Company Directory
Our visionaries.
It’s not just any companies that work on the Fitzsimons Innovation Community campus. Currently, our campus is home to nearly 80 visionary organizations and 800 employees in pharmaceuticals, cell and gene therapy, medical devices, molecular biology, diagnostics, and more. These companies are collaborating, thriving, and making major discoveries and advancements in health and care. And they’re all doing it right here.
Welcome to our newest innovators.
Fitzsimons Innovation Community is growing, and our newest Community members are making discoveries you’ll want to know about. Explore their groundbreaking work and see how they’re shaping the future of health and care.

Allander Biotechnologies

Cytegen

Exsera BioLabs

OXcan (Oxford Cancer Analytics)

RheumaGen
Find innovators here. Our Community directory.
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- Bioscience 1
- Cell and Gene Therapy
- Diagnostics
aiGENE
Rapid, inexpensive, universal, on-site, pan-cancer monitoring of therapy effectiveness; ultimately an inexpensive, universal, pan-cancer screening test. Early identification of hyper-progressive disease or any inactive therapy and switching to an effective therapy can be lifesaving!
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- Bioscience 1
- Biotechnology
- Research Tool
Aldinger Colorado
Aldinger Colorado has been providing high-quality balance calibration and pipette calibration services throughout Colorado since 1998. Based in the Denver area, Aldinger specializes in the calibration of pipettes and laboratory balances and scales. Locally owned and operated, Aldinger Colorado is your full-service calibration company, offering on-site calibration and repair for most equipment. As a small, local Colorado business, we pride ourselves in the quality of our work and attention to customers.
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- Bioscience 1
- Biopharma
Allander Biotechnologies
Allander Biotechnologies is developing a first-in-class topical therapeutic that rapidly penetrates cells at the site of injury or irritation. It modulates multiple pathogenic pathways to treat oral mucositis, atopic dermatitis, and other inflammatory disorders.
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- Bioscience 1
- Education & Training
Alpha Omega Alpha
Alpha Omega Alpha, founded in 1902, is the national medical honor society. Alpha Omega Alpha’s mission is recognizing high educational achievement; honoring gifted teaching; encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community; supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others. Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. A lifelong honor, membership in the society confers recognition for a physician’s dedication to the profession and art of healing.
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- Bioscience 3
- Molecular Biology
Alta Biotech, LLC
Alta Biotech is a fast-growing global contract research organization specializing in molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology services. Alta Biotech’s core areas of expertise include plasmid DNA purification, gDNA, and total RNA extraction, gene synthesis, and a wide portfolio of customized fundamental life sciences research support. Alta Biotech has developed a variety of in-house technology platforms to provide fast, high-quality, and cost-effective services to exceed customer expectations. Their goal is to serve as a trusted bioscience partner to their customers.
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- Bioscience 1
- Medical Device
APEX Orthopedics Investments, LLC
APEX Orthopedic Investments, LLC is an asset management group led by leading Foot & Ankle surgeons, aimed at harnessing intellectual property to establish, invest in, and oversee a variety of portfolio companies focused on novel solutions to unmet clinical needs.
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- Bioscience 1
- Biotechnology
Aurora Oncology, Inc.
Aurora Oncology focuses on targeted detection and targeted treatment of early-stage cancer. Aurora is developing a non-invasive diagnostic test to detect over-expressed EGFR from cancer cells in the urine to enable treating patients that will respond to EGFR-targeted therapy. Aurora is also developing an advanced theranostic approach that allows for unprecedented sensitivity in imaging early-stage disease. EGFR-specific nanoparticles will allow detection of EGFR expressing cancer cells against a dark background with the subsequent ability to thermally ablate cells that have bound the particles.
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- Bioscience 1
- Molecular Biology
Avidity
Avidity develops and sells molecular affinity tools for connecting molecules. Avidity’s patented AviTag™ technology employs a highly targeted enzymatic conjugation of a single biotin on a unique 15 amino acid peptide tag using the biotin ligase (BirA) from E. coli. Oriented on streptavidin-coated surfaces, this creates an ideal presentation for molecular binding interactions. Though Avidity is a small company, the scientific benefits of its AviTag have garnered notice. Currently, AviTag technology is licensed by seven of the world’s top ten pharmaceutical companies and is used by researchers in 22 countries.
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- Bioscience 1
- Medical Device
- Research Support
CBTech
CB Tech’s vision is to serve as a single source of medical device development to meet the needs of any organization, whether it be an established company or individual KOL with a concept to address unmet clinical need. CB Tech Team offers experience, skills and relationships developed from the team’s 45+ years in the medical device industry to support product development from concept to commercialization.
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- Bioscience 2
- Bioscience 3
- Education & Training
- Medical Device
Center for Bioengineering
The mission of the Center for Bioengineering (CFB) is to support and enhance healthcare technology innovation through cross-disciplinary collaborations between engineering and health sciences on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. The CFB brings together engineers, clinicians, students, and scientists to fulfill its mission. The Center and associated Department of Bioengineering comprise a large number of highly collaborative faculty, scientists, teachers, and researchers, all dedicated to seeking cures for diseases, advancing foundational research, translating new technologies into clinical use, and teaching the next generation of biomedical innovators and entrepreneurs.
Our visionaries have something to say
“Great place to start a company.”
Andy Logan
CEO, Cobio Diagnostics

“This community is a fantastic place to house your life sciences startup. There are many emerging companies all sharing space in the same area, and as a result you can benefit from advice, shared resources, and friendship that reach outside of your own company.”
Melissa Krebs
CEO and Founder, GelSana Therapeutics, Inc.

“Beautiful environment, flexible lab and office spaces, and a wonderful management team with fast responses to any requests.”
Sean Liu
CEO and President, Alta Biotech








