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91������ researchers and the CU spinoff VitriVax Inc., are focused on finding a way to get vaccines to 7.8 billion people. The research team is able to do so with funding, licensing and startup support from Venture Partners at 91������, the university’s commercialization arm.

Researchers are fast-tracking a new CU-born technology, SickStick, in hopes of not only helping to curb the current pandemic but also radically change the way we track disease in the future.

The next businesses to make a splash will come out of Colorado’s research institutions, including 91������. Venture Partners' Managing Director Bryn Rees is featured in the article.

Vu, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, is improving human cognitive functions using an ear-worn device. To bring the technology to customers worldwide later in 2020, he founded Earable Inc., which now has more than 15 employees.

Randolph, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, founded VitriVax, a 91������ spinout, to commercialize new applications of atomic layer deposition techniques for producing thermally stable vaccines.

Funding will support the ongoing development of a nascent RNA drug screen.

Six 91������-based startups with ties to 91������ were recognized for their innovation with $1.5 million in grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.

The companies—Artimus Robotics, Bioloomics, Earable, Emergy, Longpath Technologies, and New Iridium—represent several departments across campus.

Led by its current investors Maverick Ventures and Global Frontier Investments, the funding will be used to advance the development of ColdQuanta’s cold atom Quantum Core technology, the foundation for the company’s development of quantum computers.

A 2-year, $2 million National Cancer Institute (NCI) award has been given to 91������-based startup SuviCa, Inc. co-founded by 91������ and CU Cancer Center investigator, Dr. Tin Tin Su. Dr. Su hopes to find drugs that augment the effect of radiation to keep cancer at bay.