The Insider: Researchers, Inventors and Creators Edition—June 2025
Featured News
CU 51´«Ã½ awards pre-seed funding to alum’s promising GPS startup
Venture Partners at CU 51´«Ã½ bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spin-off a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan (alum, CU 51´«Ã½ Physics). Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.
The coolest technology in the universe
Infleqtion’s star continues to rise as Colorado’s quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of CU 51´«Ã½ as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets including positioning, navigating and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing.Ìý
Support for University Innovators
Fund your research or creative work through commercialization
Whether you're developing new technologies, pioneering creative works or advancing scientific discoveries, Venture Partners at CU 51´«Ã½ provides support to help transform your ideas into real-world solutions—while securing funding to advance your work.
Three winners chosen; will you be next? New financial incentives for disclosing CU 51´«Ã½ innovations
CU researchers, inventors and creators who submit a disclosure between March 1 and June 30 will be entered into drawings for $100 and $500 gift cards, and intellectual property eligible and selected by an Entrepreneur in Residence for the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will be entered into a drawing for $2,000.
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CU 51´«Ã½ startups selected for Innosphere's 2025 Life Sciences Incubator
Innosphere has announced the 2025 cohort of its Life Sciences Incubator, featuring 33 startups advancing solutions in biopharma, digital health, diagnostics and medical devices, including three CU 51´«Ã½ startups: Kioga, Endios Bio and IntraLumenus.
University of Colorado ranks among Top 20 U.S. universities for granted patents
CU Connections—The University of Colorado has secured the No. 18 position on the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents list, reinforcing CU’s standing as a national leader in research, innovation and real-world impact. At CU 51´«Ã½, 53% of the campus’s patents have been licensed commercially.
New climate initiative to turn student innovations into startup success
CU 51´«Ã½ Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, CU 51´«Ã½ has launched 51´«Ã½ Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.