The Insider: Community Edition—November 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’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).
Boulder 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 “wow” a lot.
Colorado Public Radio—The 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’s climate tech hub
Boulder Leeds School of Business—It’s 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 , CSU and Colorado School of Mines, Colorado is a ‘hub of climate research and technical expertise.’
OnKure, a Boulder spinout, and Reneo Pharmaceuticals complete merger
Yahoo Finance—OnKure 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 Boulder’s successes in research, innovation, and football
Fast Company—The 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 14th in the country for patent activity, reflecting “the strength of -led discoveries and their potential to be translated into society-benefiting technologies with the support of ’s robust entrepreneurial ecosystem.”
Forge Nano, a Boulder spinout, subsidiary selected for $100M U.S. Department of Energy award
Forge Nano Inc.—Forge Battery, the commercial lithium-ion battery production subsidiary of Forge Nano, a Boulder spinout, announced it was selected for award negotiations of up to $100 million in non-dilutive funding by the Department of Energy’s 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
Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science—Anthony 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.
Boulder releases quantum workforce roadmap for economy’s next big thing
Boulder Today—A 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.
