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Kodo Kids is a company devoted to the growth and development of children. Founder Chris Hume created the company based on three driving passions: design, children, and play. These passions have evolved into a vision of enriching children’s lives through open-ended, play-based equipment, tools and toys using thoughtful design, and the production of items that encourage open-ended, child- oriented, playful-learning. It is the mission of Kodo Kids to provide tools for children both at home and in the classroom so they may experience an environment that fosters intellectual, social, emotional and physical development.
www.kodokids.com
Bolder Bob's Food's is a new company located in Boulder, Colorado producing a new frozen food, Snack Adventures. Snack Adventures is an artful twist on the conventional frozen snack food that provides fast, nutritious, and delectable culinary experiences. There are four delicious flavors from around the world: A Taste of Athens, A Taste of Napa Valley, A Taste of Santa Fe, and A Taste of Tuscany. The product is all-natural and contains only the finest ingredients, including Organic cheese and dairy, Non-GMO ingredients, no refined sugars, and no trans fats.
www.Snackadventures.com
Clean Engines, Inc. (CEI), a Colorado-based start-up, designs, commercializes and sells clean engine technologies for transportation markets worldwide. Its first product, a retrofit kit for two-stroke motorcycle engines, reduces tailpipe emissions by up to 90% with fuel injection technology and converts gasoline engines to gaseous fuel (LPG or CNG). These improvements reduce operating costs by 70% in its target markets. The product is designed for an Asian market estimated at 55 million commercial 2-3 wheelers, known variously as tuk-tuks, auto rickshaws or tricycles. The 2-stroke kit will be introduced for sale Q3 2012, in Metro Manila. Over time, CEI will introduce additional products for the "jeepney", "Jitney" and bus markets, utilizing, as appropriate, electric, hybrid and diesel-to-gaseous-fuel retrofit and re-power technologies.
www.clean-engines.com
Eagle Harbor Technologies (EHT), Inc., based in Seattle Washington, is a research and development company dedicated to producing innovative solutions to technological challenges including innovative pulsed power applications, in-space electric propulsion, fusion energy development, and plasma sources for laboratory, industrial, and materials science applications. EHT engages in experimental plasma physics research; pulsed power system development; space technologies; electric thrusters; and GPU based numerical modeling techniques. EHT has had research and development contracts through the following government agencies: Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Air Force and the United States Navy.
www.eagleharbortech.com
Atmospheric Observing Systems (AOS) Inc., located in Boulder Colorado, delivers complete solutions to complex observational problems. We provide climate researchers with robust instrumentation to make objective measures of Earth’s climate. We integrate observational protocols into expert instrumentation to satisfy our maxim, Science First. AOS analysis equipment is highly effective at measuring CO2 in the lab or in the field. From Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and High Altitude Balloons to Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and ships, AOS measurement platforms, available in several form factors, provide an effective way to sample a wide range of environments for CO2 concentrations and capture samples for later analysis.
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www.aosinc.net
Telescent Inc., based in Marina del Rey, California, was founded in 2005 to develop systems that automate the management of the physical network layer (Layer-0) within datacom and telecom networks. Telescent's automated physical layer management systems ensure reliable and efficient network operations. Corporations spend two to three times the amount spent on hardware to staff their data centers and automation technology has the potential to reduce administration and maintenance costs.
