Banking & Finance  May 21, 2018

Boulder Valley, NoCo startups awarded Advanced Industries grants

Several startups in Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette and Longmont are recipients of grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.  

Twenty startups will receive a combined $4.7 million in Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants to support the state’s advanced industries.

“Innovation drives economic growth and these grants expand Colorado’s vital innovation ecosystem,” said global business development director and OEDIT deputy director Michelle Hadwiger, in a prepared statement. “Funding such a diverse cross-section of innovative Colorado companies continues to advance Colorado’s key industries.”

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To have qualified for the Proof-of-Concept grants, eligible companies needed to demonstrate the ability to match the funds.

Grants are going to Access Sensor Technologies (Fort Collins, $250,000); Advanced Space (Boulder, $250,000); Evolutionary Genomics (Longmont, $250,000); Green Sun Medical (Fort Collins, $250,000); Hygge Power (Boulder, $250,000); MFB Fertility Inc. (Boulder, $250,000); Neuraptive Therapeutics Inc. (Lafayette, $250,000); QalibreMD Inc. (Boulder, $250,000); Radar Relay Inc. (Fort Collins, $250,000); Synthio Chemicals LLC (Boulder, $124,579).

Grants are also going to AxImmune LLC, researcher Andrew Petruska at the Colorado School of Mines, EIR Inc./ Heart Hero, Guerilla Gravity, Nikola Power, Obsidian Network Inc., Planet IQ, South River Farms Aquaponics, Storion Energy Inc., Tortuga Agricultural Technologies, researcher Chadd Clary of University of Denver and Beeper Avionics.

 

Several startups in Boulder, Fort Collins, Lafayette and Longmont are recipients of grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.  

Twenty startups will receive a combined $4.7 million in Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants to support the state’s advanced industries.

“Innovation drives economic growth and these grants expand Colorado’s vital innovation ecosystem,” said global business development director and OEDIT deputy director Michelle Hadwiger, in a prepared statement. “Funding such a diverse cross-section of innovative Colorado companies continues to advance Colorado’s key industries.”

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