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Upcoming Events and Opportunities

Venture Partners: Target Product Profile (TPP) Workshop
Tuesday, March 11, 10 a.m.-noon, Venture Partners at CU Boulder
Calling all CU therapeutics innovators! Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help research teams apply industry best practices early in the development process. Hosted by Venture Partners with Jordan Masanoff, senior director of business development and portfolio planning at Amicus Therapeutics, this session will introduce the Target Product Profile (TPP)—a tool widely used in industry to align scientific development with real-world patient and clinical needs.

Venture Partners: Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator Showcase
Wednesday, March 12, 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m., The Riverside
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 CU Boulder's research labs. Investors and business partners will get an exclusive look at the companies built in the last six months program in various sectors, including biotechnology, cleantech, health and wellness and advanced materials.
CU Boulder:
Wednesday, March 19, 5-8 p.m., Wolf Law Building
Join Silicon Flatirons for a unique opportunity to explore the strategies behind translating university research into market-ready innovations.

Destination Startup Investor Showcase (hosted by Venture Partners)
Thursday, March 13, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Boulder, CO
An invite-only showcase of new companies actively raising funds to commercialize groundbreaking bio- and physical science inventions from leading research institutions across the Intermountain West. It demonstrates a powerful way to invest in advancing innovative research and translate it into impactful business ventures.Ìý

Venture Partners: Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop
Deadline: Thursday, April 3; Workshops: April 10-24, Virtual
Do you have an innovation that could make a difference? Whether a researcher, entrepreneur, inventor or problem solver, the Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop can help you transform your concept into a successful venture.

Venture Partners: SBIR/STTR Day: Funding Your Latest Innovation
Wednesday, April 16, 3-5 p.m., Kittredge Central Hall, N114 Multipurpose A
To introduce the SBIR/STTR programs and highlight funding uses, Venture Partners is hosting a session to help researchers understand how to find funding and prepare their companies for an SBIR/STTR proposal.

Venture Partners: Research-to-Market (R2M) Customer Discovery Program
Deadline: Tuesday, May 6; Workshops: May 13-June 13, Virtual
This four-week program helps teams through customer discovery and finding a market for their innovation. Specifically designed for researchers, entrepreneurs, inventors and problem solvers commercializing their innovations.

Venture Partners at CU Boulder: Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator Showcase
Wednesday, June 25, Byron R. White Stadium Club, Folsom Field
Bringing together researchers, investors and community supporters to highlight innovative deep tech startups spinning out of the University of Colorado.