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Venture Partners 2021 Annual Report shows record-breaking results for 鶹ѰBoulder innovations

Venture Partners 2021 Annual Report

When it comes to translating ideas into impact at 鶹ѰBoulder, the tangible results from 2021 are eye-popping, even record-breaking.Venture Partners at 鶹ѰBoulder, the university’s commercialization arm, has documented this new level of performance in its 2021 Annual Report.


Sixty-five licenses and options. Twenty new startups. $2.1 billion in capital raised by 鶹ѰBoulder spinout companies. $3.7billion in exits by our startups. 鶹ѰBoulder is incredibly proud of the “measurables” and the individual success stories of our inventors and startups. And these achievements tell just part of the story.

The Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, a new partnership with Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), leverages 鶹ѰBoulder’s full ecosystem to accelerate progress for early-stage companies from University of Coloradocampuses. And, as part of a National Science Foundation initiative, Venture Partners launched a collaboration with seven research universities to form the I-Corps Hub West Region to help cultivate deep technology businesses in the Western United States.

2021 wrapped up for the campus with theInnovation Award from the Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), an honor that recognizes 鶹ѰBoulder’s continuous endeavor to be the top university for innovation.

Onthe horizon for Venture Partnersincludes more expansive achievements like regional workforce development, job creation, economic impact and strengthening 鶹ѰBoulder and its extended ecosystem as an innovation hub for the country and the world.

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Venture Partners at 鶹ѰBoulder translates breakthrough research into economic and societal impact. We achieve record-breaking results by equipping researchers to commercialize lab discoveries.

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