www.Telescent.com
JJ’s Sweets, the makers of Cocomels, “the original coconut milk caramels,” is a candy company dedicated to new ideas in the world of treats. It draws from classic handmade candy techniques but is also influenced by the desire to see candy evolve into tasty indulgences that inspire the spirit, support our bodies, and are sustainable for the environment. Founded by the multi-talented candy man JJ Rademaekers, JJ’s Sweets has quickly popularized the Cocomel in Colorado and is looking to expand its reach. With products that are “absolutely astoundingly good,” (VegNews) free of corn syrup and gluten, vegan and made with natural and organic ingredients, JJ’s Sweets has bridged the gap between indulgence and responsibility and hopes to lead the way forward in innovative confections. Look for JJ’s Sweets Cocomels at coffee shops and independent grocers in Colorado, at nationwide vegan retailers or online at www.cocomel.com
Fiona's Natural Foods, Inc., headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, is a manufacturer of organic granola, organic Quinoa Crunch (a gluten-free cereal), organic traditional European muesli, granola energy bars, quinoa energy bars, trail mix, and premium roasted nuts. The company's primary distribution is in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Kansas, Wyoming, and Louisiana. Fiona's products are offered at natural and conventional grocery stores, tea and coffee shops, athletic clubs, the Boulder County Farmer's Market, via gift basket companies, and via the company website, www.fionasgranola.com. Fiona’s products are distributed by UNFI, Nobel/Sysco, and Amazon.com.
www.fionasgranola.com
VAIREX corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of advanced air systems for the global hydrogen fuel cell and diesel emissions controls markets. VAIREX advanced air systems consist of highly efficient restrained vane compressors and regenerative blowers with integrated motors and controllers.
VAIREX works in close partnership with diesel emission control and fuel cell system developers to optimize system performance, addressing customers' total air system requirements for development and series production.
www.vairex.com
Outrageous Baking is focused on providing great tasting freshly baked gluten, dairy, nut and soy free treats! We pride ourselves on having our products taste just as moist and delicious, if not better, than the real-deal.
www.outrageousbaking.com
oogavé was created by Stephen and Jessica Anson due to a lack of a quality natural soda. oogavé is the first soda to be made with 100% agave nectar and served in both fountain soda and in 12oz bottles. oogavé completed its first year of operations in 2009 and currently has distribution in 36 states.
www.oogave.com
AlsoEnergy, Boulder, Colorado, was founded in 2007 with the mission of enabling the adoption of clean, renewable energy by providing an end to end software solution that monitors and manages renewable energy systems. The Company has installed monitoring for systems sized between 5KW and 1MW.
www.alsoenergy.com
VanDyne SuperTurbo, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the design, development and production of SuperTurbochargers for the global automotive market and for heavy duty engine manufacturers. A Super Turbocharger is a transmission driven turbocharger, which can function as a supercharger or a turbo compounder that recovers waste heat that is added to engine power.
www.vandynesuperturbo.com
Sticky Fingers Cooking offers classes and products designed to cultivate culinary curiosity in kids ages 2 to 12! From our Parent-Tot classes, to our Holiday Make-It-Take-It Classes, to our Summer Camps and After School programs, our classes allow curious young cooks the chance to explore a seasonally abundant feature ingredient and practice a range of cooking skills, all in a safe and engaging environment that encourages lots of imagination and self-expression! Sticky Fingers Cooking's products include colorful adult-grade utensils in child-friendly sizes, and a Recipe-of-the-Month Club for Kids designed to help parents invite children into the family kitchen to make healthy dinners together.
www.stickyfingerscooking.com
Olomomo Nut Company was founded by Boulder native, Justin Perkins, as a way to help solve "the protein problem" in coffee shops. Perkins hopes to see his delicious flavored nuts in coffee shops across the country, but will be launching in Boulder and greater Colorado to test the concept.
Justin, and his brother Dave Perkins, moonlight at The Organic Dish in Boulder, roasting up their delicious all natural pecans and organic almonds in a pink copper kettle named "Bessie", six pounds at a time. Olomomo nuts are designer nuts with delicious and unexpected blends of spices and flavors that are meant to be paired with coffee and other fine beverages. Olomomo uses organic and fair trade ingredients whenever possible, and all of the packaging is biodegradable. The products have no gluten, no dairy, no added oils, and most of the products have very low sodium.
www.olomomo.com
Cool Energy is a clean energy technology company that has developed the SolarHeart® Engine, an innovative low temperature Stirling engine for conversion of renewable and alternative heat sources to electricity. Primary applications for the SolarHeart Engine are to harness solar thermal heat for distributed and grid-tied heating and powering of homes and buildings, and for converting waste heat to power in industrial and commercial processes to improve operational and fuel efficiencies.
