CU Cleantech

07/02/2014

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05/02/2014

CU Boulder Crowdfunding Launch Party TODAY from 11:30-1:30 in ATLAS Lobby! If your schedule allows, we’d love to see you there! Meet the teams, see the projects…and EAT FREE PIZZA!!

05/02/2014

Be the first to view the projects at the CU Boulder Crowdfunding Launch Party—Friday May 2nd at 11:30 AM ATLAS Lobby at CU Boulder.

CU Cleantech and TTO are excited to launch our project in the pilot Crowdfunding initiative & hope you’ll come out to show your support. Enjoy pizza and preview the projects…what could be better? http://bit.ly/QG2000

05/01/2014

Accelerate your business! Clean Tech Open 2014 Accelerator Application Deadline is Extended to Friday, May 2, 5pm!

The Cleantech Open runs the world's largest cleantech accelerator. We find, fund, and foster the most promising cleantech startups on the planet.

04/30/2014

The 2014 Cleantech New Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition was a huge success! Here are all of the competing teams, including Superior Ecotech who walked away with the $100,000 check to help strengthen their business in the real world! If you are interested in next years competition please visit our website for more information: http://cunvc.org/

04/30/2014

In the coming week you will likely hear more about the exciting new effort CU Boulder is launching—a crowd funding platform specifically for projects based at CU Boulder. This link will take you to an article in the Daily Camera about this effort: http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_25639216/strength-numbers-cu-boulder-pilot-crowdfunding-small-projects. In addition, you can get more information on the program before the site is live: http://bit.ly/QG2000.

A project developed by CU Cleantech and the Tech Transfer Office was chosen to be included in this pilot launch of the CU-Boulder Crowdfunding initiative. The funds we raise will support a summer project where students will work with technologies in development at CU Boulder to explore possible market applications. For those of you in the know, this is a revamp of our Market Assessment Program—moving the process earlier to work with more researchers and with the goal to provide those researchers with information that will help them pursue various types of follow on funding.

We will participate in a launch party when the site “goes live”—Friday, May 2nd at 12 PM in ATLAS at CU Boulder. I hope many of you will be able to join us…and help us spread the word to your networks. There are many great reasons to get involved—supporting hands on training for CU Boulder students, playing a role in the commercialization process, and preparing CU Boulder projects to have impact in the clean tech industry. In addition, we are very excited to be part of this pilot for CU Boulder!

If you have any questions about our project or the crowd funding pilot, feel free to contact Candace directly.

Candace DeWitt Mitchell
CU Cleantech Director
[email protected]

The University of Colorado is attempting its own version of the latest craze in raising money — crowdfunding — to fund eight unique projects on the Boulder campus.

04/24/2014

Join entrepreneurs, investors, and local leaders at Techstars on April 24th at 6:00pm for a conversation on why immigration reform is critical to the tech and start-up communities in Boulder!

04/21/2014

Big thanks to all the teams who competed in the CU NVC business plan competition last Friday.

AND…Congratulations to Superior Ecotech for taking first place in the competition, winning $100K to get their business rolling!! We wish them and all the other competing teams the best of luck!

Pictures from the event will be posed later this week!

04/18/2014

It's a beautiful day in Boulder, Colorado for the New Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition!

Join us at the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building in the lobby from 3:30-6:30pm to meet and talk to the finalists and others who share a passion for clean technology and renewable energy!

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cu-cleantech-new-venture-challenge-tickets-11026531653

04/18/2014

This $100,000 check will be signed over to one of our 7 CU NVC finalist by the end of TODAY! Come to the networking session tonight where the winner will be announced!!

Event Details:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cu-cleantech-new-venture-challenge-tickets-11026531653

04/18/2014

Our last featured NVC finalist is:

1. Superior Ecotech, University of Colorado at Boulder

Superior Ecotech converts waste CO2 from fermentation at breweries and ethanol plants into algae-derived oils at half the cost of our competitors.

New Project

04/17/2014

Our second to last featured NVC finalist for Friday's event is:

2. Memprint Dynamics, University of Colorado Boulder

Company Bio: Ultrafiltration Membranes are used in many industries for separating liquids and gases. Memprint Dynamics offers a unique treatment to these membranes using Nanoscale Imprinting (Nanoimprint lithography, NIL) to create a regular pattern on these membranes, and increase the amount of time which they can be used before they clog, or ‘foul’. Mitigating this problem is a huge area of interest, since it increases how well industrial processes can run. Memprint dynamics is unique since we do not chemically alter the membrane we are treating, so regulations limiting industries to implement them is minimal.

Watch their video here!! http://vimeo.com/88038076

Still need a ticket to the NVC event on Firday?! Get it here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cu-cleantech-new-venture-challenge-tickets-11026531653