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Leeds School of Business—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder alum Nick Manuzak is one of the 2024 Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator, leading an innovative venture focused on integrating carbon-storing hempcrete into modern construction to revolutionize sustainable building practices.

BizWest—Infleqtion, a quantum information company that began at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder as Coldquanta, recently received a $1.15 million Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop software for quantum computing.

Photonics Online—A new variant of liquid crystal is at the core of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startup Polaris Electro-Opstics' technology. Designed as a seamless drop-in enhancer of silicon photonic chips, Polaris's modulator technology paves the way for the next generation of optical interconnects critical to the future of data center disaggregation.

The Colorado Sun—Thornton-based Solid Power, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout, has a $50 million federal grant to ramp up development of the solid-state EV batteries it considers the technology of the near-future in automobiles, putting the company closer to its goal of developing a mass production facility in the eastern U.S. or Korea.

Semiconductor Today—Sivers Semiconductors and Ayar Labs, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout, will host a joint live demonstration showcasing the 16-wavelength distributed feedback (DFB) laser array integrated into the Ayar Labs SuperNova multi-wavelength light source.

EIN Presswire—Female-founded Boulder-based Silvis Materials, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startup, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its work making sustainable and recyclable binders and adhesives.

The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator pairs seasoned entrepreneurs with university technologies to bring those breakthroughs to market in response to urgent societal needs. Embark has launched its second Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort and will provide Intellectual Property rights, salary support, grant funds and investor introductions to launch startups with real-world impact. 

By translating breakthrough research into new businesses, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØcreates economic opportunities while addressing many of the world’s greatest challenges. In the past year, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder has burned especially bright through Venture Partners’ record-setting performance.

9News—Jack Elston's company, Black Swift Technologies, a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder spinout, designed a prototype fixed-wing drone that could carry a sophisticated weather sensor inside the rage and turbulence of the strongest tropical cyclones on earth.

CNBC—Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder startup Mesa Quantum has raised $3.7 million in seed funding on top of a $1.7 million Space Force grant to develop chip-scale quantum sensors.
The startup’s quantum sensors could bring navigation, timing and positioning data to electronic devices of every kind, alleviating their need to pick up distant GPS satellite signals. Many GPS satellites covering the U.S. have aged beyond their initially intended lifespan.