• Rockies Venture Club is accepting applications from companies wanting to make investor pitches at the 25th annual Colorado Capital Conference to be held Nov. 6 and 7. Applications can be submitted at . Deadline is Oct. 15.
• Broomfield-based Webroot released the newest edition of its SecureAnywhere internet protection for home users. The new threat detection engine analyzes unknown files before allowing them to run and features anti-phishing technology.
• Jefferson County-based Vista Gold Corp. announced it has agreed to sell its debt and equity participation in the Los Cardones gold project in Baja California Sur, Mexico, to the Invecture Group for $13 million.
• Golden-based Paragon Waste Solutions LLC has successfully completed the installation of its first commercial medical solid-waste CoronaLux destruction system in Broward County, Fla.
• FreeWave Technologies Inc., a Boulder-based provider of secure machine-to-machine or M2M wireless networking solutions, was awarded a bronze medal in the “Made in America” category for the 2013 Golden Bridge Awards.
• The Arvada Economic Development Association has achieved accreditation from the International Economic Development Council The peer review process measures economic development organizations against commonly held standards in the profession.
• VOCO Creative, a marketing and digital agency, announced the addition of a new client—Denver-based Housegreening.
