Visit Entrepreneurial Studies Certificate.
Entrepreneurs Consortium of Colorado
To foster a robust Colorado economic environment through the growth and support of entrepreneurial companies and their leaders. Visit Entrepreneurs Consortium of Colorado.
Entrepreneurs Unplugged
(ON CAMPUS) Entrepreneurs Unplugged is a meeting place where faculty, students, and community members learn about and get involved in entrepreneurship through Silicon Flatirons. Visit Entrepreneurs Unplugged.
Entrepreneurship Center for Music
(ON CAMPUS) Equips today’s music students with the skills and tools they need to create sustainable careers in the arts. Visit Entrepreneurship Center for Music.
Exponential Impact
An 11-week accelerator for tech startups providing: mentoring, seed funding, leadership development, and housing options. Visit Exponential Impact.
Fckup Nights Denver
A global movement to publicly share business failure stories. Visit Fckup Nights Denver.
Figure 8 Investments
Private family office that does investments in edtech. Visit Figure 8 Investments.
Fitzsimons Innovation Campus
Unrivaled opportunities to life science research and develompent of companies at all stages. Visit Fitzsimons Innovation Campus.
Flatirons LGBTQ Tech
Create community for LGBTQ folks and allies in tech/startup space. Visit Flatirons LGBTQ Tech.
Founder Institute
World’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. Visit Founder Institute.
Foundry Group
Foundry Group is a venture capital firm focused on making early-stage technology investments, participating in select early-growth rounds, and identifying and supporting the next generation of venture fund managers. Visit Foundry Group.
Galvanize
Home base for start-ups to established companies building tech-enabled innovations, and it has all of the amenities of a co-working space plus learning opportunities, resources, and access to the network a growing startup needs. Visit Galvanize.
General Assembly
Explore innovation courses and events in design, marketing, technology, and data. Visit General Assembly.
Get Seed Funding
(ON CAMPUS) Micro funding opportunity (up to $500) for undergrads and grads that is meant to cover critical startup expenses. Visit Get Seed Funding.
Global Consultant Network
A network of international consultants that connect qualifying Colorado companies to global opportunities and market education. Visit Global Consultant Network.
Global Seminars
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Panama CESR 4005 Entrepreneurship & Empowerment in South Africa INBU 4825
Global Seminars & Internships
(ON CAMPUS) Three to five-week course taught by a Leeds faculty member in a location outside of the United States where the business topics being covered can be directly observed and experienced. Visit Global Seminars & Internships.
Go Code Colorado
Taking a lead in the world-wide Open Data movement so its potential can be realized. Visit Go Code Colorado.
Governmental Entrepreneurial Leadership Accelerator
(ON CAMPUS) Governmental Entrepreneurial Leadership Accelerator (GELA) supports governments to encourage innovative problem solving to pressing public policy challenges. Visit GELA.
Green Spaces
Sustainable coworking community of like-minded individuals and businesses in the heart of Denver's RiNo Arts District. Green Spaces is in partnership with Blue Arrow Coworking in Winter Park, CO so members can cowork in Denver and Winter Park. Visit Green Spaces.
Greenmont Capital Partners
Greenmont Capital has been making Impact investments in high growth consumer products since 2004. Visit Greenmont Capital.
GroTech Ventures
Early investors in high-potential technology companies. Visit GroTech Ventures.
HackCU
(ON CAMPUS) Motivated people come together and use technology and creativity to build something amazing. Any designers, writers, computer scientists or anyone interested in hackathons are welcome to attend. Visit HackCU.
High Country Venture
High Country Venture invests in the most promising and innovative early stage companies in Colorado. Visit High Country Venture.
IceLab Accelerator
ICELab Accelerator is a unique mentor-driven program that pairs high-growth startups with world-class mentors, advisors, and investors. Selected businesses will undergo 12-week of acceleration programming, mentorship, and training, culminating in a pitch day to investors from across Colorado and beyond. Visit IceLab Accelerator.
Idea Forge
(ON CAMPUS) A flexible, cross-disciplinary collaborative space where students imagine, design, create, and test products and solutions to meet a range of societal and customer needs. Visit the Idea Forge.
Ignite Boulder and Denver
Short 5 minute talks about geeky passions hosted every few months. Visit Ignite Boulder. Visit Ignite Denver.
Impact Design Initiative
Hosted by Idea Forgee, this program provides students the opportunity to hone their skills by designing for social impact. Visit the Impact Design Initiative.
Industrious
Coworking redefined. Stunning offices, inviting hospitality, and an inspiring community. Visit Industrious.
