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Innosphere Ventures—Aspero Medical, a ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout and medical device startup focused on the design and development of innovative technology to improve gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures, has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell the Ancora-SB small bowel balloon overtube.

Duality Accelerator—The first stage in creating a scalable quantum network requires the consistent generation of photons, the smallest possible quantum of light. Where do these photons come from? If you ask Poolad Imany, founder and CEO of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· startup Icarus Quantum, he’d say from devices developed by his company.

Denver Post—Solid Power, a ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout, is producing the material for solid state battery cells in a new 75,000-square-foot factory in Thornton and is looking at expanding operations globally in the next year or so.

Business Wire—Cascade Biocatalysts (formerly Rigid Biotech), a ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· startup and biomanufacturing company catalyzing green chemistry, raised an oversubscribed $2.6 million pre-seed. Cascade aims to use the raised funds to scale its impact from the lab bench to pilot scale and support its initial wave of customers.

The Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator at Venture Partners at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· has officially launched its first Embark Entrepreneurs in Residence cohort. Embark aims to connect business minds outside the university with breakthrough inventions emerging from ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s research labs to bring them to market and unleash the full impact of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s research into the world.

Denver Post—Meati Foods, a Boulder-based producer of plant-based meat alternatives and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout, is expanding its commercial reach by selling to Whole Foods Markets across the country.

BioSpace—SomaLogic, a leader in data-driven proteomics technology and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout, today announced its partnership with Dante Genomics, a global leader in genomics and precision medicine, to offer a comprehensive solution for proteomics testing at scale in Europe. Dante will be the first SomaLogic-authorized site in Italy.

BizWest—VitriVax Inc., a Boulder-based developer of vaccine-shot technology and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout, was recently awarded a five-year, $29 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to create a single-injection, thermostable vaccine for melioidosis and glanders.

Innosphere Ventures—New Iridium, a ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· spinout dedicated to decarbonizing the chemical industry and driving sustainable innovation, announced it has been awarded a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant. This grant will enable New Iridium to advance its cutting-edge photocatalysis platform that uses light rather than heat, revolutionizing the production of low-carbon chemicals while significantly reducing costs compared to today’s processes.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researcher Linda Watkins and CU startups Beryl Therapeutics Inc., Modendo Inc. and TissueForm Inc. are among 37 companies and researchers awarded Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital Retention grants through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).