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Destination Startup brings groundbreaking startups built on novel discoveries from top national labs and universities together with investors from throughout North America to catalyze real-world impact. This showcase demonstrates a powerful way to invest in and get funding for innovative research and translate it into impactful business ventures.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Today—The University of Colorado (CU) and Medtronic, a global leader in health care technology, have entered into a strategic research agreement to accelerate the development of transformative health technologies. CU was selected from a nationwide search for its strength in advancing disruptive innovation.

Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA)—The state’s life sciences ecosystem raised $3.2 billion in 2025, a record driven by significant mergers and acquisitions. The results demonstrate the durability of Colorado’s life sciences community as companies, investors, and research institutions operate amid economic, regulatory, and policy uncertainty.

The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator pairs seasoned entrepreneurs with University of Colorado Boulder technologies to bring those breakthroughs to market to address urgent societal needs. Embark has launched its third cohort of Embark Startup Founders and will provide intellectual property rights, funding for the founders and their companies, startup accelerator programming support and investor introductions to launch startups with real-world impact.

In an ongoing effort to bridge a pervasive investment gap in innovation funding, the University of Colorado Boulder has awarded pre-seed funding to Illumen Therapeutics, developing cancer treatments based on discoveries from startup co-founder Roy Parker’s lab at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ.

The University of Colorado Boulder actively incubates and supports nonprofit and for-profit ventures with broad societal impact, from far-reaching educational and wellness tools to vaccine accessibility and water security.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Today—More than ever, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ is a destination for faculty, students and staff who want to change the world through innovative research, scholarship and creative work.

A new program providing funding, support and community for faculty teams in the arts, humanities and social sciences to transform their ideas and creative works into real-world impact.

Whether you're developing new technologies, pioneering creative works or advancing scientific discoveries, Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ provides support to help transform your ideas into real-world solutions—while securing funding to advance your work.

Launched in 2018, Destination Startup® connects investors with groundbreaking startups built on novel discoveries from leading national labs and universities in the Intermountain West. Participating startups must be actively raising and are selected through a competitive review process and robust pitch preparation.