INDUSTRY
An inspired office environment located in the RiNo neighborhood and built for you. Visit INDUSTRY.
Infield Capital
Places an emphasis on those technologies that will define the future powertrains used in all segments of the transportation industry. Visit Infield Capital.
Innosphere
Colorado’s leading technology incubator accelerating the success of high-impact science and technology startups and scaleups. Visit Innosphere.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Campus Kickoff
Network with local entrepreneurs and startup founders and explore CU’s innovation ecosystem and resources. Visit the I&E Campus Kickoff .
Innovation Action Team
We are CU Boulder students from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds who bring our voices to the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, act as role models, and lead innovative efforts for the students body. Visit Innovation Action Team.
Innovation Station
(ON CAMPUS) Innovation Station at Williams Village Center is intended to convene, educate, and build community around innovation and entrepreneurship. Innovation Station is a makerspace available for students, staff, faculty and community members. serves the purposes of. Visit the Innovation Station.
Innovators Colorado
Share services that help us find the best practices, peers, vendors, and every resource we need to solve every member’s biggest innovation challenge. Visit Innovators Colorado.
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
(ON CAMPUS) The University’s oldest institute, INSTAAR has a long history of responding to pressing environmental issues. Visit Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
Integrated Teaching & Learning Laboratory (ITLL)
(ON CAMPUS) Supports hands-on engineering learning through an innovative environment where students integrate engineering theory with practice and learn through doing. Visit ITLL.
Interdisciplinary Telecom Program
(ON CAMPUS) Iterdisciplinary Telecom Program (ITP) is a highly-integrated and comprehensive graduate program combining technology, policy, and business with hands-on experience which capitalizes on ITP’s Security Lab, Telecom Lab, and Wireless Lab. Visit Interdisciplinary Telecom Program.
International Business Club
The International Business Club helps to prepare students for success within international business. Visit International Business Club.
Interns2Startups
An internship with a startup is like an internship on steroids. You will get hands on experience in the day-to-day life of starting a company, which the average corporate intern never sees. Visit Interns2Starups.
JILA
(ON CAMPUS) One of the nation’s leading research institutes in the physical sciences, including: atomic, molecular and optical physics, biophysics, quantum information, precision measure- ment, and more. Visit JILA.
KRG Capital Partners
Middle market private equity group based in Denver, Colorado. Visit KRG Capital.
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
(ON CAMPUS) The world’s only research institute to have sent instruments to all eight planets and Pluto. Visit Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.
Leeds Association for Information Systems
Leeds Association for Information Systems, or LAIS, is a student-run organization dedicated to technology and learning. We strive to provide Leeds students with networking and professional development opportunities within the Tech and IT industries. At the foundation of our community is a committed group of students further their education by...
Leeds Book Club
The Leeds Book Club assists students in their professional development efforts by reading books that discuss business, careers, and self-improvement. We believe that through these books students can gain valuable skills and knowledge to guide them through their college experience and beyond. We will select a book at the beginning...
Leeds Consulting Group
The Leeds Consulting Group aims to bring together top performing students from around the CU Boulder campus to develop their consulting skills through events, workshops, interview preparation and hands-on consulting projects. The goal of the organization is to give students the education and experience they need to be effective consultants...
Leeds Entrepreneurs Alliance
The Leeds Entrepreneurs Alliance (LEA) is an alliance of CU students (entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and aspiring both) who want to be successful in growing ideas into business solutions. With a focus towards graduate students, LEA is open to undergraduates as well. Networking, pitching, and team building are three areas of entrepreneurship...
Leeds Investment and Trading Group
The Leeds Investment & Trading Group, is a student-led organization dedicated to cultivating a group of intellectually curious students equipped with both the critical and creative aptitude to participate in financial markets. Visit Leeds Investment and Trading Group.
Lightstone Ventures
The firm was formed in 2012 to capture the upside of investing in breakthrough life science companies during a time of unique opportunity in the space. Visit Lightstone Ventures.
Longmont Startup Week
Longmont Startup Week is a collaborative annual gathering in Longmont, Colorado, for entrepreneurs, intrepreneurs, investors and talent that invigorates and nurtures Longmont’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by leveraging Longmont’s innovative human and social capital, and infrastructure. Visit Longmont Startup Week.
Luke's Circle
Connecting talented professionals to growing companies in Denver, Boulder and beyond. Visit Luke's Circle.
