The Insider: Researchers, Inventors and Creators Edition—June 2025
This monthly edition of The Insider from Venture Partners at Ãå±±½ûµØ delivers upcoming events, opportunities and top headlines for researchers, inventors and creators at the Ãå±±½ûµØ, Denver (Physical Sciences) and Colorado Springs.ÌýView past editionsÌýorÌýchange your subscription.
Featured News
Ãå±±½ûµØ awards pre-seed funding to alum’s promising GPS spin-off
Venture Partners at Ãå±±½ûµØ 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, Ãå±±½ûµØ 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 Ãå±±½ûµØ 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 Ãå±±½ûµØ 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 Ãå±±½ûµØ 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.
More Featured News
Ãå±±½ûµØ 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 Ãå±±½ûµØ 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 Ãå±±½ûµØ, 53% of the campus’s patents have been licensed commercially.
New climate initiative to turn student innovations into startup success
Ãå±±½ûµØ Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, Ãå±±½ûµØ has launched Ãå±±½ûµØ Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.