Entrepreneurial Training

Entrepreneurship is the key to unlocking global impact by bringing innovations to market through new startups. As a key leader of the National Science Foundation's I-CorpsTM Hub: West Region, Venture Partners at CU Boulder provides entrepreneurial training for anyone from a research or community institution motivated to bring their ideas to life, secure funding and create lasting impact.

For researchers, inventors and creators at the University of Colorado Boulder, Denver (except CU Denver investigators in the biosciences, who should work with ) and Colorado Springs campuses, Venture Partners is a key partner in starting a company on campus and taking it to market.

Questions? Contact:

Emily Vogt

Emily Vogt
Director of Venture Development

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Venture Partners Entrepreneurial Programming

The National Science Foundation's I-Corps programs are designed to help reduce the time and risk of taking promising ideas and technologies to the marketplace. Programming is particularly designed for new entrepreneurs and those taking their first steps out of the university and into the market. Anyone from a research or community institution, including those outside the CU System, is welcome.

Deep tech startups, or new companies based on technological innovation in science or engineering, face unique challenges because of their disruptive nature, intensive research and development, and significant capital requirements. Ascent is an accelerator for research teams building deep tech startups coming out of the University of Colorado campuses in Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver.

Illustration of a mountain as a metaphor where researchers can climb one of two paths with their discovery of either starting a company or licensing their protected intellectual property

But what is "commercialization?"

The path to commercialization鈥攁lso known as "research translation" or "tech transfer"鈥攃an be challenging, and Venture Partners is here to help by uniting industry partners, entrepreneurs and investors to help researchers, inventors and creators at the University of Colorado bring their groundbreaking discoveries into the marketplace.

Explore the Path to Commercialization

Additional Resources

CU System

Inspiring leadership, creativity, and collaboration: an initiative that focuses on generating substantial real-world impact.

CU Boulder
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative

Here to connect you with the resources and programs you need to turn your ideas into impactful ventures.

CU Boulder
New Venture Challenge (NVC)

Connects the CU Boulder campus with the Boulder community to develop and fund innovative ideas with year-round events to refine their ideas and form startup teams to pitch for funding.

CU Boulder
New Venture Launch Class

An application-based class for cross-disciplinary teams, individual founders, and entrepreneurially-focused students who are driven to succeed in a startup ecosystem!

CU Boulder
Catalyze CU

An equity-free, summer-long startup accelerator designed for CU students, faculty and staff.

Venture Development Team

Venture Partners has an experienced team of professionals dedicated to developing CU Boulder innovators and startups鈥攏o matter what stage of the entrepreneurial journey they're in.