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Venture Partners at CU ���Ĵ�ý capped off its fifth Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator with the 2026 Ascent Deep Tech Community Showcase, where research-based startup teams pitched innovations originating from the University of Colorado to an audience of investors, entrepreneurs and fellow researchers. The showcase featured ventures developing breakthrough solutions in health, robotics, advanced materials and more.

CU ���Ĵ�ý Today—CU ���Ĵ�ý has joined Infleqtion’s newly launched America’s Quantum Space Initiative as a founding innovator, helping advance the development and deployment of quantum technologies for future space systems.

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has announced that eight ���Ĵ�ý researchers and four startups received funding through the latest round of the Advanced Industries Accelerator Program. The awards, granted through the Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention programs, represent one of the university's strongest performances to date.

The ���Ĵ�ý has emerged as a leading hub for battery innovation, producing breakthrough research and a series of successful startups—including Solid Power, SiILion, Otoro Energy, Forge Nano and Mana Battery—that are advancing safer, cheaper and more effective energy storage technologies. The university’s unique combination of world-class researchers, entrepreneurial support and industry partnerships has helped transform laboratory discoveries into companies with significant economic and societal impact.

Forge Nano, a ���Ĵ�ý spinout, has announced it will go public through a $1.6 billion blank-check deal, making it the 11th unicorn to spin out of CU ���Ĵ�ý.

Susan Strong has made lasting impacts across the ���Ĵ�ý and the larger Colorado innovation ecosystem.

The ���Ĵ�ý and Techstars, the global startup accelerator and investor, have announced a strategic partnership to expand opportunities for founders and strengthen Colorado’s innovation economy.

The Center for Translational Research (CTR), helps researchers and startup founders at CU ���Ĵ�ý, as well as external partners, to secure non-dilutive funding (financial support that does not require giving up equity) and advance promising technologies toward the marketplace. This year, the center welcomes new director Sarah Hughes.

Commercialization activities through Venture Partners at CU ���Ĵ�ý had an economic impact of $8.7 billion nationally and $5.1 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years, according to a report from the Leeds School of Business.

The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), which creates co-opportunity for Colorado’s life sciences community by championing a collaborative ecosystem and advocating for a supportive business climate, announces new leadership for its Board of Directors and welcomes new board members, including Hannah Nelson, associate director of licensing at Venture Partners at CU ���Ĵ�ý.