Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative

“Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress”

-Theodore Levitt

The Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative, RMI², is a regional non-profit formed to accelerate the success of high impact scientific and technology start-up companies in Northern Colorado. RMI² promotes a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region and provides a connection point between entreprenuers, capital, academic and government institutions, professional service providers and workforce talent. The Initiative was formed by an alliance of Northen Colorado municipal governments, academic institutions and economic development organizations.

Serving a flourishing entrepreneurial culture

Northern Colorado is an innovation hotbed, with a unique blend of Natural Sciences, Information Technology, Clean Energy and Technology-assisted Agriculture and Veterinary Science. According to a study conducted by Development Research Partners in 2006, Larimer County has more than 440 companies, with over 11,000 employees, in the fields of Computers and Electronics, IT/Software, Agri-Tech, Bioscience and Clean Energy.

Colorado State University is a world leader in infectious disease research, atmospheric science and environmental science. Its faculty members are tackling such issues as the reemergence of tuberculosis, the brown cloud of air pollution in Asian cities, severe weather forecasting, nutrition and wellness, and bioterrorism.

The region has a highly educated workforce, with Fort Collins being named to Fast Companies magazine Fast Cities list in 2007. The magazine cited Fort Collins as generating patents at the rate of 11.45 per 10,000 people, or nearly four times the U.S. city average.

NEW!!! The NoCo Angels investor group is now online.

Please visit us at http://www.nocoangels.com/ .

NoCo Angels, established in 2008, is a group of accredited investors who invest primarily in Northern Colorado early-stage technology and developing growth companies. The mission of NoCo Angels is to be a catalyst for investment opportunities for its members while promoting an entrepreneurial culture and contributing to the prosperity of the Northern Colorado region.

We welcome you to our website, and welcome the opportunity to work with you.

To learn more about RMI², click here!

Northern Colorado Entrepreneur News

RMI2 preps for new space
Colorado

Within the next 18 months, the northeast corner of Vine Drive and North College Avenue will house the city's business incubator designed to support new companies and jobs in Fort Collins.AdvertisementThe property - the old Waste Management site - will become home to the Inverness Innovation Park primarily housing the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative, or RMI2, and other...

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Privacy Networks gone, but not forgotten
Northern Colorado Business Report

FORT COLLINS - Timing recently took down the first startup to inhabit the Fort Collins Technology Incubator.Privacy Networks in February quietly shut its office at 200 W. Mountain Ave., in what is now called the Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative incubator. The startup was on its way to record sales in the second half of last year and was seeking a second round of financing when the economy...

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50 Colorado companies: Fueling the economic fire
ColoradoBiz

These fast-growing businesses are building tomorrow's economyHowever many billions the federal government pumps into the economy, one truth rings clear: It will be business that will lift the country out of the doldrums and thrust it forward into the 21st century.Here are 50 companies you can expect to help lead the way. These Colorado Companies to Watch are second-stage entrepreneurial...