Accelerator · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
A nonprofit in Fort Collins, Colorado, running an eight-month accelerator for early-stage science and technology companies, mostly over Zoom. It takes no equity and charges a programme fee.
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Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Eight-month programme, primarily on Zoom with select in-person sessions. Tracks include Earth and Space Systems plus the ASCEND SHIELD (soil health and watershed) and ASCEND ARID (wildfire) accelerators, which consider up to US$80k in prize funding.
Dates not published.
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