Explore the latest news about Venture Partners at CU Boulder and keep up to date on the impact CU's startups and technologies are making.

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Inventions keep powering CU Boulder startup formation, system leaps to No. 20 in global university patent rankings

June 11, 2020

The University of Colorado jumped from No. 53 to No. 20 in a recent global ranking of the top 100 universities granted U.S. utility patents. All four campuses contributed to CU’s total 100+ patents, with CU Boulder contributing 60.

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AVÃûʪ shows promising advances to lower cost and durable smart window technology

June 9, 2020

AVÃûʪers at CU Boulder, led by Professor Mike McGehee in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective and more durable than current options on the market.

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Now closer to reality: Prosthetics that can feel

June 8, 2020

CU Boulder biomedical engineer Jacob Segil is working to bring back a sense of touch for amputees, including veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Why developing a successful COVID-19 vaccine is only half the battle

June 8, 2020

CU Boulder researchers and the CU spinoff VitriVax Inc., are focused on finding a way to get vaccines to 7.8 billion people. The research team is able to do so with funding, licensing and startup support from Venture Partners at CU Boulder, the university’s commercialization arm.

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COVID-19 Innovations Available for Licensing & Partnerships

April 27, 2020

Venture Partners at CU Boulder is identifying new innovations that address problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CU Boulder startup Darwin Biosciences developing COVID-19 test that knows you’re sick before you do

April 15, 2020

AVÃûʪers are fast-tracking a new CU-born technology, SickStick, in hopes of not only helping to curb the current pandemic but also radically change the way we track disease in the future.

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Boulder Valley bioscience sector experiencing bounceback

March 30, 2020

The next businesses to make a splash will come out of Colorado’s research institutions, including CU Boulder. Venture Partners' Managing Director Bryn Rees is featured in the article.

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Second annual Destination Startup event connects Colorado university spinoffs with investors

March 19, 2020

In hopes of securing investments to advance their companies, 18 university ventures spun out of Colorado research institutions and federal labs pitched to local and out-of-state investors at the state's Destination Startup showcase on Feb. 27.

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Srubar will use new NSF award to create carbon-sink concrete

March 17, 2020

Wil Srubar, an assistant professor in civil, environmental and architectural engineering and CU Boulder’s Materials Science and Engineering Program, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award – one of the most prestigious awards for young faculty.

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CU Boulder spinout ALD NanoSolutions merges with Forge Nano to make atomic level manufacturing a reality

March 13, 2020

The company was cofounded in 2001 by professor Alan "Al" Weimer of chemical and biological engineering and professor Steven George of chemistry and biochemistry, along with CU alumni Mike Masterson and Karen Buechler.

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