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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ 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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ 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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ on Feb. 27 — will feature 18 startups from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, CU Anschutz, CU Denver, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and NIST.
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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ's next wave of breakthrough innovations.
On August 17, eight University of Colorado startups founded on faculty research traveled to Silicon Valley for a day-long retreat with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ 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.
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