CU Commercialization News
This year's 12 LVC winners included LumenAstra, Endoculus, Gene-Lock, Think Bioscience, HeapSi, Vitro3D, Modern Shennong, OTORO Energy, TYNT, Blue Cubed, Minus Materials and Resonant Inclusions.
In the latest Colorado Bioscience Association magazine, Venture Partners' Managing Director Bryn Rees explains how CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï startup success story Inscripta came to be, and what impact university-based spinoffs bring to the life science ecosystem.
This customer discovery program helps any innovating researcher from CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï or a partnering institution, not just those wanting to create a startup, learn how to commercialize their technology.
In hopes of securing investments to advance their companies, 18 university ventures spun out of Colorado research institutions and federal labs pitched to local and out-of-state investors at the state's Destination Startup showcase on Feb. 27.
This year's event — hosted again by Venture Partners at CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï on Feb. 27 — will feature 18 startups from CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï, CU Anschutz, CU Denver, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and NIST.Â
This year's LVC winners included SickStick, Exocure Therapeutics, Programmable Gectosomes, Ultrathin Endoscopes, iFeather, Octave Photonics and Theia.
The Lab Venture Challenge is hosted over two days and broken up into Biosciences on Wednesday, Nov. 13 and Physical Sciences & Engineering on Thursday, Nov. 14. This showcase is the can't-miss event of the year to see CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï's next wave of breakthrough innovations.
From °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï to the Bay: Alumni investors connect with university startups at Silicon Valley summitOn August 17, eight University of Colorado startups founded on faculty research traveled to Silicon Valley for a day-long retreat with CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï alumni investors and friends.
The article, 'Universities find a fertile source of industry partnerships: Their own start-ups,' appeared in the June 2019 issue of University-Industry Engagement Advisor.
The study was conducted by Brian Lewandowski at the Business Research Division of the Leeds School of Business, a CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï organization that conducts economic impact studies and customized research projects for the university and local business communities.