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The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator at Venture Partners at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has officially launched its first Embark Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. Embark aims to connect business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions emerging from CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's research labs to bring them to market and unleash the full impact of CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's research into the world.

Talking Tech Transfer—In this weekly interview series featuring global thought leaders in technology transfer, host Thierry Heles, editor of Global University Venturing, interviews Bryn Rees, associate vice chancellor for research and innovation and managing director for Venture Partners at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

Innosphere Ventures—CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß is one of the partner universities in the Colorado-Wyoming Engine proposal, a finalist in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition. The proposal aims to address climate solutions and community resiliency, competing for up to $160 million in funding over the next ten years.

Tech Transfer Central—CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß has developed the Embark Deep Tech Start-Up Creator to provide an alternate mechanism for forming a new business: their founders are not the inventor but rather outside entrepreneurs who are matched with existing

As the deep tech startup scene rapidly grows, the Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, created by Venture Partners at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, helps founders move past sticking points to hit critical milestones in transitioning their technologies from lab to marketplace.

The University of Colorado is a national leader in startup creation with a growing suite of entrepreneurial resources giving innovative researchers opportunities to spin ideas into businesses.

In taking its technology from the lab to the streets, Solid Power is changing how electric vehicles run with less expensive, more efficient and safer battery technology.

Five promising startups spun out of CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß comprise the first cohort of companies to receive investment from the Buff Venture Fund. The fund is the newest opportunity for CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß startups to access critical funding on the path to success. The Buff Venture Fund is administered by Buff Gold Ventures, which has a formal partnership with Venture Partners at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß. 

On two exciting nights of pitches and prizes, ten startups brought a broad range of ideas to the stage, including how to live and garden more sustainably, how to deal with the downsides of social media, how to offer practical prosthetics for kids—and sustainable water filters and hydroponic produce for all. Across the two events, eight teams took home a total of $20,000 to develop their ideas further.

Wanted: entrepreneurs ready to launch startups based on innovations created in CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß’s research labs. The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator is a new program created by Venture Partners at CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, the commercialization arm of CU, to match business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions created within its walls.