MA in Interaction Design
(ON CAMPUS) Project-based and studio-oriented, the IXDMA applies design thinking to problem solving in a learning culture shaped by collaboration, empathy, iteration and experimentation. Visit MA in Interaction Design.
madelife
Creative Accelerator 12-week program of rigorous self-evaluation, intensive mentorship with creative professionals, and a deep focus on project-based market-driven creative work. We focus specifically on individuals looking to launch a career in Graphic Design, Music, Video & Film, Photography, or take the next steps in your Creative Business. Visit madelife.
Matchstick Ventures
An early stage VC that will now have more local presence in Colorado. Visit Matchstick Ventures.
MBA Business Plan Competition at Leeds School of Business
As the culmination of the Business Plan Preparation course, the competition challenges students to generate an innovative concept for a product or service and design a comprehensive business plan around it. Visit MBA Business Plan Competition at Leeds School of Business.
MergeLane
MergeLane discovers, accelerates and invests in high-potential startups with at least one woman in leadership. The first MergeLane Funderator has been set for November 26th - December 2nd in Boulder. Startups seeking Seed or Series A funding with at least one woman in leadership are encouraged to apply. Any company...
MergeLane Fund
MergeLane fund makes select investments in high-growth startups with at least one woman in leadership outside its accelerator. Visit MergeLane.
Meritage Funds
Meritage Funds invests in high technology and tech-enabled companies requiring capital for growth. Visit Meritage Funds.
MFA in Experience Design
(ON CAMPUS) A unique, studio-centric program in Experience Design (XD). It admits a cohort of eight to twelve students every other year, beginning in the fall of 2017. Visit MFA in Experience Design.
Modworks
Located in the heart of downtown Denver, Modworks is a refined coworking environment that offers productive, hassle free workspace solutions that range from private offices to daily passes. Visit Modworks.
Moonshoot edVentures
Building the pipeline of diverse leaders to design and launch the schools of tomorrow in Metro Denver. Visit Moonshoot edVentures.
Morgenthaler
We are a premier venture capital and private equity firm, dedicated to helping create companies of value for more than 40 years. Visit Morgenthaler.
Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities
(ON CAMPUS) Training engineers to work in partnership with organizations in developing communities worldwide. Visit Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities.
Multicultural Business Students Association
The Multicultural Business Student Association is a student organization in the Leeds School of Business that supports the career development of students from underrepresented backgrounds. More so, it is a community of highly motivated students who serve as support for one another in their pursuit of personal and professional excellence...
Music Entrepreneurship Certificate
(ON CAMPUS) An innovative program administered by The Entrepreneurship Center for Music, open to music majors only. Visit Music Entrepreneurship Certificate.
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
Founded at the ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder, is a non-profit community of more than 850 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women’s participation in computing and technology. Visit National Center for Women & Information Technology.
New Tech Colorado Meetup
A community of 12,000 geeks who live and work in Colorado. Visit New Tech Colorado Meetup.
NewCo Boulder
NewCo festivals welcome attendees into the offices of innovative organizations. Visit NewCo Boulder.
NoCoBio Cluster
An alliance of local government, scientific, business, and economic development leaders in norther colorado who are dedicated to helping develop and commercialize life sciences innovations. Visit NoCoBio Cluster.
Northern Colorado Food Incubator
Dedicated to building a sustainable food economy. We provide support, guidance and assistance to food-related businesses and entrepreneurs in Northern Colorado. Visit Northern Colorado Food Incubator.
Now What?
Book a free 30-minute appointment with a business expert or attorney to ask questions about your startup and/or how to get your idea off the ground. Visit Now What?
NREL Industry Growth Forum
The nation’s premier clean energy investment event. Visit NREL Industry Growth Forum.
Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge
The Oil and Gas Cleantech Challenge (OGCC) is a product innovation showcase and competition that connects clean technology solutions to the oil and natural gas industry. Visit Oil and Gas Cleantech Challenge.
Osage University Funds
A venture capital fund that invests exclusively in startups that are commercializing university research. Visit Osage University Funds.
Pledge 1% Colorado
Network of Colorado entrepreneurs who share a commitment to giving back. Visit Pledge 1% Colorado.
Prime Health Challenge
The Prime Health Challenge is a 3 month program of mentorship and competition for digital health companies. Visit Prime Health Challenge.
Project X-ITE
Project XITE is a cross-disciplinary community at the University of Denver that supports the next generation of entrepreneurial thinkers through collaborative events, experiential programming, and strategic global partnerships. Visit Project X-ITE.
Propel Accelerator
Through TiE Rockies, designed to build relationships and prepare entrepreneurs for the world of funding. Visit Propel Accelerator.
PV Ventures
PV Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes investments in seed stage technology companies. Visit PV Ventures.
