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In second year, deep tech accelerator advances CU startups

May 26, 2023

As the deep tech startup scene rapidly grows, the Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, created by Venture Partners at CU Boulder, helps founders move past sticking points to hit critical milestones in transitioning their technologies from lab to marketplace.

Brad Bernthal

Professor Brad Bernthal named executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center

May 24, 2023

The University of Colorado Law School and the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship are pleased to announce that Professor Brad Bernthal (Colorado Law, JD ’01) has been named the new executive director of Silicon Flatirons.

Medical "microrobots" could one day deliver prescription drugs throughout the human body.

These tiny, medical robots could one day travel through your body

May 24, 2023

A team of engineers at CU Boulder has designed a new class of tiny, self-propelled robots that can zip through liquid at incredible speeds—and may one day even deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body.

CU Boulder's Old Main building in front of the flatirons

University of Colorado soars into top five for launching startups

May 18, 2023

The University of Colorado is a national leader in startup creation with a growing suite of entrepreneurial resources giving innovative researchers opportunities to spin ideas into businesses.

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New seed grants bring quantum out of the lab, into the marketplace

May 16, 2023

New seed grants available for Colorado research institutions and industry partners aim to incentivize innovation and develop the quantum workforce of the future.

Puresip cap

Students tap into CU Boulder ecosystem to design water-purification system

May 2, 2023

College of Engineering and Applied Science—A group of mechanical engineering seniors has designed a water-purification system called Puresip, which is housed inside a bottlecap and shines ultraviolet radiation through a straw to purify the water as the user drinks. The team pitched their product at the New Venture Challenge (NVC).

CLD-9 Team

CU Boulder students win $50,000 to help build athletic supplement company

May 1, 2023

Daily Camera—CLD-9 is the name of the first-place-winning athletic supplement company created by CU Boulder students Eric Osicka (Business, Engineering & Applied Science), Jackson Cameron (Arts and Sciences), Khushang Hirpara (Business) and Tanner Amaya (Business).

Students in a social innovation class

CU Boulder class works to develop solutions for some of society’s biggest problems

April 24, 2023

Daily Camera—First-year students in a social innovations class at CU Boulder are coming up with solutions to some of society’s biggest problems through social entrepreneurship. Students in this class are tasked with identifying one problem in the world that they care about and creating a business plan to rectify the problem.

Robotic hand holds a butterfly

'One-of-a-kind' project: Sustainable artificial muscles could enable life-like movement in robots

April 24, 2023

Interesting Engineering—The primary goal of soft robotics is to achieve smooth and complex movement by mimicking the locomotion of soft bodies found in the environment. Researchers at CU Boulder and CU Boulder startup Artimus Robotics are leading innovation with a new type of "artificial muscle" to enable life-like movements.

Solid Power battery

CU Boulder spinout Solid Power is building a better battery for consumers and the climate

April 24, 2023

In taking its technology from the lab to the streets, Solid Power is changing how electric vehicles run with less expensive, more efficient and safer battery technology.

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