The Insider: Deep Tech Partners Edition—May 2025
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91³Ô¹ÏÍø awards pre-seed funding to alum’s promising GPS spin-off
Venture Partners at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø bridged a historic investment gap to move a deep tech spin-off a step closer to the marketplace by awarding $100,000 in pre-seed funding to PrecisionTerra, founded by CEO Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan (alum, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Physics). Gopalakrishnan went on to win $144,000 in additional funding for the company in the 2025 New Venture Challenge.
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Infleqtion’s star continues to rise as Colorado’s quantum hub grows. The company of firsts, spun out of 91³Ô¹ÏÍø as ColdQuanta, seems to be everywhere these days, including outer space, while commercializing pioneering research to address needs across several critical markets including positioning, navigating and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing.Ìý
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New climate initiative to turn student innovations into startup success
91³Ô¹ÏÍø Today—In a major step toward accelerating Colorado’s climate innovation economy, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø has launched Boulder Climate Ventures, a new interdisciplinary program that equips students to develop and launch high-impact startups focused on climate solutions.
Manus and Inscripta, a 91³Ô¹ÏÍø spinout, merge to create a leader in industrial biomanufacturing
Manus Bio—Manus, the proven bioalternatives scale-up platform, and Inscripta, a 91³Ô¹ÏÍø spinout and leading life science technology company helping to create the bioeconomy, today announced a strategic merger to establish a unique end-to-end platform for scalable development, biomanufacturing, and commercialization of bioalternative products.
Mesa Quantum scores $100K inaugural state grant for quantum sensor development
Albuquerque Journal—91³Ô¹ÏÍø startup Mesa Quantum is commercializing its quantum sensors, which target more robust position, navigation and timing applications in miniaturized atomic clocks. It’s now one step closer to that goal.
PhD student’s work on engineered adhesives wins national recognition
91³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Engineering and Applied Science—Paula Pranda, aÌýchemical and biological engineeringÌýPhD student, earned the top student honor at the Adhesion Society meetingÌýfor her research onÌýaligned Liquid Crystal Elastomer (LCE) adhesives. The society’s annual meeting was held Feb. 16-19 in New Orleans.