Winner of the 2009 Clean Tech Open regional Sustainability Award, Cool Energy has received grant funding for its patented and patent-pending technology advances from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and the State of Colorado Governor's Energy Office.
www.coolenergyinc.com
We weren't satisfied using conventional soy wax. All conventional soy wax is made from soybean oil from Genetically Modified (GM) Soybeans. Therefore, we developed our own Organic Wax.
Our motto is “From Organic Farms to You”. Pure. Simple.
Organic Soybeans grown by organic farmers are harvested and crushed to make Certified Organic Soy Oil. We use this to make our Organic Soy Wax. We then blend in and hand pour other Organic Waxes to make your Organic Candle. Organic Candles benefit you and organic farmers.
www.lumia.us
Anila, Inc. is an innovative skincare company whose mission is to promote the health, beauty and well-being of mind, body, and environment through education and the manufacture of superior personal care products that are safe, healing and made from natural ingredients. We are committed to utilizing sustainable methods that support renewable resources, eliminate toxicity and incorporate respectful practices. Anila's line of natural cosmetics will revolutionize the way women think of their make up. It is the first and only company in the world that offers a color and skin care line with true therapeutic benefits supported by medical claims. Through our patent-pending technology, Anila cosmetics work while you wear them!
ColdQuanta, Inc. is a Boulder-based company formed in 2007 to develop CU technology related to ultracold devices, instruments and systems, making them accessible to a wide range of research, educational, and industrial institutions. The company's first product, the RuBECi™, streamlines the formation of ultracold matter and dramatically reduces research and development time, clearing the way for commercial application of Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC), a new form of matter discovered at CU-Boulder in 1995, as well as related forms of ultra-cold matter. Ultracold states of matter such as BEC have potential applications in a wide range of research and commercial settings, ranging from atomic clocks, inertial sensing instruments and the improvement of frequency standards, to magnetic field sensing, or further out, quantum computing.
The technology underlying the RuBECi™ was developed over the last decade by CU-Boulder faculty member Dr. Dana Z. Anderson, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ColdQuanta. Dr. Anderson's collaborators have included Dr. Eric Cornell and Dr. Carl Wieman, recipients of a 2001 Nobel Prize for the achievement of BEC in an atomic vapor. In 2007 the company received a $100K Proof of Concept investment from the University of Colorado TTO to support the development of the commercial prototype.
www.coldquanta.com
Intrago offers an easy way for someone to get a fun, zero-emission vehicle for a short trip. This offers economic benefits to the user and environmental benefits to society. We also reduce the need for automobiles by making commuting more convenient. Intrago systems make small, powered, personal vehicles available on-demand. Intrago’s proprietary, patent-pending system allows a customer to choose any available vehicle secured at any charging station, unlock the vehicle of their choice with a single ‘key’ right at the vehicle, and immediately ride away. The customer can return the vehicle to the original location, or any other Intrago site located conveniently throughout the surrounding area. For system operators, proprietary Intrago software tracks vehicle locations and status, and logs the rental period for each user.
www.intragomobility.com
Nexajoule, Inc. is a startup company in Boulder, Colorado dedicated to developing novel cooling options with a quantum leap in energy efficiency over standard air conditioning systems. The cooling of homes and businesses accounts for one sixth of all the electricity consumed in the U.S., resulting in over 450 million tons of CO2 emissions annually. Nexajoule is increasing the efficiency of cooling systems and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving grid reliability under peak loads, and obviating the need for new coal-fired power plants. Nexajoule is taking evaporative cooling technology to the next level.
www.nexajoule.com
Real time energy management data company, aimed at implementing energy management systems on Federal Government facilities (GAO, military) per the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Flaik produces the world's first real-time GPS-enabled tracking
solution for the ski industry. Flaik combines location-based services
with real-time sports analysis and social networking to deliver
an end-to-end solution that solves key operational, safety and marketing
issues while dramatically enhancing their customer's experience.