Reality Garage
All about virtual reality. Visit Reality Garage.
Refresh Denver
Designers & developers gathering to refresh and create community. Visit Refresh Denver.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
(ON CAMPUS) A joint institute between CU Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) addressing important, complex prob- lems in energy that require a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional approach. Visit Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute.
Rockies Venture Club
Oldest, longest running angel investing group in the United States and it is the sixth largest angel group in the country. We host countless events providing opportunities to meet potential investors. Visit Rockies Venture Club.
Saoradh Energy Partners
SEP deploys capital from its investment funds and partners with others to form additional capital to launch and grow early-stage companies. The firm may engage in M&A activities to act on roll-up opportunities or to build its portfolio companies into leading players, often in nascent clean energy and materials sectors...
SheSays Boulder
Holds events where top females in the digital industry share their story, tips, and insights AND build a network. Visit SheSays Boulder.
Shift Workspasces
At Shift Workspaces, we believe that “better” is a worthwhile destination, and we aim to join and lead the journey to get there. We offer private offices, coworking space, virtual offices, meeting rooms and event space that encourages collaboration, foster relationships, and support you on your journey to work better...
Silicon Flatirons
(ON CAMPUS) Propels the future of technology policy and innovation. Through our initiatives, events, and publications we develop the professionals who are ready to lead what’s next. Visit Silicon Flatirons.
Silicon Flatirons Center
Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship propels the future of technology policy and innovation. Through our initiatives, events, and publications we develop the professionals who are ready to lead what’s next. Visit Silicon Flatirons.
Silicon Flatirons Student Group
A student-run group that compliments the Center’s work with shared interests in technology, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and telecommunications. Visit Silicon Flatirons Student Group.
Small Business Development Center
The Colorado SBDC Network is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals. Make an appointment with a consultant or sign up for a workshop today and let us help you create and retain jobs, increase sales, secure loans and win contracts. We are here to help your business start, grow...
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
The SBIR program is a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization. Visit SBIR.
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
The STTR is a program that expands funding opportunities in the federal innovation research and development (R&D) arena. Visit STTR.
Social and Advisory Group for Entrepreneurs (SAGE) Boulder
The Social and Advisory Group for Entrepreneurs (SAGE) provides early-stage companies with advisory and mentoring assistance as they prepare themselves to become sustainable businesses. SAGE advisors help founders refine business strategies, go-to-market plans, product definitions and more as startups prepare to seek funding, grow and/or meet the criteria for accelerators...
Social Innovation Certificate
(ON CAMPUS) The Certificate program in Social Innovation prepares students for working in fields that seek to improve the lives of society's most vulnerable and disadvantaged people. The program will teach students how to design and execute evidence-based strategies for advancing human welfare. Visit Social Innovation Certificate.
SolderWorks
We wanted access to high quality equipment, membership levels that accomodate Makers from the professional to the hobbyist, an office with amenities that make our work day (and late nights) easier and a community that thrives together. So, we created it. Visit SolderWorks.
Solid Space Depot
Boulder’s hackerspace where like-minded people get together and collaborate on creative projects. Visit Solid Space Depot.
Sports and Entertainment Student Association
The Sports and Entertainment Student Association serves as an academically focused space for students with an interest in pursuing careers in the sports and entertainment industries. The goal of the group is to bring together like-minded students with career goals in either sports or entertainment. Visit Sports and Entertainment Student...
Starting Blocks
Helps scientists and engineers of all types find a market for their innovations. Visit Starting Blocks.
StartUp Health
Seeks to find the most innovative entrepreneurs and innovators addressing the Children’s Health Moonshots and Access to Care Moonshots. Visit StartUp Health.
StartUp Meetup
Stimulates the free flow of entrepreneurial ideas and share practical wisdom. Visit StartUp Meetup.
Startup Summer
A 10-week program that combines a summer internship at a Front Range startup company along with a series of evening events, all focused on teaching undergraduate participants the fundamentals of creating and running a successful startup. Visit Startup Summer.
Startups & Sandwiches
Brings seasoned entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and tech leaders together with the best sandwiches in Boulder. Visit Startups and Sandwiches.
Startups2Students
(ON CAMPUS) Startups2Students reverses the traditional dynamic of recruitment for fast-paced startups in the Boulder/Denver area. Visit Startups2Students.
Sunrise Strategic Partners
Sunrise Strategic Partners provides growth capital and expertise to emerging brands in the healthy, active and sustainable living space. We team up with founders to add strategic value, share guidance on tactical priorities and leverage our industry relationships to maximize potential. Visit Sunrise Strategic Partners.
