The Insider: Researchers, Inventors and Creators Edition—April 2025
This monthly edition of The Insider from Venture Partners at Boulder delivers upcoming events, opportunities and top headlines for researchers, inventors and creators at the University of Colorado Boulder, Denver (Physical Sciences) and Colorado Springs.View past editionsorchange your subscription.
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Alum Sristy Agrawal leads Boulder startup Mesa Quantum to success
Mesa Quantum, a Boulder spinout and leader in quantum sensing, recently announced $3.7 million in seed funding and a $1.9 million grant from SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. Both investments are fueling the company’s drive toward commercializing chip-scale quantum sensors for multiple applications including next-generation position, navigation and timing solutions.
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Xiao earns prestigious membership in the National Academy of Inventors
Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science—Jianliang Xiao is a “mechanics of materials” expert launching innovations in soft materials and flexible electronics. His work recently earned him an exclusive spot amongst some of the most successful academic inventors in the world.
Boulder hosts showcases highlighting breakthrough innovations and investment-ready ventures
Venture Partners at Boulder and its partners across the Intermountain West once again demonstrated the power of university innovations with back-to-back startup showcases for the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and Destination Startup. Both provided a platform for cutting-edge startups, breakthrough research and high-growth potential ventures to connect with industry leaders and investors.
Faculty Fellows program boosts societal impact
With a foundation of education and specialized training augmented by years of hands-on experience leading a classroom, lab or studio in their area of expertise, faculty from universities like Boulder are critical to solving society’s toughest challenges and cultivating the next generation of thinkers and problem-solvers.
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- Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action
- Artimus Robotics wins UK ARIA award to accelerate the development of dexterous robotic hardware
- New technology turns waste heat into electricity, defies physical limit
- ‘A broader impact’: Boulder startup culture brings life-changing technology to Colorado
- Rentschler, Aspero Medical awarded $4.5M for endoscopy advancement
- Engineering announces inaugural Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellows
- Expanded opportunities for innovation and partnerships at Boulder
- Grad student innovators among winners of Lab Venture Challenge
- Wil Srubar’s lab is full of living materials
- 5 Boulder startups to watch in 2025
- New quantum incubator in Boulder to propel innovations for real-world impact