First month of 2015 is just about over and the local tech scene has exploded! This is month four for me covering local tech for The Denver Post. I knew that I couldn’t be comprehensive but it’s hard not to notice everything going on. I couldn’t get to everything so I’m wrapping it up in one convenient post to end the week.
MONEY: Techstars’ new $150 million fund
Those Techstars graduates get a lot of publicity and advice, but a measly $118,000. Not anymore! Techstars Ventures that it raised a new $150 million fund “to invest in companies emerging from the Techstars ecosystem.” Possible recipients aren’t limited to Techstars graduates, but also new companies started by alumni or mentors. Read more about how something like this gets started on Techstars co-founder Brad Feld’s blog: “.”
Accelerator #1: MergeLane
I wrote on Tuesday about the new female-focused business accelerator by Sue Heilbronner and Elizabeth Kraus. MergeLane announced its first class of eight companies that will go through its 12-week program packed with advice in starting up, getting ahead and watching out for issues women leaders face. Check it out: “.”
Accelerator #2: Innosphere
I didn’t write about Innosphere, a science and technology incubator based in Fort Collins. But it too joining its program. Companies include (Boulder), (Broomfield), (Boulder), (Littleton), (Boulder), (Fort Collins), , (Erie), Green Sun Medical,”‹ (Boulder), and (Windsor).
First gigabit, now Longmont Startup Week
Go Longmont, I say! As the first city in Colorado to start offering residents Gigabit-speed Internet, Longmont is now planning its very . Agenda is at the moment, but I’m sure that won’t be for long. Dubbed LSW15: The Heart of Startup, the week-long event occurs June 1 to June 5. The event is being organized by the volunteer group , which has 300 members and was founded by the .
More Money: Dizzion’s desktop in the cloud gets $3.9 million
Getting employees and customers on the cloud in order to better and share resources helped Denver’s Dizzion Inc. . Dizzion offers a service that puts the desktop in the cloud. That eliminates actual desktop configuration and allows companies to be device agnostic. But it also adds security because a company can control what is shared with employees and customers. It sells its tools through data centers like ViaWest, where most of Dizzion’s management team hails. The company, which launched in 2011, employs nine. The $3.9 million investment was led by Grotech Ventures and Access Venture Partners.
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