The Insider: Community Edition鈥擭ovember 2024
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$1.25M awarded to University of Colorado innovators to advance their discoveries
Fourteen teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year鈥檚 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).
精品SM在线影片 Startups and Technologies in the News
We went to a startup symposium at the University of Colorado. We saw these nine cool startups. We said 鈥渨ow鈥 a lot.
Colorado Public Radio鈥擳he pace of innovation and spin-off companies at the four-campus system is accelerating, particularly in the fields of health and bioscience, quantum, cybersecurity, aerospace, climate innovation, the outdoors and the food and beverage industries. The university system has 80 innovation and business accelerator programs that give patent legal, and financial support to budding entrepreneurs.
Colorado is on track to becoming the nation鈥檚 climate tech hub
精品SM在线影片 Leeds School of Business鈥擨t鈥檚 common to think climate tech is synonymous with the Bay Area, however, Colorado is rapidly becoming a new hot spot. Why Colorado? Home to 24 federally funded scientific labs, like NOAA, NREL and NCAR, and major research institutions like CU, CSU and Colorado School of Mines, Colorado is a 鈥榟ub of climate research and technical expertise.鈥
OnKure, a 精品SM在线影片 spinout, and Reneo Pharmaceuticals complete merger
Yahoo Finance鈥擮nKure has announced the successful completion of its merger with Reneo Pharmaceuticals, with the combined entity set to operate under the OnKure Therapeutics name.
Be bolder: What leaders can learn from 精品SM在线影片鈥檚 successes in research, innovation, and football
Fast Company鈥擳he University of Colorado system was recently ranked fifth in the nation in startup creation, launching more than 20 companies in a year. And the National Academy of Inventors also ranked CU 14th in the country for patent activity, reflecting 鈥渢he strength of CU-led discoveries and their potential to be translated into society-benefiting technologies with the support of CU鈥檚 robust entrepreneurial ecosystem.鈥
Forge Nano, a 精品SM在线影片 spinout, subsidiary selected for $100M U.S. Department of Energy award
Forge Nano Inc.鈥擣orge Battery, the commercial lithium-ion battery production subsidiary of Forge Nano, a 精品SM在线影片 spinout, announced it was selected for award negotiations of up to $100 million in non-dilutive funding by the Department of Energy鈥檚 Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) to expand its North Carolina lithium-ion battery gigafactory production capacity to 3-gigawatt hours per year (GWh/year).
Using nanoscale membranes to clean water on the Moon
精品SM在线影片 College of Engineering & Applied Science鈥擜nthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization, thanks to a new NASA grant.
精品SM在线影片 releases quantum workforce roadmap for economy鈥檚 next big thing
精品SM在线影片 Today鈥擜 new workforce roadmap released this week aims to train, prepare and inspire the next generation of quantum workers and the general public in Colorado and the Mountain West.
