Startup and Spinoff Companies

Founded by Steven George and Al Weimer

ALD Nanosolutions merged with Forge Nano in January 2021. The company’s innovative Particle ALD Technology, invented at CU Boulder, provides for well-controlled functionalization of particle surfaces at the atomic scale. This platform technology has numerous cutting edge applications in the areas of batteries, catalysis and additive manufacturing, among others. It is currently supported by more than five global companies.

Founded by Nicholas Kellaris and Christoph Keplinger

Founded by Chris Bowman

Colorado Photopolymer Solutions provides high quality materials and technology development in all areas of photopolymerization. The company develops and manufactures custom photocurable formulations and monomers tailored to meet the needs of individual companies and applications. They also provide consulting services in all areas of photopolymerizations for development of monomers, formulations, specialty polymers and materials, and analytical characterization.

Founded by Sanghamitra Neogi

As semiconductors shrink, they generate more heat—pushing conventional design tools past their limits. Most simulation software can’t accurately predict how nanoscale devices will handle extreme temperatures, leading to costly delays and design failures. AtomTCAD uses AI-enhanced quantum modeling to simulate thermal behavior at the atomic level, helping engineers build faster, smaller, and more reliable chips—without the guesswork or wasted prototypes.

Founded by Greg Whiting

A field sensor platform is designed to help growers monitor the soil microbiome and holistically understand microbial activity below the ground

Founded by Adam Holewinski

Ecovaleric is an electrochemical manufacturing company developing scalable production of biomass-derived chemicals and materials. Its first commercial product is gamma-valerolactone (GVL), a bio-based, high-performance solvent and chemical intermediate that could replace hazardous solvents in advanced manufacturing applications.

Founded by Chunmei Ban

Mana Battery Inc. is pioneering sodium-based battery technology that rivals lithium-ion batteries in energy density at 35-75% of the cost, focusing on safety and long cycle life.

Founded by Johnny Hergert, Camila Uzcategui and Bob McLeod

Manifest Technologies is a company hoping to revolutionize the cancer drug discovery process. Cancer drug development is a long, risky and expensive process because pharmaceutical companies waste billions of dollars in research and development. They test drugs that are doomed to fail while also dismissing viable drugs. A key pain point is that the current gold standard for preclinical drug screening doesn’t accurately represent breast tumor tissue, leading to conflicting results, preclinical delays and late-stage clinical failures.

Founded by Sherri Cook, Shane Frazier, and Wil Srubar

Supporting the cement and concrete industries’ sustainability goals. Cement producers have a strong culture of innovation that has led to gains in energy efficiency and new sustainable manufacturing practices that continually reduce environmental impacts. Minus Materials is developing new science and technology to further facilitate sustainable development of the cement and concrete sectors and their value chains through advanced biotechnology.

Founded by Kristi Anseth and Chris Bowman

Mosaic is advancing a fundamentally new class of synthetic materials to support native tissue regeneration. Mosaic expects to significantly impact the field of tissue regeneration, including applications in wound healing, bone regeneration, cartilage repair, stem cell therapy and dermal fillers.

Founded by Eliot Strand and Greg Whiting

Page Technologies is built on award-winning AI and advanced materials research at UC Berkeley and CU Boulder, using cutting-edge solid-state sensors to continuously monitor critical chemical, physical, and biological signals in real-time.

Founded by Mija Hubler and Wil Srubar

Zero Carbon Concrete — We use algae, sunlight, water and sand to produce a bio-cement alternative to traditional cement and concrete that eliminates CO2 emissions.

Founded by Stephanie Bryant

Based on core technologies of advanced particle-controlled drug delivery, engineered biomaterials and gene therapies, Renovare Therapeutics boasts a pipeline of regenerative therapeutics to reverse osteoarthritis at any stage by promoting the body to restore cartilage and joint tissue. 

Founded by Mark Borden

Respirogen specializes in novel therapeutic oxygen delivery; stabilizing and delivering ozygen for targeted clinical indications.

Founded by Sehee Lee and Conrad Stoldt

Solid Power is an industry-leading developer of next-generation all-solid-state battery technology. With considerably higher energy and greatly improved safety, all-solid-state batteries have the potential to revolutionize future mobile power markets.

Founded by Michael McGehee

SwiftSolar builds solar for the next generation. Their mission is to create a world where all energy is clean energy, offering high-performance perovskite tandem technology in any shape and size.

Licensing technology co-developed by Xiaoyun Ding.

Advancing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for infectious diseases with a handheld, smartphone-powered PCR device in proof-of-concept development.

Founded by  Michael McGehee

TYNT Technologies produces affordable dynamic window technology with neutral color, energy savings and privacy features.

Founded by Jianliang Xiao

Zircadia has developed a comfortable diagnostic earbud device that provides accurate sleep study and EEG data outside of the lab.