The Insider: Community Edition - April 2023
Special Announcements
New program Embark to pair entrepreneurs with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ technologies
Wanted: entrepreneurs ready to launch startups based on innovations created in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ research labs. The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator is a new program created by Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ, the commercialization arm of CU, to match business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions created within its walls.
New Buff Venture Fund makes landmark investments in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ startups
Five promising startups spun out of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ comprise the first cohort of companies to receive investment from the Buff Venture Fund. The fund is the newest opportunity for ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ startups to access critical funding on the path to success. The Buff Venture Fund is administered by Buff Gold Ventures, which has a formal partnership with Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ.Â
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Startups in the News
NVC prize nights spotlight—and fund—female founders and climate solutions
On two exciting nights of pitches and prizes, ten startups brought a broad range of ideas to the stage, including how to live and garden more sustainably, how to deal with the downsides of social media, how to offer practical prosthetics for kids—and sustainable water filters and hydroponic produce for all. Across the two events, eight teams took home a total of $20,000 to develop their ideas further.
OMC Hydrogen wins first place in DOE competition
US Department of Energy—OMC Hydrogen, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ spinout from Professor Alan W. Weimer's lab, won first place at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Most Epic Cleantech Pitch Competition. The company is developing green hydrogen technology that eliminates the significant carbon emissions found in other hydrogen production methods.
New ‘magic beans’ produce ingredients for cancer treatments, vaccines and more
As a first-generation college student turned molecular biologist, Brian DeDecker imagines a day when humble soybeans beans, which his family has grown for generations, pack a bounty of therapeutic but hard-to-obtain natural compounds.