The Business of Business in Colorado Colorado’s rise as a nationally competitive innovation economy rests not only on its research excellence and workforce strength but also on the overall business environment that supports startup creation, capital formation, and long-term company growth. Pages twelve through nineteen of our recently released Regional [...]
Colorado Research and Workforce Advantage Colorado’s Front Range is emerging as one of the nation’s strongest centers of research, talent development, and advanced industry growth. The region’s advantage is built upon a rare combination of federal research institutions, a highly educated workforce, a mature accelerator network, and the expanding impact of Colorado’s [...]
Advanced Industries – How Colorado Compares Colorado’s Front Range has long been recognized as one of the nation’s most dynamic emerging innovation hubs anchored by world-class universities, a deep STEM workforce, and the nation’s largest concentration of federal laboratories outside of Washington, D.C. As national attention turns toward regional competitiveness [...]
Innosphere's Life Science Accelerator 2025 Cohort Graduation Did you know that Colorado has the nation’s largest concentration of federal labs outside Washington, D.C? This, along with our world-class universities, skilled workforce, and high standards of living, makes Colorado’s Front Range one of the nation’s most dynamic emerging innovation hubs. Innosphere’s new Colorado Competitiveness [...]
Innovation in Action: Meet the 2025 Graduating Companies of the Innosphere Life Sciences Accelerator Across the US, breakthrough ideas in human health, diagnostics, therapeutics, and biotech are getting ready to scale. This year, 31 life sciences companies are graduating from the Innosphere Accelerator after months of mentorship, expert pitch reviews, [...]
Getting Entirely Well with Reilly Williams A Need for Preventive Women’s Health Products A 2021 McKinsey & Co report found that “Just 1% of healthcare research and innovation spending went to female-specific conditions beyond cancer.” Common conditions like yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis currently lack reliable preventative options. Instead, approaches [...]
NSF ASCEND Engine and OroraTech USA Announce Partnership to Advance Wildfire Intelligence Across Colorado and Wyoming Fort Collins, CO – September 30, 2025 — The NSF ASCEND Engine, led by Innosphere, and OroraTech USA are proud to announce a strategic partnership to strengthen wildfire intelligence across Wyoming and Colorado. By [...]
Innosphere Announces 2025 Earth and Space Systems Accelerator Cohort Innosphere, Colorado’s leading non-profit accelerator for science and technology companies, is proud to announce the 14 companies accepted into the 2025 Earth and Space Systems Accelerator. This program, powered by Innosphere and funded by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), [...]
NSF ASCEND Engine Launches Transformational, Ecosystem-Scale Digital Twin Initiative with Hands-On Workshop in Logan County The NSF ASCEND Engine, led by Innosphere in collaboration with the Logan County Economic Development Corporation, convened members of the agricultural production community for a visit to the National Ecological Observatory Network’s (NEON) North Sterling [...]
NSF ASCEND Engine in Colorado and Wyoming Celebrates Completion of Inaugural Digital Twins Accelerator Program with Showcase Event Denver, CO – The ASCEND Engine hosted an inspiring showcase event at Colorado State University’s Spur Campus, celebrating the achievements of its inaugural Digital Twins Accelerator cohort. Six pioneering startups presented their [...]
