The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) has released names of the finalists for its inaugural "Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration" recognition event, honoring leadership in advancing cleantech. "Winners will be announced Tuesday, October 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Denver Marriott City Center, at our now officially sold-out event," Christine Shapard, Executive Director of the CCIA announces, "We're extremely pleased to share the twenty finalists who emerged from our recent statewide call for nominations."
CCIA - Leadership in Advancing Cleantech Awards - Finalists Include:
* High-Impact Cleantech Company of the Year
Abound Solar (Loveland, CO) -
http://www.abound.com Advanced Energy Industries, Solaron Business (Fort Collins, CO) -
http://www.advanced-energy.comCoorsTek (Golden, CO) -
http://www.coorstek.com Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO) -
http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com Tendril (Boulder, CO) -
http://www.tendrilinc.com* Breakout Cleantech Company of the YearIce Energy (Windsor, CO) -
http://www.ice-energy.comOPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (Boulder, CO) -
http://www.opxbiotechnologies.com ZeaChem, Inc. (Lakewood, CO) -
http://www.zeachem.com * Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year
Green Garage (Boulder, CO) -
http://www.greengarage.com RavenBrick LLC (Denver, CO) -
http://www.ravenbrick.com VanDyne Super Turbo (Fort Collins, CO) -
http://www.vandynesuperturbo.com* Colorado Cleantech Entrepreneur of the Year
Raymond R. Johnson, Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO) -
http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com Doug Schatz, Advanced Energy Industries (Fort Collins, CO) -
http://www.advanced-energy.com/en/Officers_Board.htmlAdrian Tuck, Tendril (Boulder, CO) -
http://www.tendrilinc.com/about/management-team* National Cleantech Leadership
Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory -
http://www.coloradocollaboratory.org National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) -
http://www.nrel.govRocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, CO) -
http://www.rmi.org* Governor's Award for Excellence in Cleantech Leadership
Ron Bernal, NEA (Boulder, CO) -
http://www.nea.com/Team/Default.aspx?id=27Richard Franklin, Clean Tech Open (Denver, CO) -
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dickfranklinPaul Nelson, Saoradh Energy (Boulder CO) -
http://www.saoradh.comFurther, according to Shapard, "We have simply been overwhelmed by the response for advance reservations to the event. We thank the Colorado Cleantech Industry and business community at large for welcoming our new cleantech awards event with such gusto."
Ira Ehrenpreis, noted venture capitalist and cleantech industry expert is the keynote speaker for the event.
Link to the PR Newswire ReleaseLink to the Pitch Engine social media release
Report by Eric Whitney: "The Colorado BioScience Association holds a competition every other year to find the state's top new biotechnology start-up company. Nominees get the chance to pitch their ideas to a room full of potential investors. That's more important than ever in a down economy, when start-up funding is hard to find."
Congratulations to these winners:
"Sharklet Technologies Inc., an Aurora- based maker of an antimicrobial surface, won the Dorsey & Whitney Venture Showcase Award at the 2010 BioWest Conference & Expo on Wednesday. Sharklet competed against three companies for the honor: AmideBio of Boulder; BioVantage of Golden; and PeptiVir Inc. of Aurora."
"The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) announced the two companies that received funding based on its initial solicitation. Sophono, Inc, based in Boulder, is receiving $600K to further the development of its Alpha 1 Magnetic Bone Anchored Hearing System...PeptiVir, Inc, based in Aurora, will receive $300K to support development of its universal flu vaccine."
Joseph Decuis' nomination made the "Great Lakes Top 10" restaurants list:
"The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) has released names of the finalists for its inaugural 'Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration' recognition event, honoring leadership in advancing cleantech. 'Winners will be announced Tuesday, October 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Denver Marriott City Center, at our now officially sold-out event,' Christine Shapard, Executive Director of the CCIA announces, 'We're extremely pleased to share the twenty finalists who emerged from our recent statewide call for nominations.'"
The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) has released names of the finalists for its inaugural "Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration" recognition event, honoring leadership in advancing cleantech. "Winners will be announced Tuesday, October 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Denver Marriott City Center, at our now officially sold-out event," Christine Shapard, Executive Director of the CCIA announces, "We're extremely pleased to share the twenty finalists who emerged from our recent statewide call for nominations."