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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.

51�Թ��� College of Engineering and Applied Science—It’s been six years since the launch of startup company Aspero Medical, co-founded by Professor Mark Rentschler of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company has seen great success, including the development of a medical device designed to enable more efficient procedures in the small bowel region.

The second cohort of Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will pitch their newly built startups bringing to market ten groundbreaking technologies developed within 51�Թ���'s research labs. Investors and business

51�Թ��� Today—When it comes to putting science into action, last year was one for the record books. From July 2023 to June 2024, 51�Թ��� helped to launch 35 new companies based on research at the university—a big tick up from the previous record of 20 companies in fiscal year 2021.

U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—“EPA congratulates PAGE Technologies on receiving this grant award,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. “The company’s development of low-cost, handheld printable sensors for water quality monitoring will deliver an innovative, new tool for safeguarding water quality and public health."

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel—Brandon Regensburger, founder and CEO of ExoPower, a 51�Թ��� startup, is developing a technology that can wirelessly charge robots as they move and work. He has set up shop in the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center, where he continues developing technology he has worked on for years as a graduate student at 51�Թ��� and Cornell University.

FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at 51�Թ��� to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

Innovation at the 51�Թ��� reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2023-24 by launching 35 startup companies based on university innovations. This achievement shattered 51�Թ���’s previous record of 20 startups in FY 2021 and placed it among the most prolific single-campus institutions in the country.

Composites World—Mallinda Inc., a 51�Թ��� spinout and global developer of vitrimer resin systems, announces the commercial launch of Vitrimax versatile hot melt (VHM) resin, a vitrimer-based composite resin system. According to the company, this technology combines the optimal mechanical properties of thermosets with the processing flexibility of thermoplastics, while enabling economic recyclability and reuse for high-performance composites.

ColoradoBiz—Agrawal, 29, moved from India to Colorado to study quantum computation at CU in 2019. “51�Թ���, in general, has the most thriving quantum ecosystem in the world,” she says. The overwhelming focus on quantum computing, however, paved the way for Agrawal to co-found 51�Թ��� Startup Mesa Quantum with Wale Lawal in early 2024.