If you’ve been trying to get money, er, funding for your big idea, you can call Uber on Thursday afternoon and force a local venture capitalist to listen to your pitch.
As part of , Boulder (here’s ) for two hours May 19. Just pull up the Uber app between 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday and enter the code “PITCHBOULDER” to unlock the special service. (Sorry folks! Boulder only!)
You’ll get 15 minutes of face-to-face pitching time with one of these local venture capitalists:
• David Cohen, managing partner at Techstars. Cohen, who blogs at , also founded Pinpoint Technologies, which was acquired by ZOLL Medical Corp. in 1999.
• Kyle Lefkoff, general partner at Boulder Ventures. Lefkoff has invested in 56 Colorado companies, resulting in 12 IPOs.
• Peter Roshko, general partner at Boulder Ventures. Roshko serves on the boards of Closetbox, DatAvail, Rapt Media, SyncHR, and Trust Company of America.
• , managing director at Access Venture Partners. Wallace was previously a partner with the law firm Fairfield and Woods in Denver, before joining Access.
• Frank Mendicino III, managing director at Access Venture Partners. Mendicino, who co-founded Access, is a former board member of the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association.
• Ari Newman, partner at Techstars. Newman previously developed programs and infrastructure for Techstars as a Network Catalyst.
• Natty Zola, managing director at Techstars. Zola was previously head of consumer products at MapQuest, and founded , a travel blogging platform.
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