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The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel—Brandon Regensburger, founder and CEO of ExoPower, a С���� Boulder startup, is developing a technology that can wirelessly charge robots as they move and work. He has set up shop in the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center, where he continues developing technology he has worked on for years as a graduate student at С���� Boulder and Cornell University.

FY 2023-24 was another tremendous year for innovation and entrepreneurship at the ����. University researchers, inventors and creators began working with Venture Partners at ���� Boulder to advance 144 breakthrough innovations, and 36 ���� startups were launched through Venture Partners based on campus discoveries.

Composites World—Mallinda Inc., a С���� Boulder spinout and global developer of vitrimer resin systems, announces the commercial launch of Vitrimax versatile hot melt (VHM) resin, a vitrimer-based composite resin system. According to the company, this technology combines the optimal mechanical properties of thermosets with the processing flexibility of thermoplastics, while enabling economic recyclability and reuse for high-performance composites.

ColoradoBiz—Agrawal, 29, moved from India to Colorado to study quantum computation at С���� in 2019. “Boulder, in general, has the most thriving quantum ecosystem in the world,” she says. The overwhelming focus on quantum computing, however, paved the way for Agrawal to co-found С���� Boulder Startup Mesa Quantum with Wale Lawal in early 2024.

Colorado Bioscience Association—Colorado's life sciences ecosystem raised $1.47 billion in 2023, demonstrating the resilience of life sciences companies and organizations in the state during a challenging year for U.S. life sciences fundraising.

Yahoo Finance—Ayar Labs, a semiconductor startup based in San Jose and spun out of С���� Boulder, has raised $155 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its optical I/O technology.

Destination Startup brings groundbreaking startups built on novel discoveries from top national labs and universities together with investors from throughout North America to catalyze real-world impact. This showcase demonstrates a powerful way to invest in and get funding for innovative research and translate it into impactful business ventures.

PR Newswire—Sionic Energy, a С���� Boulder spinout and a recognized leader in electrolyte and silicon battery technology for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, announced that the world's lithium-ion battery producers no longer have to rely on graphite. Designed for seamless integration into existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing processes, Sionic's Silicon Battery Platform maximizes silicon material performance with regard to energy density, extended cycle life, and rapid charge rates.

Business Wire—VitriVax Inc., a С���� Boulder spinout and vaccine formulation technology company, announced today a two-year $3.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This is the second grant awarded to VitriVax by the Gates Foundation, which will fund the development of a polio vaccine formulation for possible inclusion in combination pediatric vaccines.

The Register—Ayar Labs, a С���� Boulder spinout, contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat of increasing AI model demands. Many photonics startups are looking to overcome the limitations of copper interconnects and improve the efficiency of optical I/O, but Ayar is among the first.