Discover a range of upcoming events and programs hosted and supported by Venture Partners at CU Boulder, designed to propel innovation and entrepreneurship within the university and the wider community. Whether you are a researcher, startup founder, or investor, explore these opportunities to engage with the cutting-edge ecosystem fostered by Venture Partners.
Join Silicon Flatirons and Venture Partners for the Startup Variety Show on February 20th at the Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom, CU Boulder. This networking event brings together the startup community, CU Boulder innovators, Federal Labs, and technology companies for an evening of connection and entrepreneurial spirit.
For CU Boulder therapeutics projects, the Translational Therapeutics Accelerator Funding offers up to $50,000 to advance early-stage projects with commercial potential. Applications are due by February 14th, 2025. This Venture Partners initiative provides crucial early-stage capital to bridge the gap in therapeutic innovation.
The Smart Futures Lab at CU Denver presents a free incubator and accelerator program for new majority tech founders, professionals, and students focused on smart city innovation solutions. The deadline for this program is February 21st, 2025, offering a valuable avenue for tech ventures to scale.
NSF CO-WY Climate Resilience Engine Use-Inspired and Translation Grants, with concept submissions due February 25th and full proposals by March 24th, offer funding from $250,000 to $750,000 for startups and universities. These grants, facilitated by partners like Venture Partners, support innovations in advanced sensing and computation for community resilience.
Venture Partners’ Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator Showcase on March 12th in Boulder will feature pitches from the second cohort of Entrepreneurs in Residence. This event offers investors and business partners an exclusive preview of groundbreaking deep tech startups in biotechnology, cleantech, and advanced materials emerging from CU Boulder research.
Join Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Bryn Rees of Venture Partners on March 19th at the Wolf Law Building. Silicon Flatirons hosts this event to explore strategies for translating university research into impactful innovations, offering insights directly from a leader at Venture Partners.
The Destination Startup Investor Showcase, hosted by Venture Partners on March 13th in Boulder, is an invite-only event for investors seeking to fund groundbreaking bio- and physical science inventions. This showcase highlights the investment potential in research commercialization from the Intermountain West.
For early-stage innovators, the Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop, a Venture Partners program with a deadline of April 3rd and workshops from April 10th-24th, helps transform concepts into successful ventures through customer discovery.
The Research-to-Market (R2M) Customer Discovery Program by Venture Partners, with a deadline of May 6th and workshops from May 13th-June 13th, provides a four-week program for researchers and entrepreneurs to find a market for their innovations through customer discovery.
Save the date for the Ascent Deep Tech Investor Showcase on June 25th, presented by Venture Partners at CU Boulder. This event connects researchers, investors, and the community to showcase deep tech startups spinning out of the University of Colorado, highlighting the future of innovation driven by Venture Partners.
Through these diverse initiatives, Venture Partners at CU Boulder continues to be a pivotal force in fostering a thriving startup ecosystem and translating university research into real-world impact. Explore these opportunities to partner with Venture Partners and contribute to the next wave of innovation.
