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We are looking for a driven leader and team member with an interest in systems thinking to join ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s thriving innovation engine: Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder. The Director of Operations is a key part of the Venture Partners leadership team and leads our high-performing organization's operational processes.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Today—When it comes to putting science into action, last year was one for the record books. From July 2023 to June 2024, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder 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.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Today—To kick off the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in 2025, three ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ universities, in collaboration with Elevate Quantum, have announced that a new facility for fostering quantum technologies is coming to Boulder, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.

This is a new funding opportunity available to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder therapeutics projects. This program offersÌýup to $50,000Ìýin rapidly accessible funding to help advance early-stage therapeutic projects with strong commercial potential.Ìý

FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

Innovation at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2023-24 by launching 35 startup companies based on university innovations. This achievement shattered ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s previous record of 20 startups in FY 2021 and placed it among the most prolific single-campus institutions in the country.

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.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Today—A new workforce roadmap released this week aims to train, prepare and inspire the next generation of quantum workers and the general public in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and the Mountain West.

Fourteen teams of University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).

Daily Camera—Research funding at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.