July 3 Deadline: Gov. Hickenlooper and COIN Launch Entrepreneurial Competition; Win $100K Cash + Inkind

 Quoting from yesterday's Denver Post:

"Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Colorado Innovation Network announced Thursday a new statewide business competition that will provide financial incentives for entrepreneurs, innovators and advanced industries.

Entrepreneurs in the state operating on less than $1 million in annual revenue are eligible to compete for $100,000 in cash and in-kind donations that could assist their business venture."
 
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NCBR: 'Inviragen’s sale this month likely to boost investor interest in NoCo bioscience firms'

Quoting from the article by Steve Lynn:

"'Fort Collins and Northern Colorado are starting to get some credibility behind the cluster that’s growing there,' said April Giles, chief executive of the Colorado BioScience Association in Denver. 'I think investors are starting to look at that cluster and realize that there’s good momentum and really great opportunity for partnership on the ground.'

Privately held Inviragen, based in Fort Collins with facilities in Madison, Wis., and Singapore, specializes in research and development of vaccines for infectious diseases such as dengue; hand, foot and mouth disease; and chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted by mosquito bites that can cause illness. Established in 2005, the company makes DENVax, a dengue vaccine that is being evaluated in phase 2 clinical trials. It employs about 50 people."

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Coverage: Colorado BioScience Association Applauds Signing of The Colorado Advanced Industries Acceleration Act

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InnovatioNews: 'Hickenlooper signs Advanced Industries Acceleration Act to help boost high-tech sectors'

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"Under the new law, Colorado-based advanced industry sectors are eligible for proof-of-concept grants of up to $150,000, early-stage capital and retention grants capped at $250,000 and infrastructure grants of up to $500,000.

The program builds on the Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program created by the legislature in 2006 to help grow the state’s bioscience industry.

'We are very supportive of the expansion of the bioscience grant program through this legislation, as it will fuel the state’s economy across six additional industries,' said April Giles, executive director of the Colorado BioScience Association."
 
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Colorado BioScience Association Applauds signing of The Colorado Advanced Industries Acceleration Act (HB 1001) by Gov. John Hickenlooper

 The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) applauds the signing of The Colorado Advanced Industries Acceleration Act (HB 1001) by Gov. John Hickenlooper today at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. The announcement is made by CBSA President and CEO April Giles who explains the bill was the first of the session in January 2013 (see photo), sponsored by Senator Rollie Heath (D-Boulder) and President-designate John Morse (D-Colorado Springs).

“We need to build on areas in which we excel. Colorado is poised to grow in high-tech sectors. Our businesses, schools, and labs are already on the global forefront of technology. Investing in them is smart for our overall economy,” Senator Heath said about the legislation.

The Advanced Industries Acceleration Act is designed to grow all the high-tech sectors in Colorado including:

* Advanced manufacturing

* Aerospace

* Bioscience

* Electronics

* Energy and natural resources

* Engineering

* Information technology

This bipartisan legislation creates the Advanced Industries Acceleration Grant program in the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Colorado-based advanced-industry sectors would be eligible for proof-of-concept grants, capped at $150,000; early stage capital and retention grants, capped at $250,000, and infrastructure grants, capped at $500,000. This economic-development grant program builds upon the Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program (BDEGP) created in 2006 by the Colorado General Assembly to grow the bioscience industry in the state.
 
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News Coverage - CBSA Announces New Board Chair and Directors

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CBSA Announces New Board Chair, Directors and 2013 Sponsors

 Denver, CO – May 3, 2013 – Derek Cole, President of Investor Relations Advisory Solutions (http://iradvisory.com), was named Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) at its 2013 Annual All-Member meeting held at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, CO, Wednesday. The announcement is made by April Giles, CBSA President and CEO, who says Cole assumes chairperson responsibilities from Steve Orndorff, Ph.D., CEO of Ariel Pharmaceuticals, Broomfield (http://arielpharma.com).

In addition at the meeting, special recognition was given to CBSA’s 10-year members in honor of the Association’s 10th anniversary.

Newly appointed CBSA board members include: 

Brenda Fielding, Executive Vice President, Regulatory and Strategic Development, Clinipace
Scott Larson, Senior Vice President, Legal and General Counsel, Terumo BCT
Brett Lund, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Gevo
Bill Marshall, Ph.D., President, CEO, Co-Founder and Director, miRagen
Chris Myatt, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO, MBio Diagnostics, Inc.
Bob Reddy, Director of Global Marketing, Medtronic

2013 Corporate Sponsors include: 

Titanium 
Boettcher Foundation – http://www.boettcherfoundation.org
Colorado State University - http://www.colostate.edu
Fisher Scientific - http://www.fishersci.com
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority - http://www.fitzscience.com
Johnson and Johnson - http://www.jnj.com
 
Platinum 
Colorado Office of Economic Development and Intl Trade - http://www.advancecolorado.com University of Colorado - http://www.colorado.edu
Cooley - http://www.cooley.com
Dorsey and Whitney - http://www.dorsey.com
Ernst and Young - http://www.ey.com
PhRMA - http://www.phrma.org
 
Gold 
Amgen - http://www.amgen.com
Merck - http://www.merck.com
Sheridan Ross - http://www.sheridanross.com
Snell and Wilmer - http://www.swlaw.com
 
Silver 
CBIZ - http://www.cbiz.com
EKS and H - http://www.eksh.com
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP - http://www.faegrebd.com
GlaxoSmithKline - http://www.gsk.com
Polsinelli Shughart - http://www.polsinelli.com
Terumo BCT - http://www.terumobct.com
 
Bronze 
DaVita Clinical Research - http://www.davitaclinicalresearch.com 
Genentech - http://www.gene.com Pfizer - http://www.pfizer.com
SomaLogic - http://www.somalogic.com
TOLMAR - http://www.tolmar.com
The Wright Group/Travelers - http://www.twgservices.com / http://www.travelers.com
 
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