DENVER –The Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) Program announced today that 22 Colorado companies and five researchers were approved to receive Proof of Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention grants for a total of $6,350,918 million in funding. Early Stage Capital and Retention Grant Recipients of $250K or more, in photonics include: 6-D Laser, LLC –Boulder, FieldLine Inc. –Boulder, Fluorofinder, LLC –Broomfield, Maybell Quantum Industries –Denver, Resilient Entanglement LLC –Denver, and Xairos Systems, Inc. -Lone Tree