Recently funded science companies in Colorado

Ursa Major Technologies, Inc.

49 open roles on the board

Berthoud, CO · 280 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“Main Injector Development for Reusable Methane Rocket Engine”

Defense Unicorns, Inc.

21 open roles on the board

Colorado Springs, CO · 225 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Open Source Software_Defense Unicorns”

Advanced Space LLC

9 open roles on the board

Westminster, CO · 104 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Lunar Sentinel”

Albedo Space Corp.

1 open role on the board

Broomfield, CO · 52 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Novel Automated Physical Damage Detector Leveraging 10 cm Visible with 2 m Thermal Imagery”

Octave Photonics LLC

Louisville, CO · 6 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Terabit-Per-Second Integrated Photonic Transceiver for Reduced Optical-Link Power (TIPTOP)”

Tda Research, Inc.

Golden, CO · 125 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Corrosion and wear resistant coating for rotary engine seals and surfaces”

Aeris LLC

Louisville, CO · 28 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“ML-Based Downscaling for High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting”

ORBITAL MICRO SYSTEMS, INC. DBA Weather Stream

Boulder, CO · 30 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“GEMS-PEARL OSVW Retrieval Demonstration”

Advanced Environmental Technologies LLC

Fort Collins, CO · 4 employees · Department of Energy · Phase I/II · woman-owned · company site

“Development of an Alfalfa/Biodigested Lignite/Fungal Bioleaching-based System to Enhance Phytomining of Nickel from Soil”

Icarus Quantum Inc

Boulder, CO · 4 employees · Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation · Phase I/II · company site

“Noise-free Excitation of Semiconductor Quantum Dots”

NCO Technologies LLC

Aurora, CO · 2 employees · Department of Energy, National Science Foundation · Phase I

“SBIR Phase I: Scalable Production of High-Performance Metal-Organic Framework Membranes”

Pricing Service, Inc

Boulder, CO · 5 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site

“SBIR Phase I: Scalable AI-Enabled Automated Pricing Tool for Service Industries”

Applied Research Team Inc

Denver, CO · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · woman-owned · company site

“Continuous Snow Monitoring for Improved Water Supply Management”

Raven Space Systems, Inc.

Broomfield, CO · 7 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“3D Printing of High-temperature Composites”

Vescent Technologies Inc.

Golden, CO · 58 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Photonic Reconfigurable Optical-frequency-comb-based Microwave sensor for Intelligence and Signals Exploitation (PROMISE)”

Picknik Inc.

Boulder, CO · 24 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Space ROS Improvements for Space Flight”

Pegasus Aerospace, Inc.

Golden, CO · 5 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II

“Air Launch Balloon System”

Pearl Scientific

Denver, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“The development of humanized SEMA7A-antagonist mAbs for the therapeutic treatment of breast cancer”

Blueshift LLC

Broomfield, CO · 10 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Physics-Based Continuum Numerical Framework for Large-Scale Lunar Terramechanics Applications”

Quindar Inc.

Arvada, CO · 56 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II

“Intelligent High-Side Mission Management for Proliferated Space Operations”

Sporian Microsystems, Inc

Lafayette, CO · 19 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Autonomous Real Time, Multi Species Monitoring System for In-line Commodity Purity Analysis”

Optimization Technologies, Inc.

Boulder, CO · 25 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“Benchmarking Simulations for Missile Defense System Analysis”

Big Metal Additive LLC

Denver, CO · 22 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“Additive Manufacturing for Big Navy Parts”

Vesicle Therapeutics Inc.

Niwot, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I

“Targeting STAT3 with Novel Thiomorpholino Antisense Oligonucleotides for Cancer Therapy”

Burst Diagnostics Inc

Fort Collins, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I

“Multiplexed Hormone Test for Personalizing Menopause Treatment”

Allander Biotechnologies

Aurora, CO · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · woman-owned

“First-in-human clinical trial of proprietary oral gel to treat radiation-induced oral mucositis in cancer patients”

Klein Buendel, Inc.

Golden, CO · 27 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · woman-owned · company site

“Hybrid Delivery to Increase Access and Sustainability: Evaluating ezParent Implementation”

Thinkorbital Inc.

Boulder, CO · 13 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“ThinkPlatform: Modular In-Space Construction Powered by ThinkToolkit”

Vitro3d Inc.

Boulder, CO · 5 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase II · company site

“SBIR Phase II: Parallax Manufacturing for Next Generation Electronic Connectors”

Volta Space Technologies U.S., LLC

Broomfield, CO · 14 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“System with Ultra-staBle Magnetic Inertial Control Regulation for Orbital beaming (SUBMICRO)”

Tech-X Corporation

Boulder, CO · 16 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Numerical modeling of linear and non-linear plasma waves due to antennas immersed in a space plasma”

Rheumagen, Inc.

Denver, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I

“HLA Gene Editing in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis”

Reaction Systems, Inc.

Golden, CO · 10 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Regenerable CO2 Control System for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (RCCS for SCBA)”

Kioga Inc.

