Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced the newest recipients of state-funded Advanced Industries Accelerator Grants this week. Colorado BioScience Association congratulates our CBSA members and the honorees from across our state’s innovation ecosystem. A total of 32 start-ups and eight researchers from Colorado’s designated Advanced Industries will receive $9.5 million in funding.

CBSA members receiving grants from the current cycle are:

RedDropDx, Fort Collins, $250,000

Securisyn Medical, Littleton, $250,000

StrideTech Medical, Boulder, $250,000

Think Bioscience (Boulder) $250,000

University of Denver, Researcher Ali Azadani, $150,000

Congratulations to all grant recipients from Colorado’s innovation economy, including several from our life sciences ecosystem:

Different Kind, Buena Vista, $250,000

Fisher Medical, Wheat Ridge, $250,000

Intellisafe, Denver, $250,000

Lifeboard Medical, Fort Collins, $250,000

Link to Learn, Denver, $250,000

Perspectus, Greenwood Village, $250,000

SentrySciences, Longmont, $250,000

Read about the success achieved by past winners of these state-funded grants in the 2022-2023 Bioscience Colorado magazine.

The Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program is a critical source of non-dilutive funding for Colorado early-stage life sciences companies and organizations. It demonstrates a significant return on investment, delivering value back to the state through company creation and high-paying jobs. The program’s success metrics for life sciences alone include:

Our Policy + Advocacy team works closely with OEDIT to highlight the importance of the Advanced Industries Accelerator programs to our life sciences community. CBSA successfully led the expansion and reauthorization of the Advanced Industries Tax Credit this legislative session in partnership with OEDIT and Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA).

In 2020 and 2021, our team worked to preserve and restore funding for the Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant Program after budget cuts during the 2020 legislative session. The state legislature for provided a one-time, $10 million infusion for the program in 2021.

CBSA is proud to support this vital source of funding for innovation-focused startups.