2017 Companies
Give & Go
Automates the film editing process for sports teams & coaches, making it 72x faster than current methods
Glimpse
Allows users to explore the world using a social app while supporting local residents
Myra Makes
Inspires future problem solvers by creating fun products with adventure-based challenges
Pastificio
Produces traditional artisanal Italian pasta using organic and heirloom whole grains
ReForm
Makes a novel, low-cost adjustable prosthetic socket for lower limb amputees
The Space Research Company
Provides easier access to basic space research using a small satellite biological research platform
Specdrums
Creates a collaborative musical experience with a device that allows you to tap on different colors to produce sound
Very Important Teacher (VIT)
Allows parents and businesses to recognize teachers using gifts and rewards
Catalyze CU is an 8 week, summer startup accelerator designed for CU Students and Faculty. Catalyze CU combines world class mentorship and equity free grants with the University’s most promising ideas and technologies. Through this combination, Catalyze CU provides the driving force to make these ideas and technologies succeed.
Press
Catalyze Member Featured on Built in Colorado Website
Catalyze Project to Expand Greatly
Former Catalyze Team Recognized as a Top 5 US Venture
Past Catalyze Team to Get TV Show
Former Catalyze Company is Making a Big Move in Industry
Kitables wants to build even smaller Lego drones
Catalyze CU Team Makes it into Techstars Boulder
Stolen Backpack Spawns Creation of Student Venture Mµ tag (inFormu, 12.12.16)
Take Holiday Fashion to a New Level with Shinesty Threads (12.12.16)
UC Grad’s Run-Tracking Tool Lands Seed Funding (ShoeSense, 12.8.16)
Mallinda Awarded $750k Grant (10.12.16)
Denver 7 – Stories about Catalyze CU Summer 2016
Generation Next: Competitor Magazine September 2016 (Connor Winter – ShoeSense, pg. 32)
The startup helping you get your party on
8 finalists chosen for CU’s Catalyze student business accelerator in Boulder
Cubs Shuffle Rotation After Saturday’s Rainout (Shinesty)
These Are the Brand-New Shows Coming to MTV (Shinesty)
Lawbooth Shifts Model: Innovative Scheduling Technology Now Available for Free
Cyclotron Road Announces the Selection of its Second Cohort of Innovators (Mallinda)
InnovatioNews: Post Graduate: Mallinda aims to re-shape the plastics industry
BizWest: Surya Conversions wins Esprit Venture Challenge
Daily Camera: Eleven CU-Boulder faculty, staff teams offered entrepreneurship awards
Boulder County Business Report: Boulder startup raises seed funding, shifts model
Boulder County Business Report: CU spinoff Mallinda lands SBIR grant, Fitzsimons lab space
CU Boulder: Business accelerator packs the house for Demo Day event
Boulder Daily Camera: CU-Boulder launches Catalyze CU startup accelerator program
Boulder County Business Report: CU starts business-accelerator program
Denver Business Journal: CU-Boulder launching startup accelerator for student entrepreneurs
Northern Colorado Business Report: CU starts business-accelerator program
Meet the Mentors
Callie Wentling
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Nolan Houston
President of Curio Industrial Design
Timm McShane
Director of Software & IT at Sparkfun Electronics
Chirstian Nitu
Technologist. Entrepreneur. CEO of Weave
Erin Angerer
Wells Fargo Technology & Venture Banking
Robert Bailey
Patent Attorney, Perkins Coie
Rich Boyan
Technology Program Manager, Century Link
Eric Bruno
Freelance- Brand Strategy & Insights
Jeff Carson
General Counsel | Business Attorney with Expertise in Start-Ups
Justin Custer
CEO & Founder at ChatLingual
Dave Cass
CEO, Uvize
Brad Feld
Managing Director at Foundry Group
Bret Fund
Managing Partner at SecureSet
Nicole Glaros
Chief Product Officer, Techstars
Sue Heilbronner
CEO Mergelane
Eben Johnson
Technology Entrepreneur, Operator, Investor
Eric Kessner
Principal Attorney at Kessner Law Firm, LLC
Rich Maloy
CEO, Cognent Calculations
Morley McBride
Founder, More Creative By Design
Keith Mountain
CEO, Phenometry Inc.
Paul Parungo
President at IBSC, llc
Julie Penner
Techstars, Fountainhead Media Inc., Graphicly
Fletcher Richman
Platform Manager, Galvanize Ventures
Seth Rosenberg
SVP, Good Sam
Brad Sands
Deming Center Venture Fund, Point B Capital
Tim Shisler
Founder, Rack Focus
Erin Stadler
Boomtown Accelerator, Designed Culture, 17
Chelsea Young
Chief Designer at CurioID Inc
Eva Yao
Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
Daniel Zacek
Startup Services
Trevor Zimmerman
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Farmore Capital Group
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Contact Info
- Rebecca Komarek, Managing Director
- Tim O’Shea, Program Director
- , Idea Forge, 2445 Kittredge Loop Rd., Boulder, CO
- info@CatalyzeCU.com