www.flaik.com
Development of a novel power system for a range of autonomous/remotely‐located applications with high‐reliability requirements, such as long‐duration spaceflight ‐ The BIC's work with sysRAND is in conjunction with the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator.
www.sysRAND.com
Chaperone is an IT company specializing in IP security solutions.
www.chaperone-secure.net
Our mission is to produce the best tasting oat bar on Earth, using the healthiest, most wholesome organic ingredients. We aim to satisfy your craving for nourishment and delicious flavor, while respecting your bodies and your planet. Through our health conscious Bobo Bars, we are spreading the truth that a healthy diet supports a wholesome lifestyle and peace of mind. Remember...Have Fun, Serve the Planet Unselfishly, and Create Abundance. And be Bobolicious.
www.bobosoatbars.com
Culinary School of the Rockies offers professional culinary programs designed to fast-track your career in the culinary industry. We also offer a wide variety of home cook classes and customized corporate team building/cooking activities. Culinary School of the Rockies is an accredited and innovative culinary school located just 30 miles from Denver, in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. www.culinaryschoolrockies.com
A hydroponic greenhouse that serves as the primary growing facility as well as a packaging and distribution platform in growing local food year-round.
www.grogreen.ag
The story of the Bozza Food Group starts in 1964 when Mike Bozza
and his family left Naples, Italy to settle down in New York. His
family had passed down the art of pasta making through generations.
Mike’s father utilized the family’s recipes for artesian-style
pasta to become one of the most famous pasta businesses in New York
and Bozza Food Group continues this tradition today. Mike founded Bozza Food Group in 2008 and is joined
by chef, Steve Johnson, one of the first graduates of the Culinary
School of the Rockies. Together with the Bozza team, including Nathan
Womack and David Skinner, the company is expanding beyond organic
and natural pastas to include frozen prepared meals, desserts, sauces
and delicious frozen gluten free offerings. Bozza’s pastas
can currently be found at Whole Foods, King Soopers, the Boulder
Farmer’s Market and restaurants throughout the Front Range
and beyond. Mangia Bene! For more information, please visit www.bozzafoodgroup.com
Basket Africa is the life passion of entrepreneur and African importer, Steve Karowe. The company is the largest American importer of woven market baskets from Ghana. In addition to selling the baskets in natural grocery, and gift and ethnic stores nationally, Basket Africa is dedicated to a fair-trade, sustainable business model. The company provides school supplies to children of the villages, healthcare to the weavers and recently built a community center where the weavers and their families can meet. Basket Africa donates a significant portion of profits to expand such programs in the villages.
www.BasketAfrica.com
English Retreads turns recycling into a bold fashion statement with unique handbags and accessories crafted from 100% reclaimed truck inner tubes. Heather English, founder and designer, got the idea for English Retreads when she was floating down Boulder Creek on, you guessed it, an inner tube. Each one-of-a-kind English Retreads product is handcrafted in Boulder, Colorado. Truck stops in the Boulder area supply the used inner tubes-each of which probably has more than 60,000 miles on it before it gets reinvented. The company offsets 100% of the carbon emissions from manufacturing operations, shipping and employee commutes. Following in the tire tracks of Henry Ford's original Model T, English Retreads are available in any color you want-as long as it's black!
www.EnglishRetreads.com
Imagine Beverages' goal is to provide the most innovative and truly
functional, all-natural products available anywhere. Thier products
are not merely functional, they provide function you can feel. You
can be sure that Imagine Beverages’ products: Are all-natural,
provide
a true function you can feel, do not contain ingredients known to
cause health issues, are based on the latest research combined with
centuries old knowledge from around the world and are always
formulated around the concept of providing the greatest possible
benefit to the consumer.
