Startups  April 2, 2021

CU’s New Venture Challenge awards $30K in special prizes

BOULDER — The University of Colorado got the ball rolling last month on its 13th annual New Ventures Challenge cross-campus entrepreneurial program and competition by awarding 15 firms a total of $30,000 in prizes. 

Winners of the Impact Prize, given to companies making a difference in society or the environment, were:

  • RockyTech ($5,000) — The company is developing a new technology to solve the current plastic waste problem by converting waste into a new material (WeCANTM) that can be used to create high-value products such as auto parts.
  • HUG Solutions ($3,000) — The company is developing an mRNA vaccine cold chain transportation…

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