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When it comes to translating ideas into impact at ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ, the tangible results from 2021 are eye-popping, even record-breaking.��Venture Partners at ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ, the university’s commercialization arm, has documented this new level of performance in its 2021 Annual Report.

Sixty-five licenses and options. Twenty new startups. $2.1 billion in capital raised by ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ spinout companies. $3.7billion in exits by our startups. ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ is incredibly proud of the “measurables” and the individual success stories of our inventors and startups. And these achievements tell just part of the story.

The Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, a new partnership with Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), leverages ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s full ecosystem to accelerate progress for early-stage companies from University of Colorado��campuses. And, as part of a National Science Foundation initiative, Venture Partners launched a collaboration with seven research universities to form the I-Corps Hub West Region to help cultivate deep technology businesses in the Western United States.

2021 wrapped up for the campus with the��Innovation Award from the Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), an honor that recognizes ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ’s continuous endeavor to be the top university for innovation.

On��the horizon for Venture Partners��includes more expansive achievements like regional workforce development, job creation, economic impact and strengthening ����������ý�Ļ���Ʒ and its extended ecosystem as an innovation hub for the country and the world.