Investor and Partnership Opportunities
Venture Partners at CU Boulder seeks entrepreneurs to start new companies, connects investors with high-potential ventures and facilitates collaborations with companies seeking to invest in research or license technologies from the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver (except CU Denver biosciences investigators, who work with CU Innovations) campuses. Explore the potential for growth and partnerships as you navigate the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship and commercialization at the University of Colorado.
Partner With Venture Partners
Entrepreneurs Wanted: Our Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator hires entrepreneurs to launch new companies built around technology developed in CU Boulder’s world-class research enterprise. Beyond Embark, contact Amy Dodenhoff, director of venture development, if you are interested in starting or joining a company based on CU technology.
Want to integrate CU's top inventions into your business? Venture Partners offers terms that are below market average and works with the industry partner on an agreement structure that best fits the company's plans.
Venture Partners connects dynamic and dedicated entrepreneurs and innovators to CU researchers, inventors and creators commercializing groundbreaking innovations.
Making a financial gift to Venture Partners is a great way to support the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs while positioning your brand in the entrepreneurial community.
More Opportunities at CU Boulder
We lower barriers to innovation by facilitating sponsored research through simplifying agreements, connecting partners with top talent, and supporting scalable collaboration.
We build trusted relationships with companies by aligning their business priorities with engagement opportunities across campus, including talent development, executive connections, brand visibility and philanthropic investment.
Explore Our Technologies and Startups
Venture Partners has helped faculty and researchers build over 170 new ventures spun out of university technology and innovation. Explore our startups and investment opportunities.
Venture Partners manages a portfolio of over 1,000 technologies from university investigators and manages licensing partnerships with companies of all sizes—from startups to the Fortune 500—to bring these inventions to market.
Join Networking Events and Innovation Showcases
A competition for CU Boulder's top innovations showing high commercial potential, a clear path to a compelling market and strong scientific support.
An accelerator for research teams building deep tech startups coming out of the University of Colorado campuses in Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver.
A collaboration among the Intermountain West region's leading research universities and federal laboratories, showcasing the best companies from the region’s innovation ecosystem to investors and the business community.