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Upcoming Events and Opportunities

CU Boulder: Startup Variety Show
Thursday, Feb. 20, Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom
Join Silicon Flatirons as they stitch together the startup scene, CU Boulder, innovators from the Federal Labs, as well as technologists from incumbent technology companies in a night of food, networking and entrepreneurship.

CU Boulder: Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Funding
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. MT
This is a new funding opportunity available to CU Boulder therapeutics projects. This program offers up to $50,000 in rapidly accessible funding to help advance early-stage therapeutic projects with strong commercial potential.

CU Denver: Smart Futures Lab
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025
An opportunity to grow in the tech space through a free incubator and accelerator program open to new majority tech founders, professionals and students, looking to develop and scale their smart city innovation solutions.

NSF CO-WY Climate Resilience Engine Use-Inspired and Translation Grants
Deadlines: Tuesday, Feb. 25, concept submissions due; Monday, March 24, full proposals due.
These use-inspired and translation grant opportunities are available to qualifying startups and universities to accelerate the research, development and commercialization of innovations in advanced sensing and computation that lead to tangible products, services, or solutions. Support ranges from $250,000 to $750,000 for the Translation Grant Program and up to $500,000 for the Use-Inspired R&D Grant Program.

Venture Partners: Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator Showcase
Wednesday, March 12, 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m., The Riverside, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302
The second cohort of Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will pitch their newly built startups bringing to market ten groundbreaking technologies developed within CU Boulder's research labs. Investors and business partners will get an exclusive look at the companies built in the last six months program in various sectors, including biotechnology, cleantech, health and wellness and advanced materials.

CU Boulder: Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Bryn Rees of Venture Partners
Wednesday, March 19, 5-8 p.m., Wolf Law Building
Join Silicon Flatirons for a unique opportunity to explore the strategies behind translating university research into market-ready innovations.

Destination Startup Investor Showcase (hosted by Venture Partners)
Thursday, March 13, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Boulder, CO
An invite-only showcase of new companies actively raising funds to commercialize groundbreaking bio- and physical science inventions from leading research institutions across the Intermountain West. It demonstrates a powerful way to invest in advancing innovative research and translate it into impactful business ventures.

Venture Partners: Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop
Deadline: Thursday, April 3; Workshops: April 10-24
Do you have an innovation that could make a difference? Whether a researcher, entrepreneur, inventor or problem solver, the Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop can help you transform your concept into a successful venture.

Venture Partners: Research-to-Market (R2M) Customer Discovery Program
Deadline: Tuesday, May 6; Workshops: May 13-June 13
This four-week program helps teams through customer discovery and finding a market for their innovation. Specifically designed for researchers, entrepreneurs, inventors and problem solvers commercializing their innovations.

Venture Partners at CU Boulder: Ascent Deep Tech Investor Showcase
Save the Date: Wednesday, June 25
Bringing together researchers, investors and community supporters to highlight innovative deep tech startups spinning out of the University of Colorado.