A license is a long-term partnership that aligns the university’s and business partner’s interests through commercializing innovation developed at the university. Venture Partners initiates commercialization by licensing university intellectual property (IP) to startups and industry partners.
At Venture Partners, we have established leading practices for both startup-friendly and business-friendly licensing.
If you are an entrepreneur or startup founder wanting to form a new company based on CU Boulder, UCCS or CU Denver innovation, you are eligible for our Licensing with EASE® program. Our EASE® terms are investor-approved and pre-negotiated, making licensing fast and easy!
EASE® is available to anyone looking to spin out a university technology, which includes both CU founders and community founders.
With help from Venture Partners, many leading corporations have created innovative products and services by licensing technologies from the university. Industry partners will find the university offers competitive and creative license structures.
We benchmark our licenses nationally to ensure our deal structures are business friendly and below market average, positioning you to succeed. We can be flexible on many terms within a license agreement to ensure it aligns well with your company’s needs and with the specific technology being licensed.
Venture Partners has an experienced team of licensing professionals and business associates to create a strategy that is customized for you. Contact us to get started.
Director of Licensing
marta.zgagacz@colorado.edu
Assistant Director of Licensing
Lab Venture Challenge Director
dipika.singh@colorado.edu
Senior Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences & Engineering
kathleen.havey@colorado.edu
Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences & Engineering
amy.dodenhoff@colorado.edu
Licensing Manager, Physical Sciences & Engineering
joshua.bennett@colorado.edu
Licensing Analyst
hannah.nelson@colorado.edu
Business Development Executive
nicole.forsberg@colorado.edu
Senior Associate University Counsel
annalissa.philbin@cu.edu
