Merten, a masters of the environment student in the sustainable food systems program, is here to mitigate food waste and support local farmers—starting right here in Boulder.
"As a retired entrepreneur and now coach for the Business Minor Capstone class, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing how CU students can step up to the challenges of building a business from scratch," said Scott King, Leeds School of Business instructor.
CU Engineering’s Kyle Judah, executive director of entrepreneurship, is among a small group of community members launched Feed The Frontlines Boulder, an organization that supports local restaurants while providing fuel for the fight against COVID-19 to frontline health care workers.
CU Boulder spinout SomaLogic Inc. is beginning a merger with a special purpose acquisition company CM Life Sciences II that would add up to $651 million in new funding to the company’s books, and make it Colorado’s latest unicorn. The deal values SomaLogic at $1.23 billion before going public, granting it unicorn status as a privately held company worth more than $1 billion.
Darwin Biosciences, DocForge, EdBoard, Frenz, Mycobacteria Therapeutics and Soulutions will vie for up to $100,000 in prizes at the 12th annual New Venture Challenge (NVC), CU Boulder’s premier entrepreneurial startup competition.
In hopes of securing investments to advance their companies, 18 university ventures spun out of Colorado research institutions and federal laboratories pitched to local and out-of-state investors at the state's second annual Destination Startup showcase on Feb. 27.
Joe Sanchez is a 2015 MBA alumni from CU that has spent the last year as co-founder of the tech startup, Promogo. Positioned as “An App for Simplicity and Consistency”, Promogo works to provide software that joins everyone in branded events through one cohesive, user-friendly app.
The company was cofounded in 2001 by professor Alan "Al" Weimer of chemical and biological engineering and professor Steven George of chemistry and biochemistry, along with CU alumni Mike Masterson and Karen Buechler.
