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Venture Partners 2021 Annual Report shows record-breaking results for ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ innovations

Venture Partners 2021 Annual Report

When it comes to translating ideas into impact at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, the tangible results from 2021 are eye-popping, even record-breaking.ÌýVenture Partners at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ spinout companies. $3.7billion in exits by our startups. ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ is incredibly proud of the “measurablesâ€� 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ’s full ecosystem to accelerate progress for early-stage companies from University of ColoradoÌýcampuses. 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 theÌýInnovation Award from the Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), an honor that recognizes ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ’s continuous endeavor to be the top university for innovation.

OnÌýthe horizon for Venture PartnersÌýincludes more expansive achievements like regional workforce development, job creation, economic impact and strengthening ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ and its extended ecosystem as an innovation hub for the country and the world.

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