Erie, CO · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II

“Evaluation of a novel soil-derived Mycobacterium as a nutritional supplement to promote stress resilience”

Edify Technologies, Inc

Denver, CO · 6 employees · Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site

“MusiQuest: Music Education Modules For K-2 Students”

Agile RF Systems LLC

Berthoud, CO · 9 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II · woman-owned · company site

“Portable Weather Radar Maturation with Advanced AESA”

Opterus Research And Development, Inc

Loveland, CO · 18 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Modular Operations, Resource, & Power Hub (MORPH)”

Elementum 3d, Inc.

Erie, CO · 38 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“GRX-810 for Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing, Coating, and Repair”

Black Swift Technologies LLC

Boulder, CO · 12 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Adaptive and Secure Autonomy for UAS: A Modular Approach to Flight Control, Machine Learning Integration, and Multi-Vehicle Coordination”

Fluorofinder LLC

Broomfield, CO · 8 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site

“Streamlining Microscopy Assay Development: A Comprehensive Workflow Solution for Enhanced Reproducibility and Efficiency”

Precision Materials Engineering LLC

Castle Rock, CO · 5 employees · Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · woman-owned

“Novel Single-Phase Refractory-Metal Alloy for Reusable Thermal Protection Systems”

McMurchie Engineering LLC

Kittredge, CO · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · woman-owned

“Monolithic Highly Porous Aluminum Deployable Micrometeoroid Impact Shields”

Chi3 Optics LLC

Boulder, CO · 4 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“A Space-Qualified Optical Frequency Comb with Integrated Nanophotonic Heterodyne Module”

OsmoPure Technologies, Inc

Boulder, CO · 7 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation · Phase I/II · company site

“SBIR Fast-Track: Scaling Up Pressure-Driven Distillation for Ultrapure Water Production”

Z Biotech, LLC

Aurora, CO · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site

“Development and Commercialization of Sialoglycan-Recognizing Probes”

RapiCure Solutions, Inc.

Loveland, CO · 8 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I/II · company site

“SBIR Fast-Track: Rapid Repair, Protection, and Reclamation of Key Infrastructure Assets by Frontally Polymerizing Resin System”

Otoro Energy Inc

Boulder, CO · 0 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase II

“SBIR Phase II: Flow Battery Electrolyte Purification: Unlocking 24-Hour Storage Potential”

Cascade Biocatalysts Inc.

Denver, CO · 9 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase II · company site

“SBIR Phase II: Enzyme Stabilization via Immobilization for Advanced Chemical Manufacturing”

Meadowlark Optics, Inc.

Frederick, CO · 40 employees · Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site

“Improving Speed and Cost of Entry for Holographic Optogenetics”

Onconaut Therapeutics Inc.

Aurora, CO · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I

“CHD1Li Targeted Combinations with Chemotherapy to Address Unmet Needs in Colorectal Cancer Treatment”

Rockytech Ltd

Boulder, CO · 7 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites for Lunar Dust Mitigation and Surface Longevity”

Drafter Inc

Denver, CO · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I

“Drafter - Generative AI for hardware development processes, informed by realities in manufacturing and design”

Firefly Medical Inc

Fort Collins, CO · 4 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“State-of-the-Art Mobility Device Promoting Rapid Recovery for Faster Return to Duty and Improved Standard of Care”

SkyVision Sciences, LLC

Steamboat Springs, CO · 9 employees · Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Additive Manufacturing Process for Magnetic Shielding”

PrecisionTerra, Inc.

Superior, CO · 2 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · woman-owned

“A software-based positioning, navigation, and timing solution for reliable operation in GPS-degraded environments”

Agile Space Industries, Inc.

Durango, CO · 110 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“Agile Thruster Production for Space Superiority”

Quest Thermal Group, LLC

Arvada, CO · 12 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Advanced Cryogenic Insulation with reduced thermal conduction and high performance at low temperatures”

Atolio, Inc.

Denver, CO · 8 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“AI-Driven Enterprise Search for Secure DevSecOps Environments”

orbital mining corporation

Golden, CO · 4 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site

“Lunar SCRUB: Lunar Surface Cleaning Robotic Unit with electron-Beam”

EMode, Inc.

Boulder, CO · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“Quantum Waveguide Infrared Photodetector for Heterodyne Spectroscopy”

Caliola Engineering, LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 69 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · woman-owned · company site

“Delivering Waveform Capability at the Speed of Relevance”

Emprise Concepts, LLC

Evergreen, CO · 11 employees · Department of Transportation · Phase I

“Geohazard Susceptibility and Risk Forecasting Tool for Railroads”

Urban Sky Theory Inc

Denver, CO · 40 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“STRATFI”

Atomic Research LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 1 employee · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“FlightEdge: Real-time, Distributed AI/ML Model Training for Predictive Maintenance”

Ozni AI LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 1 employee · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“NEMESIS”

Aqwest, LLC

Larkspur, CO · 10 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy · Phase I/II · company site

“High Energy, Multi-Component, Optical Isolator for 2 Micron Fiber Lasers”

Access Sensor Technologies LLC

Fort Collins, CO · 7 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site

“High-Throughput Automated Air Sample Analysis Platform for Exposomics and Precision Environmental Health Research”

RoGo Fire LLC

Westminster, CO · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II · company site

“GAS on Fire (Guided, Accurate Slurry drops on Fire)”

Solaris Vaccines, Inc.