www.imaginebeverages.com
Boulder-based Organic Pet Superfood is a pet supplements company that features their Super Immunity product for dogs and cats. The 100%organic formula blends nine medicinal mushrooms to support and enhance a pet's essential metabolic functions, including strengthening the immune system, promoting healthy joints, skin and coat, and improving digestion. The founding family has owned a mushroom farm in California for 25 years and their interest in the medicinal properties of mushrooms led to the creation of the Super Immunity product. Organic Pet Superfood can be purchased on pet-related websites online, as well as in retail pet boutiques.
www.PetSuperfood.com
Colorado-based La Isha is a company devoted to the wellness and
beauty needs of dynamic women over forty. Unlike mainstream brands,
their organic anti-aging skin care is made fresh to order, one small
batch at a time. They are especially proud to be the very first
company to offer a revolutionary all-natural, chemical-free topical
serum designed to support good breast health.
www.la-isha.com
Tees For Change, founded in Spring 2007, is an eco-friendly apparel
company that inspires positive thinking. Their products, which include
women’s, men’s and children’s t-shirts, are sold
on their website and in nearly 200 retail stores, including Whole
Foods, Canyon Ranch, Exhale Spa and Omega Institute. All shirts
are made from organic cotton or bamboo and they plant a tree for
every shirt they sell.
www.teesforchange.com
mobileXware offers their flagship product, nexFIT, an easy-to-use software tool that helps on-the-go people of all ability levels achieve their fitness goals. nexFIT enables customers to get in a great workout anywhere and anytime by delivering a complete exercise program that runs on mobile devices, including iPhone, BlackBerry, and many other cell phones and PDAs. The application provides a concise description of each exercise with images and instruction, plus a novel way to shuffle or customize the workout to the user's needs. The co-founders, Joel Lenorovitz and Jason Ryer, were inspired to create nexFIT to help with the fitness challenges they faced while respectively working aboard a research ship in Antarctica and serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia. The company is looking to expand its offerings into other fitness disciplines including pilates, yoga, free weights, kettle bells, swiss ball, youth/maternity exercises, and more.
www.nexFIT.com
Micro-brewed locally,Bhakti Chai is a blend of fresh pressed ginger and fiery spices in a sweet broth of Organic Fair Trade black tea. Bhakti Chai is committed to sustainable practices by using only re-usable glass and polycarbonate containers. Bhakti Chai can be found in over 125 cafe's and restaurants throughout Boulder County, Denver, Ft. Collins, & Colorado Springs - as well as Whole Foods and other retail outlets.
www.BhaktiChai.com
The Organic Dish began when founders Beckie and Toby Hemmerling permanently changed their eating habits to include more fresh ingredients and whole grains, and eliminate processed foods, preservatives, caffeine and sugar from their diets. The results were amazing. The Organic Dish aims to share the benefits of great food with people who are too busy to think about delicious recipes, read every label in the grocery store, research local producers and spend time in the kitchen to prepare each meal. With a focus on seasonal, local ingredients and features on chefs and farms in the Boulder area, the Organic Dish provides ready-to-cook organic meals and dinner kits through local pickup and delivery, as well as national shipping.
www.TheOrganicDish.com
Simply Boulder was born in Colorado to produce the finest dressings, marinades, and culinary sauces available. Their product formulas start with pure olive oil for it's flavor profile and nutritional benefits, a superior choice to canola or soybean oil that is found in most other dressings. All of their sauces are sweetened with agave nectar, gluten free, all natural, and made with pure olive oil.
www.SimplyBoulder.com
A New Dawn in Skin Care
Novaurora has united up-to-date skincare and cosmetic science with pure, non-toxic botanicals to create body- and earth-friendly products for men and women of all ages, acne to aging.
www.auroranova.com
Altitude Spirits is the proud maker of Vodka 14, an award-winning USDA Certified Organic vodka of exceptional purity and taste. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Altitude Spirits brings together family tradition, a strong commitment to environmentally sustainable agriculture, and a passion for purity. Crafted to the highest levels of purity without a trace of pesticides or chemical additives, Vodka 14 is the result of this remarkable blend of tradition, technology, and environmental stewardship.
www.altitudespirits.com
Power Tagging Technologies, Inc of Boulder is focused on bringing to market new technologies which allow for the "tagging" of streams of energy on the power grid. Similar to the tagging and encryption of packets of data over the internet, this technology allows for descriptive data to be assigned to individual streams of energy and is used to persistently track them on their path through the transmission grid.
