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���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ Chancellor Justin Schwartz, Forbes—Since World War II, the U.S. research and development (R&D) enterprise has driven an era of prosperity and innovation, fueling breakthroughs in space, medicine and technology while empowering our national security and international trade.

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 ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������, 53% of the campus’s patents have been licensed commercially.

Venture Partners at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ 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, ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ Physics). Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.

CEO Magazine—Research is more than just a group of scholars furrowing away behind closed doors in universities around the globe, and Massimo Ruzzene of all people knows that. As the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Colorado Boulder (���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������), he sees research as a broad arc that moves from initial findings to real-world applications.

Celebrated professor and prolific inventor Richard Noble reflects on decades of teaching and discovery and embarks on a new path to commercialization of a game-changing technology.

PitchBook—Suspension of federal funding to universities and to the agencies that sustain their research risks cutting off a significant source of startup formation. “Most universities do not have the resources—by far—to weather the storm,” said Bryn Rees, associate vice-chancellor of innovation and partnerships at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������.

Silicon Flatirons Center—Rees has played a pivotal role in launching impactful startups from ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������. After nearly a decade of leadership, Rees has helped build multiple programs to support innovations at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������, including the Lab Venture Challenge (LVC), NSF’s I-Corps and the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator.

To introduce the SBIR/STTR programs and highlight funding uses, Venture Partners at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ is hosting a session to help researchers understand how to find funding and prepare their companies for an SBIR/STTR proposal.

The Ascent Deep Tech Investor Showcase brings together researchers, investors and community supporters to highlight innovative deep tech startups spinning out of the University of Colorado. Attendees will have a chance to see pitches from each of the Ascent 2025 cohort startups, followed by a networking happy hour to learn more.

Venture Partners at ���Ҵ�ý�ƽ������ and its partners across the Intermountain West once again demonstrated the power of university innovations with back-to-back startup showcases for the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and Destination Startup. Both provided a platform for cutting-edge startups, breakthrough research and high-growth potential ventures to connect with industry leaders and investors.