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

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

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

This is a new funding opportunity available to CU 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 CU. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at CU Boulder to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 CU startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

Innovation at the °µÍø½ûÇø reached an unprecedented milestone in fiscal year 2023-24 by launching 35 startup companies based on university innovations. This achievement shattered CU 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.

CU 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 Colorado and the Mountain West.

Fourteen teams of University of Colorado 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 °µÍø½ûÇø has more than doubled in the last decade, increasing by about $391 million. There were 35 CU Boulder-affiliated startup companies this last fiscal year compared to 10 the year before.