Established in 2006, Pet Scrubs, LLC provides fun and functional
clothes for dogs to be worn post-surgery or after injury as an alternative
to the Elizabethan cone. The clothes keep the wound clean and the
dog from licking the area. We have spent a lot of time designing
and testing our product. Currently we have pants available for dogs,
specifically designed to be worn after ACL or knee surgery on the
back legs. The custom-fit pants are fair-trade, made in the USA
of organic cotton. In 2008, Pet Scrubs has had a growing clientele
of people who have sought us out in order to avoid using the cone
and our products will be more readily progresses.
www.petscrubs.com
Have you ever needed to get in touch with people faster? Through
Intextmessage.com, Syzygic offers instant communication to groups
via text messaging or email, from their phones or the Intextmessage.com
website. This fee based service can be subsidized through the placement
of ads in the messages allowing businesses to reach a very targeted
audience. The company is currently beta testing the service with
Fairview High School, The Lazy Dog, and several sports organizations
including Fort Collins Baseball Club, Front Range Baseball, and
Diamond Baseball of Boulder. Syzygic is working with the Boulder
Innovation Center to refine their concept, solidify the business
plan, formulate a financing strategy and ultimately go to market.
www.intextmessage.com
LC Vision Inc, of Boulder, CO, is a new company that designs and
develops breakthrough liquid crystal material technologies essential
to manufacture Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD), used globally in laptops
and flat screen TVs and monitors. LC Vision’s founding scientists
have over 50 years combined experience and developed over 100 patents
in liquid crystal materials design and formulation. The Boulder
Innovation Center is working LC Vision to refine its business strategy
and preparing the company for raising professional capital.
www.lc-vision.com
FlexSystems is a Lafayette, CO based company providing innovative
paperless data capturing solutions in support of security risk management,
facilities management, and plant operations. FlexSystems products
can be used as standalone systems or integrated within other security
risk management, incident recording or paperless laboratory information
management systems (LIMS). FlexSystems products are used by Kaiser
Permanente, Raytheon, and many other great companies. The Boulder
Innovation Center is helping Flex Systems understand it sales channels
and marketing strategy.
www.flexsystems.net
University Parent was founded in 2003 to help the parents of university
students find places to shop, stay, and eat while visiting their
student. The Company publishes guides in partnership with universities
and colleges across the U.S. Each issue provides a calendar of events,
information about dining and hotels as well as a wide range of other
visitor information. The Company's magazines also offer articles
that address key issues facing college students and their parents.
The Boulder Innovation Center has helped the Company formulate a
growth strategy, design and implement a new organizational structure,
and build cash management tools.
www.universityparent.com
Boulder Ice Cream was founded in 1993 as a retail ice cream shop
selling premium frozen dessert products. The Company has continued
to grow and evolve to the point where it now manufactures and markets
premium ice cream in multiple flavors to the grocery market and
food service market (e.g., restaurants, scoop shops). The company's
products are currently being distributed in 15 states. The BIC has
provided services in the areas of finance, organization, and strategy
for a national roll-out of a new organic product line.
www.bouldericecream.com
Justin's Nut Butter manufactures and sells a variety of nut butters
made from all-natural and organic ingredients. The Company makes
a line of flavored and sweet nut butters based on a proprietary
blend of honey and other flavors. The Company recently began selling
its nut butters in new innovative squeeze packs, opening up new
markets for the product, including recreational (camping, hunting,
fishing), cycling, sports fitness and portion control markets (hotels,
airlines, group tours, etc.). The Boulder Innovation Center has
provided expertise in the areas of strategy, marketing, organization,
and cash-flow management.
www.justinsnutbutter.com
Third Street Chai was launched in 1995 to craft an exceptional chai
concentrate from the finest all-natural and organic ingredients.
