Entrepreneur in Residence

Connecting entrepreneurs with breakthrough innovations. Embark is CU Boulder's deep tech startup creator for matching entrepreneurs with breakthrough innovations. With myriad CU Boulder technologies ready to make a real-world impact, Embark seeks motivated entrepreneurs ready to launch new companies. The program provides IP rights, salary support, grant funds, startup acceleration resources and investor introductions to selected entrepreneurs.

June 9: Application deadline for EIR positions—Apply Now

June 14: Date by which EIR applicants will be notified if they are being advanced

June 18-Aug. 15: Advanced EIR applicants will identify the innovations to build their company around

Aug 15: Pitch competition for the Embark Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) positions

Sept. 1-Feb. 28: Approximate duration of EIR positions

1. Entrepreneurs will submit an application to participate in Embark as a new company founder.
2. If applicants are advanced, they will then review our portfolio of available technologies, meet the inventing scientists and engineers and identify the innovation they want to build a company around.
3. They will participate in mandatory sessions designed to help them flesh out their startup idea, including funding sources, developing a value proposition and learning from the prior Embark Entrepreneur in Residence (EIRs). 
4. Ultimately, they will then prepare a plan for the new company and pitch it to the Embark judges for a chance at one of the paid Embark Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) positions.

• a license or option for the innovation;
• up to $50,000 for technology development in the participating inventor’s lab;
• access to a suite of startup resources and programs;
• six-months of part-time salary to launch the company.

Find out more and apply on our website!

https://www.colorado.edu/venturepartners/embark