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- Application open for startups and teams to present at the 2025 Destination Startup Investor ShowcaseDestination 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.
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- CU Boulder Today鈥擟U Boulder researchers attracted a record $742.2 million in fiscal year 2023鈥24 for studies and initiatives that, among other things, could lead to an end of osteoarthritis, better space weather predictions and a more climate-resilient American West.
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