This year, Denver was chosen as the first city for the Startup Games to expand to outside of Austin. Seven local startups competed in 11 classic events for bragging rights and grants towards charities of their choice. Two of our recruiters made it to the games to volunteer and watch the teams battle it out. Here's who won, why the Startup Games chose Colorado as their first expansion, and more.
Since 2012, The Denver Office of Economic Development publishes a list of "Denver Gazelles." This year's additions includes six new and exciting tech firms which have raised a collaborative $124 million in the startup world.
Steve Case is bringing his bus tour, Rise of the Rest, to Denver on October 4th. The AOL co-founder and his team want to level the playing field for entrepreneurs across the U.S. and bring attention to the emerging cities in the startup world.
There's a lot of buzz about the Colorado Tech Tour. Here's everything you need to know about what it is, the goal behind it, and how you can participate.
SyncHR, a leader in Human Capital Management cloud-based software, decides to bring their headquarters to Denver.
On Tuesday, June 28, Avoka announced that they have raised $12M in funding to expand operations.
Tuesday, June 28, the Colorado Technology Association (CTA) announced a new member of its leadership team: Wendy Nkomo as Chief Development Officer. Nkomo expands the CTA leadership team to three people.
This week has been big for Denver's Galvanize. First a visit and praise from Hilary Clinton, and now a new campus in New York City.
In a recent study by the Denver Post, Colorado was ranked as a top state for long-term job growth.
The city of Denver has been buzzing about Hillary Clinton's visit to the Galvanize Golden Triangle campus in Denver on Tuesday, June 28. The excitement from the presidential candidate's appearance was spread nationwide as she toured the campus, talked with Galvanize leadership, and unveiled her innovation and technology agenda for economic growth.
Just last week on June 22 Denver-based startup, ROXIMITY, was acquired by the leader in location-powered mobile marketing--Verve.
A new kind of news just launched in Denver: Denverite.
Denverite is a digital-only news source that will provide readers with Denver-specific information that actually matters.
SecureSet Accelerator is a new, unique Denver startup accelerator that is completely focused on cybersecurity. The mission of the accelerator is to help startup companies get funded, connected, and noticed in the commercial cybersecurity market.
This year, Denver hosted the regional competition of the Global Innovation in Sports Competition. Hundreds of startups across the country applied to compete at Sports Authority Field Mile High, and just 10 were selected.
The Denver founded enterprise compliance management software company, Convercent, announced just today that it raised $11M in a series C funding round led by Tola Capital with participation from other existing investors.
Denver is emerging as a new leader in the nation. The ultimate goal for Denver: outcompete the bigger, older, more established cities and become their leader. What does that mean for the city
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NerdWallet's most recent study on 381 metro-areas across the country reveal that 3 Colorado cities (Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins) rank in the top 10 best cities for young entrepreneurs. Here's why and how.