OPX Biotechnologies Inc., a bioproducts company, announced the closing of its B-round financing, raising $17.5 million to fund bio fuels and green chemistry process development and demonstration. Braemar Energy Ventures led the financing.
Stratavia, a Denver-based provider of intelligent data-center automation software solutions, announced that analyst firm Gartner Inc. has named Stratavia a “Cool Vendor” in 2009.
Smashburger, a Denver- based fast-casual restaurant chain, will open its first mountain restaurant in Dillon on April 17.
University of the Rockies has begun enrollment for three new specializations available to students pursuing an online master’s or doctoral degree: health and wellness psychology, organizational consulting, and sports and performance psychology.
Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio P.C., the Denver-based law firm, has opened an office in Telluride, headed by local real estate and corporate lawyer Michael L. Lynch.
Colorado Egg Producers will donate 194,000 eggs to Food Bank of the Rockies in Denver.
University of Denver’s University College will bring the Disney Institute’s traveling professional development program, the Disney Keys to Excellence, to Denver on June 10. For information, visit .
OptTek Systems Inc. of Boulder was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to develop optimization methods and enabling software for simulation modeling.
University of Northern Colorado announced that Colorado Attorney General John Suthers will give the keynote address on business ethics today at the Monfort College of Business. Suthers’ presentation, “Ethics: It’s What You Do When No One’s Watching,” will take place at 1:25 p.m. in Milne Auditorium of Kepner Hall.
