񱦵 spinout Solid Power is building a better battery for consumers and the climate

񱦵 spinout Solid Power is building a better battery for consumers and the climate

April 23, 2023

In taking its next-gen all-solid-state battery technology from the lab to the streets, Solid Power is changing how electric vehicles run. The spinout went public in 2021 with many past 񱦵 students—undergraduate, Master’s and PhD—working within its ranks, major partnership deals with BMW and Ford, and a new facility in Thornton.

Venture Partners 2022 Annual Report highlights a groundbreaking innovation pipeline

Venture Partners 2022 Annual Report highlights a groundbreaking innovation pipeline

March 21, 2023

񱦵 researchers and inventors created a strong crop of 145 breakthrough technologies in 2022, with innovations in climate tech, biotechnology, quantum science, optics and aerospace, to name a few. Read more in Venture Partners at 񱦵's 2022 Annual Report.

New Buff Venture Fund makes landmark investments in 񱦵 startups

New Buff Venture Fund makes landmark investments in 񱦵 startups

March 12, 2023

“We're looking for companies that have the most interesting, disruptive technology, that are managed and are founded by the strongest people ... [and] that are targeting products that really fit an unmet need in the market,” said Mark Lupa, co-founder and general partner of Buff Gold Ventures.

2023 Destination Startup® drives investment in intermountain west university innovations

2023 Destination Startup® drives investment in intermountain west university innovations

Feb. 28, 2023

The intermountain west innovation ecosystem came together at the fifth annual Destination Startup® showcase on Feb. 15 and 16, hosted by Venture Partners at 񱦵. In a highly competitive field, 21 university ventures from intermountain west research institutions were selected to present at the showcase.

DOE awards Solid Power $5.6M to develop more affordable and efficient electric vehicle batteries

DOE awards Solid Power $5.6M to develop more affordable and efficient electric vehicle batteries

Jan. 10, 2023

Solid Power—a 񱦵 spinout company that specializes in solid-state, sulfide-based electrolyte technology—will develop a 3D-structured Li metal anode and novel sulfur composite cathode to enable high-energy and fast-charging EV battery cells. It hopes to scale so that energy-dense cell costs are reduced.

LongPath Technologies first to receive federal and state approval for emissions-monitoring technology

LongPath Technologies first to receive federal and state approval for emissions-monitoring technology

Jan. 9, 2023

A 񱦵 startup that builds laser systems to monitor methane emissions, LongPath has received regulatory approval by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—the first emissions-monitoring technology to be approved at both state and federal levels.

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񱦵 commercialization drives $8 billion impact nationwide

Nov. 28, 2022

According to a new report from the Leeds School of Business, commercialization activities led by Venture Partners at 񱦵 had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years—a four-fold increase in impact since 2019.

񱦵 innovators awarded $1.25 million in commercialization funding

񱦵 innovators awarded $1.25 million in commercialization funding

Nov. 9, 2022

Twelve teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25M in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges from 񱦵’s entrepreneurial network heard pitches in biosciences, physical sciences and engineering.

񱦵 spinout ColdQuanta announces $110M Series B to continue commercializing quantum technology products across the global ecosystem

񱦵 spinout ColdQuanta announces $110M Series B to continue commercializing quantum technology products

Nov. 1, 2022

A global quantum ecosystem leader, ColdQuanta's product portfolio for commercialization includes quantum computing, quantum algorithms, atomic clocks, sensors and components—all of which have a wide range of applications in communications, radio frequency (RF) technologies and more.

Arpeggio Biosciences raises $17M in Series A funding led by Builders VC

Arpeggio Biosciences raises $17M in Series A funding led by Builders VC

Sept. 7, 2022

Arpeggio’s technology isolates a drug’s effect on entire transcriptomes and has identified new modulators of hard-to-drug proteins like transcription factors. Funding was led by Builders VC and will support ongoing development of Arpeggio’s drug pipeline as well as its transcription-monitoring technologies.

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