Chai is often referred to as a bridge between coffee and tea and
is a specialty tea category. The Company brews what many believe
to be the finest chai available anywhere, at any price. The Company
brews in small batches using whole spices, which are freshly milled
just before brewing. The Boulder Innovation Center is providing
expertise in strategy, management, production, cash-flow management
and organizational development.
www.thirdstreetchai.com
Phil's Fresh Foods is a five-year old company consisting of made-from
scratch cooking techniques to create high-end, ready-to-eat, natural
and organic food ... a concept called "grab-and-go cuisine".
The Company currently sells fresh and frozen burritos, dips and
spreads, fresh sandwiches and salads, and a line of Greek foods.
The BIC is helping them to focus their growth, build an organization
and manufacturing process, and define a financing strategy. Phil's
Fresh Foods was the recipient of a 'pitch-slam" award from
Naturally Boulder Day and received several pro bono BIC consulting
sessions in late 2006.
www.philsfreshfoods.com
Six 88 Solutions is a three-year old company that helps wineries
deal with the myriad of compliance issues that accompany direct
shipments of wine to consumers. Six88 has created software that
allows wineries to check for compliance with State regulations and
then file the appropriate 'paperwork' either over an easy-to-use
website or as an integrated component of their existing electronic
commerce, compliance and shipping application. The Boulder Innovation
Center helped Six 88 to define a branding, pricing, and market positioning
strategy. The Boulder Innovation Center also helped them develop
cash management tools and provided them with a due-diligence package.
Six88 is a recent graduate of the Stage 2 Program and has continued
to grow in 2007.
www.six88.com
metaWorks is a one-year old company that develops web-based applications
to configure, order, and engineer mass-customized products. At the
point of sale, dynamic smart models make product configuration quick
and easy. For example, a family looking to renovate their kitchen
can use metaWorks software to design customized kitchen cabinets,
view a 3-D version of the finished kitchen, and then order and pay
for all the parts online. The Boulder Innovation Center helped the
company create an initial business plan and raise its first round
of equity financing.
www.meta-works.com
As a 4th generation herbalist, Nova Covington-Halter founded Goddess
Garden in 2004. Goddess Garden offers organic skin care produced
with the finest ingredients from organic farmers and sustainable
sources including fair-trade shea butter from a women's cooperative
in Togo, Africa and 100% pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils.
Goddess Garden's sun care and skin care lines include 70% organic
sunscreens, facial products, body care, lip balms and more. All
of Goddess Garden's packaging is recyclable and manufactured in
a facility that is 100% wind-powered. The company actively supports
organic farming and environmental organizations. More information
can be found at
www.GoddessGarden.com
Two Moms in the Raw is a boulder-based raw foods manufacturer who
currently produces a line of granolas and crackers that are certified
organic, kosher, and vegan. The company was founded in 2006 by mom
Shari Leidich after being diagnosed with MS. She discovered that
a raw foods diet was an integral part of her personal journey to
wellness. Initially she created these tasty, satisfying snacks for
her family and friends and soon discovered a need in the natural
marketplace as well.
www.2momsintheraw.com
Hemp Sources Inc produces non-dairy ice cream sandwiches made from
hemp milk and hemp cookies. A long-standing fixture at Red Rock's
concerts, Hemp I Scream has moved from vending at events to retail
distribution through UNFI Rainbow Natural Foods in select natural
foods stores and regional Whole Foods Markets. The company is refining
its business skills and structure to increase production and distribution
and has many other hemp food product ideas.
www.hempiscream.com
Tusaar specializes in water purification of radionuclide & acid metals removal.
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