The Insider — September 2026
The Insider Newsletter from Venture Partners at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ delivers upcoming events, opportunities and top headlines for industry partners, entrepreneurs and business community members.
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Get a front-row seat to the University of Colorado's next big ideas competing for more than $1M in awards
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ's Lab Venture Challenge has announced the 2026 finalists of bio- and physical sciences innovators to pitch their ideas to a live audience at the Dairy Arts Center for more than $1 million in awards.
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Infleqtion opens Colorado Quantum Innovation Center, anchoring "America's Quantum Peak"
Infleqtion, a ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ spinout and global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, is celebrating the grand opening of the Colorado Quantum Innovation Center (CQIC), its new facility in Louisville, Colorado.
Two ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ-connected founders join national lab's newest class of entrepreneurship fellows
Big Blue Technologies' Boris Chubukov and Orva Energy's Evan Flitz, both with roots at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, are among the seven founders selected for NLR's 2026 West Gate fellowship, working to bring affordable domestic magnesium and next-generation battery materials to market.
$1.2M National Science Foundation award backs self-healing concrete repair technology
NSF has awarded $1.2 million to a ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ research team developing Regenerative Concrete Repair (RCR), a bacterial nanocellulose composite that repairs both active and dormant cracks in concrete infrastructure.


