FastTrac® TechVenture™ Fall Program Announced! - RMI has announced the next session of FastTrac® TechVenture™ Colorado.This award-winning program developed by the Kauffman Foundation is specifically designed for entrepreneurs in the clean energy, bioscience and technology industrys. Over the course of a ten-week series of workshops participants will develop their business plans, hone their investor pitches, hear informative guest lectures from business leaders and network with mentors and fellow entrepreneurs.The next session is slat... More

Entrepreneurial Program to Boost Colorado Cleantech Economy - (Denver, CO and Fort Collins, CO – June 30, 2011) The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) and Rocky Mountain Innosphere (RMI) announced today that RMI has been awarded a contract to provide entrepreneurial training services under the Colorado State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) Grant.The SESP Grant was awarded to CDLE by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide training in energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) jobs to unemployed Coloradoans. The State will ... More

Monfort Entrepreneurial Challenge winners take home cash - NCBR StaffRead ArticleMarch 4, 2011 --GREELEY - Six Northern Colorado entrepreneurs received cash prizes during the second annual Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge at the University of Northern Colorado.Steven J. Roy, developer of VetDC Inc. - a veterinary health-care company - was the winner in the Start-Up Ventures category and Jacob Castillo, co-founder of Panda Bicycles, was the winner in the Stage Two Growth category. Each received $10,000.Second place in the Start-Up Ve... More

Clean Energy Alliance Announces Two New Members - February 25th, 2011 • Read Article • by ABMN StaffFeb. 25, 2011 (Marketwire) —MAHWAH, NJ — (Marketwire) — 02/25/11 — Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (CEA), the national association of clean energy business incubators, announced today that two clean energy business incubators have joined the organization. New members unanimously accepted are Boulder Innovation Center, Boulder, CO, and Rocky Mountain Innosphere, Fort Collins, CO.“The continuing expansion of the ... More

Innosphere grand opening hails collaboration - Local economy benefits from innovation, cooperationFEBRUARY 18, 2011READ ARTICLEA true collaboration will be celebrated next week with the grand opening of the Rocky Mountain Innosphere building.The Innosphere is an innovation-based startup accelerator supported by the cities of Loveland and Fort Collins. The organization focuses on clusters in clean energy, biosciences, water innovation and information technology. The idea behind the Innosphere is to foster "the development of the ent... More

VanDyne SuperTurbo moves headquarters to Old Town Fort Collins - NCBR StaffRead ArticleFebruary 15, 2011 --FORT COLLINS - VanDyne SuperTurbo Inc., a company spun out of Woodward Co. (NYSE: WWD) in 2009, has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Opera Galleria on College Avenue in Fort Collins.The company, which specializes in the design, development and production of SuperTurbochargers for the global automotive market and heavy-duty engine manufacturers, has leased 5,000 square feet at 123 N. College Ave. for 16 employees. The lease was facilitated by R... More

Exclusive Photos: Inhabitat Tours the New targeted LEED Platinum RMI Building in Colorado - by Andrew Michler, 02/09/11Read Articlefiled under: Architecture,Daylighting,Solar PowerWe recently took a tour of the newly opened LEED Platinum pending Rocky Mountain InnosphereBuilding dubbed RMi2, home to a handful of cutting edge green companies. The project is a private/public collaboration developed to help incubate cutting edge companies in Fort Collins, Colorado. Preview Architecture’s design takes full advantage of the Colorado sun as the building is stre... More