
IN NUMBERS
2017 - 2019
. FOOTPRINTS
A grand total of 27 cities were visited by the InnoSTARS program this past year, including 9 cities in the US and 18 in China. Companies based in the Southern US made up more than half of the InnoSTARS companies, while the West and Northeast sent the second and third most companies, respectively. Companies that call the Midwest home made up less than ten percent of this year’s participants.


. EXPERIENCE

Companies feel more comfortable expanding businesses in China after participating InnoSTARS
“To what extent did any of the following elements add value to your company? (out of 5)”

companies Feel more comfortable expanding businesses in China after participating InnoSTARS
“To what extent did any of the following elements add value to your company? (out of 5)”
Case Study
VAIREX air systems – Cathode Air Supply for Fuel Cells
Ski Milburn is founder and CEO of VAIREX air systems. VAIREX air systems, based in Boulder, Colorado USA, is a leading manufacturer of proprietary fuel cell compressor systems. VAIREX …
Sorteria Batteries – A unique architecture to enable Li battery safety
Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) is a growth company that is promoting broad adoption of a technology that will eliminate lithium ion battery fires, reduce weight of lithium ion …
PharmaJet – A commercial stage needle-free jet injection technology
Heather Potters is Co-Founder, Vice Chairman and Chief Business Development Officer of PharmaJet, a needle-free jet injection technology focused on immunizations. Having spent more than a decade to develop …