Fort Collins, CO · 4 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site

“A whole-cell inactivated vaccine for improved protection against tuberculosis”

Geneva Technologies, Inc.

Monument, CO · 42 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · woman-owned

“Logistics Infrastructure and Knowledge from Engineered Transportation Optimization”

Biota Inc.

Fort Collins, CO · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“Bringing PFAS Monitoring Home: An Integrated Magnetic Nanoparticle and Lateral Flow Assay System”

TaeSun

Salida, CO · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“A comprehensive device integrating fentanyl test strips with sample preparation features for convenient and discreet fentanyl testing in hig”

PARMAN TECH, Inc

Loveland, CO · 3 employees · Department of Commerce · Phase I · company site

“Development of Advanced Microfluidic Module with Integrated Manifold and Tapered Capillary for Separation of Particles by Optical Forces: Ph”

Mantel Technologies, Inc.

Fort Collins, CO · 32 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Canine Chem-Bio Protective Garment System”

Lambda Metrics LLC

Boulder, CO · 2 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II

“Serpentine Integrated Grating Spectrometer for Extreme Precision Radial Velocimetry”

Cloudsci LLC

Fort Collins, CO · 8 employees · Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site

“Airborne holographic probe for small ice detection”

Data Fusion & Neural Networks, LLC

Arvada, CO · 7 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II

“Detecting Threats To PWSA Constellation Using AI and Satellite Telemetry Data”

Skyward Federal LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 40 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Skyward Federal Joint Track Manager Data Synchronization Solution”

First RF Corporation

Boulder, CO · 130 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“N251-001 Directional High Front to Back Ratio Low Frequency Antenna”

Darwin Biosciences, Inc.

Broomfield, CO · 6 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site

“Point-of-need screening device for lung cancer in low-resource settings”

Intrack Radar Technologies, Inc.

Colorado Springs, CO · 34 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“InTrack Radar Object Transiting Tracker Proposal”

The Gronstedt Group Inc

Denver, CO · 25 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Battle Rhythm”

Vistar Enterprises LLC

Berthoud, CO · 1 employee · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase II · company site

“Advanced Precision Design of Origami Inspired Deployable Metaoptic LiDAR Aperture”

Intelligent Payload Solutions, Inc.

Colorado Springs, CO · 11 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“DataForge: Multi-Domain Synthetic Data Generation”

Canopy Aerospace, Inc.

Littleton, CO · 17 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“Smart Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonics”

Mallinda Inc.

Denver, CO · 3 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Reformable Vitrimer Patches for Composite Repair: Vitripatch”

Nexus Weather And Climate, Inc

Longmont, CO · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Continuous Assimilation Weather Forecasts (CAWF)”

Harkind Dynamics LLC

Evergreen, CO · 1 employee · Department of Defense · Phase I/II

“Small-Arms Kinetic Defeat Ammunition for Explosive Ordnance Disposal”

Np Technology LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 5 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“7.62x51 Low Collateral Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Projectile Ammunition”

Electro Magnetic Applications, Inc.

Lakewood, CO · 65 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site

“Radiation Tolerant Fiber Optic Communication”

The Hypershield Partnership, LLC

Conifer, CO · 0 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“HiFi FTSI”

Evitado USA LLC

Golden, CO · 5 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II

“Evitado TACFI”

Hydronovo, Inc

Edwards, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · woman-owned

“Regeneration of radiation-damaged salivary glands using neurogenicstimulation of stem cells”

Tusaar Corp

Broomfield, CO · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“Scale-Up and Commercialization of Rare Earth Separation from Mining Wastes Using Chromatography”

Stratom, Inc.

Louisville, CO · 16 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site

“Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle Fueling at Sea”

Intero Biosystems Inc.

Aurora, CO · 5 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site

“A Novel Multi-Lineage Human Intestinal Organoid Screening Platform for Drug Discovery and Preclinical Testing”

Katharos, Inc.

Denver, CO · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned

“Novel Extracorporeal Technology for Kidney Disease”

Propulsion Research LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 2 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I

“A Proposal to Synthesize Modified Churchanes for Mixtures with JP-10 to Enhance Energy Density”

Ada Technologies LLC

Englewood, CO · 11 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site

“Safe, Wide-temperature Range, Long Life 0V Storage-capable Batteries for Army Ground Vehicle Applications”

LaminarEdge Aerospace LLC

Colorado Springs, CO · 7 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · woman-owned · company site

“High-Capacity Internal Balance?”