About Us
About:
Innosphere Ventures is a science and technology incubator that accelerates business success of startups and emerging growth companies with an exclusive commercialization program, specialized office and laboratory facilities, and a seed stage venture capital fund.
The commercialization program focuses on ensuring companies are investor-ready, connecting founders with experienced advisors and early hires, making introductions to corporate partners, exit planning, and accelerating top line revenue growth. This is accomplished through efficient, personalized growth strategies that streamline each entrepreneur’s path to success.
Our Mission
Innosphere has been supporting startups for over 22 years and is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with a strong mission to create jobs and grow Colorado’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. Innosphere creates long-term, regional economic impact by offering our clients access to a broad network of specialized resources.
We support motivated entrepreneurs in many B2B industries, including but not limited to:
◉ Bioscience, Medical Device, MedTech
◉ Energy, Advanced Materials, Cleantech
◉ Enterprise Software, Hardware, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
MEET THE INNOSPHERE STAFF AND LEADERSHIP:
Mike Freeman – Chief Executive Officer
Scott Sampl – Chief Operating Officer
Emily Wilson – Director of Communications
Ben Walker – Program Director: Life Sciences
Tom Fuhr – Program Director: Castle Rock
Mark Gorham – Program Director: Cleantech
Timothy Jones – Analyst
Joanna (Joey) Money – Program Director: Boulder
Aziza Syed – Director of Real Estate and Facilities
Susan Strong – SAGE Program Director, Boulder
Bill Dieterich – SAGE Program Director, Fort Collins
MEET OUR RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
Ryan Jones – Research Associate
Brooklyn Murphy – Research Associate
Brooke Landoch – Research Associate
Peyton Griffin -Marketing Associate
MEET THE VENTURES FUND TEAM:
Joey Davis – Innosphere Fund Principal
John Smith – Innosphere Fund II
FOSTERING INNOVATION
Innosphere is an impact organization, accelerating entrepreneurship and job creation.
In the last few years, Innosphere Client Companies have collectively achieved the following metrics.
WE HAVE WORLD CLASS ACCELERATOR RECOURCES FOR SUCCESSFUL STARTUPS
Commercialization and Incubation Program
Venture Capital Fund
Office & Lab Facilities
THE INNOVATION ECOSYTEM AND PARTNERS
Our University Partners program provides Innosphere with ongoing high-quality deal flow. Innosphere works directly with the Technology Transfer Offices at each university to connect inventors and business drivers, facilitate introductions to corporate partners, turn startups & scaleups into viable businesses, and to advance technologies to commercialization.
As a 501 (c) 3, Innosphere Ventures relies heavily on our financial supporters. Major funders, or Funding Partners, enjoy a close relationship with the organization and typically have a seat on the board of directors. Innosphere’s funders are highly committed, with many having funded the organization over an extended period of time. For more information on the Funding Partner program contact Mike Freeman at mike@innosphere.org
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MEET INNOSPHERE VENTURE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Peterson Sturm
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Digital Energy Leader | Product Management | Cyber Security
DuWayne Peterson
Board Member
Innosphere Ventures Angel-in-Residence
John Leonard
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Fairfield & Woods, P.C.
Brian Zimbelman
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Crawley Ventures
Josh Birks
Innosphere Board Member and Northern Colorado Subcommittee Chair
City of Fort Collins, Economic Health Office
Kevin Cudney
Board Member
Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber and Schreck
William Vaughan
Board Member
Colorado School of Mines, TTO Director
Jim McGibney
Board Member
Estes Park EDC
Andrea Perdomo
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Network Catalyst – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy & Programs at Techstars
Latina Entrepreneur | Strategist | Activist | Passionate about social impact
Frank Gray
President & CEO
Castle Rock Economic Development Corporation
Marcus Notheisen, Vice President, Castle Rock EDC
Dr. Alan Rudolph
Vice President for Research
Colorado State University
Todd Headley
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Colorado State University Ventures
Drew Mattox
Board Member
Plante Moran
Chris Christopher
Board Member
Innosphere, SAGE
Jennifer Pinsonneault
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Senior Program Manager, City of Boulder
Yvette Bowden, Director of Community Vitality – City of Boulder
Tom Brook
CFO/COO, Denver South Economic Development Partnership
Brian Robinson
Innosphere Executive Committee/Board Member
Wealth Advisor
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