T9Hacks
A 24-hour making and building marathon event. Participants come to T9Hacks to learn and be creative in a welcoming environment. Visit T9Hacks.
TARRA
TARRA is a global network of women who are innovating, transforming, creating, designing, writing, fabricating, building, and thinking outside the box. Through community, networking, and education, we are cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders. Visit TARRA.
Tatooine
Pursue and achieve your goals in a friendly, laid back communal working space. Visit Tatooine.
Tech Lawyer Accelerator
A partnership between technology companies and Colorado Law to train future leaders in the tech law arena. Visit Tech Lawyer Accelerator.
TechrIoT
TechrIoT, an Innovation Pavilion program, is a high growth, hyper-collaborative, entrepreneurial ecosystem aiming to expedite the creation of inventive IoT solutions. Visit TechrIoT.
Techstars
Started in 2007, this was the first Techstars accelerator program. Boulder welcomes savvy entrepreneurs and product innovators to join the robust and vibrant startup community in Boulder. Visit Techstars.
Techstars Startup Weekend
Learn, Network, Startup. In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. As you learn how to create a real company, you'll meet the very best mentors, investors, cofounders, and sponsors who are ready to help you get started...
Techstars Ventures
Venture capital arm of Techstars. Visit Techstars Ventures.
TEDx CU, Boulder and MileHigh
Showcases innovative Coloradans who each give the ‘talk of their life’. Visit TEDxCU. Visit TEDxBoulder. Visit TEDxMileHigh.
The Commons on Champa
A hub for those who want to innovate, build a business or take the lead. Visit The Commons.
The Hive on 16th
A boutique coworking space in the heart of Downtown Denver. Visit The Hive on 16th.
The Studio
Creative collaborative space and industrial chic venue in Boulder. Visit The Studio.
Thrive Workplace
Coworking space. Sophisticated community. Visit Thrive Workplace.
TiE Rockies
Global community welcoming entrepreneurs from all over the world. We believe in the power of ideas to change the face of entrepreneurship. Visit TiE Rockies.
Tinkermill
Largest makerspace / hackerspace in Colorado and the surrounding Rocky Mountain region. Visit Tinkermill.
Tradecraft Industries
The first of its kind co-working facility for the design and construction industries. Visit Tradecraft Industries.
Traxion
Traxion harnesses the collective power of our community by bringing local governments, corporations, educational institutions and individuals together to provide a solid foundation for early-stage companies to establish themselves, gain traction and thrive. Visit Traxion.
Uncharted
Uncharted is the next generation of an accelerator that doesn’t just grow companies, but tackles social problems. We unite entrepreneurs with the potential to address major problems at scale. Problems like poverty, lack of education, and access to clean water. Visit Uncharted.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification. Visit USPTO.
UpRamp
A next generation startup accelerator that is focused on helping you find product/market fit inside the global cable industry. Visit UpRamp.
Venture Capital Authority Funds
A program which makes seed and early-stage capital investments in eligible businesses via two Colorado Funds which are established with an independently operated fund manager. Visit Venture Capital Authority Funds.
Venture Capital Investment Competition
Global VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition with over 70 universities competing. VCIC is the only place where students get to be VCs for the day. Visit Venture Capital Investment Competition.
Venture Partners at CU Boulder
Set in the heart of our university’s bold, innovative community of scholars and learners, Venture Partners at CU Boulder brings the university's world-class researchers together with the business, startup and entrepreneurial communities to translate groundbreaking solutions into economic and social impact. Visit Venture Partners at CU Boulder.
Village Capital
Village Capital’s programs create a global community of entrepreneurs and their supporters, solving global problems. Visit Village Capital.
Vision Ridge Partners
Accelerating the transition to a global low carbon future. We invest in transformative growth companies with a focus on sustainability. Visit Vision Ridge Partners.
WeWork
Three co-working spaces in Denver that support the commercial, financial, industrial, and government center for Colorado with the most thoughtful and engaging coworking community in the area. Visit WeWork.
Women in Business Club
he Women in Business Club at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder has both undergraduate and MBA chapters that work to build an inclusive community that supports and enables women by fostering a network and furthering gender equality. Visit Women in Business Club.
Women Inspiring Leadership Development (WILD) Summit
Group of 500+ powerful, diverse, creative women come together for a day of inspirational speakers, workshops and networking. Visit Women Inspiring Leadership Development (WILD).
Women Who Startup
Women Who Startup Events, a monthly "Basecamp" event series designed to help educate, inspire, and connect female entrepreneurs. Visit Women Who Startup.