The takeaway:
A group of four faculty presenters detail the work behind their startups at a Fast Pitch event for a $10,000 award: mindLAMP Care, Retro Nephrix, NeuroVesica, Parley Neurotech. The CU Anschutz Innovations event provides a window into how ideas move from the lab to improving health for patients.
How would you convince a room of strangers you had the next great idea in healthcare in under 10 minutes?
That highwire act was part of the 2026 CU Anschutz Innovation Forum’s Innovation Fast Pitch session, a unique event for four startup teams at CU Anschutz.
With a pitchdeck in hand, one researcher from each team participated in a rapid-fire presentation showcase, responding to live feedback from investors and industry experts and competing for an “Audience Favorite” award of $10,000.
The four contenders focused on an array of healthcare solutions, including making mental health more responsive, developing a device to more effectively deliver therapeutics to the kidneys, identifying biomarkers for mental health conditions and addressing dementia by reversing hearing loss.
Ready to step into the batter’s box? Take the pitches from each team and see who the audience chose as their winner.