The Grant Will Accelerate Clear Comfort’s Launch of Its Innovative Pool Sanitation Technology and Process
Boulder, Colo. — Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 — Clear Comfort, a Boulder-based startup providing a patented advanced oxidation technology to the pool industry, today announced it was awarded the Advanced Industries (AI) Accelerator Programs Grant by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). The Early Stage Capital and Retention Grant, in the amount of $250,000, will enable Clear Comfort to bring its product to more markets across the nation more quickly.
“Clear Comfort is proud and honored to have been presented with an AI Accelerator Programs Grant,” said Steve Berens, CEO of Clear Comfort Water. “It recognizes our unique technology and process and will help further our goal of bringing a safer, more enjoyable, and lower maintenance pool experience to our customers.”
AI Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants are awarded to early stage Colorado startups that have created viable technologies and products that meet market needs.
“It’s companies like these and our advanced industries that will help Colorado continue to grow jobs and build our economy for the future,” said Governor John Hickenlooper in a statement.
The Advanced Industries Accelerator Programs were created in 2013 to promote growth and sustainability by helping drive innovation, accelerate commercialization, encourage public-private partnerships, increase access to early stage capital and create a strong ecosystem that increases the state’s global competitiveness.
About Clear Comfort
Clear Comfort’s patented advanced oxidation process provide its customers with a unique, safe, and sustainable solution for treating pools without the use of toxic chemicals. Initially developed for industrial applications to eliminate the use of toxic chlorine in robust environments, Clear Comfort’s technology treats water using a naturally occurring process found in nature.
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