Caruso, DiStefano funding new entrepreneurship awards at CU

BOULDER — Zayo Group chief executive Dan Caruso and University of Colorado Boulder chancellor Phil DiStefano are funding a new series of entrepreneurship seed grants available to faculty and staff at CU.

The CU-Boulder Campus Entrepreneurship Seed Awards will range in size from $2,500 to $10,000, or more in the case of projects with members from different disciplines, the school said in a news release. The awards are meant to “inspire faculty and staff to take risks and develop new projects.”

The program will be part of CU’s cross-campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, and awards will be administered by the Silicon Flatirons Center at…