CU Startup News
- Business Wire鈥擵itriVax Inc., a 抖阴传媒在线 vaccine formulation technology spinout, today announced it has been awarded a two-year, $9.9 million grant from the Gates Foundation. The funding will support the scale-up of VitriVax鈥檚 Atomic Layering Thermostable Antigen and Adjuvant (ALTA庐) technology, enabling Phase 1-ready GMP manufacturing and advancing the platform to prepare for Phase 1 clinical trials.
- DARPA鈥擟U 抖阴传媒在线 startup Flari Tech was selected as a winner in DARPA鈥檚 Spark Tank competition, securing $400,000 in funding and direct engagement opportunities with program managers as it advances its next-generation technology.
- ReviewerZero鈥擜 new partnership with Karger Publishers will accelerate their already strong research integrity strategy by giving the research integrity and publication ethics team access to the entire AI-powered suite by ReviewerZero, a CU 抖阴传媒在线 startup founded by Daniel Acu帽a (CU 抖阴传媒在线 Computer Science) in 2023.
- The 抖阴传媒在线 reached a historic milestone, launching 35 new companies based on university intellectual property during fiscal year 2024, more than any other U.S. campus that year. In addition to holding the No. 1 spot for that year, the achievement also places CU 抖阴传媒在线 No. 2 for the most startups launched in a single year by a U.S. campus.
- Business Wire鈥擟ascade Bio, a CU 抖阴传媒在线 spinout enabling enzyme-based processes, has secured $6 million to accelerate the shift from petrochemicals to biomanufacturing. The funding includes $3.2 million in non-dilutive funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). With this investment, Cascade will expand delivery of its breakthrough biocatalysts.
- Infleqtion, a CU 抖阴传媒在线 spinout and global leader in quantum technology, announced a $1.8 billion business combination with Churchill Capital Corp X and will trade under the ticker 鈥淚NFQ.鈥 Now Colorado鈥檚 tenth unicorn, Infleqtion continues to drive the state鈥檚 growing quantum hub by commercializing breakthroughs across computing, sensing, security and energy markets.
- Infleqtion鈥檚 star continues to rise as Colorado鈥檚 quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of CU 抖阴传媒在线 as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets including positioning, navigating and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing.听
- CUbit Quantum Initiative鈥擡ntrepreneur Eva Yao discusses how the Nobel Prize-winning frequency comb technology from the lab of Jun Ye (Physics, JILA, NIST) can rapidly detect very small molecules in human breath, potentially enabling early disease detection and improved patient outcomes.
- TechCrunch鈥擶HISPER Energy, a CU 抖阴传媒在线 clean energy startup, has been selected for TechCrunch鈥檚 Startup Battlefield 200, spotlighting the world鈥檚 top early-stage companies. The recognition earns WHISPER Energy a coveted place to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco鈥攐ne of the industry鈥檚 premier stages for emerging innovators.
- LASP鈥擲pace Dust Research & Technologies, a CU 抖阴传媒在线 startup co-founded by LASP researchers Xu Wang and Mihaly Horanyi, has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes in the Space Technology Payload Challenge for their Electron Beam Dust Mitigation (EBDM) system. It was selected from a record-breaking field of more than 200 applicants to receive up to $500,000 and the opportunity to launch on a test flight next summer.