Alumni Entrepreneurs
In 2024, 35 startups were launched out of labs and research projects at CU Boulder, putting the university second only to Stanford University in the number of new ventures. Twenty-two of those were affiliated with听CU Engineering, solidifying our role as a听leader in innovation on campus.
We鈥檙e taking the opportunity to highlight two of our alumni-run startups: Mana Battery, founded in 2023 as a spinout of Chunmei Ban鈥檚 laboratory in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Manifest Technologies, founded as Vitro3D in 2020 by PhD students in electrical engineer and materials scientist Bob McLeod鈥檚 lab.

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鈥淲e鈥檙e doing a new form of volumetric additive manufacturing where we create an entire 3D part all at once.鈥
Camila Uzcategui
(MMatSci鈥18; PhDMatSci鈥21), Manifest Technologies

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鈥淲e鈥檙e developing next-generation materials and batteries in order to support low-cost energy storage.鈥
Tyler Evans
(PhDMechEngr鈥15; PhDMatSci鈥15), Mana Battery Inc.
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