Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Max Kelly

Managing Director of Techstars London

Lesa Mitchell

Managing Director

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Colorado

BEERMKR

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of an automatic beer brewing machine designed to brew, ferment, carbonate, and serve beer. The company's brewing machine allows making over a gallon of craft beer and all the beer fermentation process is controlled by an application, enabling customers to enjoy beer conveniently.

ToMarket

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
To Market is a platform that connects purveyors of local edible goods directly to restaurants and chefs that need them the most. The company serves as a simple online marketplace for sourcing and selling the highest quality local goods. For farmers, the company allows them to track their inventory online and it automatically becomes available to local Chefs for easy online ordering. Meanwhile for the chefs, they can have and order the finest products from the local farms, just a click away with easy online ordering and tracking.

Bailport

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Bailport is a multi-currency e-wallet using blockchain to facilitate low-cost payments to Africa.

Silvis Materials

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Silvis Materials develops 100% bio-renewable, bio-degradable cellulose emulsions will enable companies to create cradle-to-grave packaging, making coatings and glues without petroleum-derived materials, while cleaning up Air, Water and Land pollution. Silvis' emulsions will: use cellulose to create Recyclable; Compostable, Biodegradable (RCB) emulsions; match petroleum-based emulsion price, and plug into existing manufacturing; achieve global emissions regulations, dispensing with expensive legal challenges; reduce water, air, and land pollution; accelerate corporate sustainability goals

Farm

Seed Round in 2021
Farm is an investment platform focused on land stewardship.

Sustaio

Convertible Note in 2021
Sustaio empowers people to live climate-smarter by quantifying & incentivizing emissions-reducing behavior; think Rakuten meets Nerdwallet for sustainable living. Sustaio gamifies real-time tracking of utility use and home efficiency actions for the everyday individual to effectively reduce their footprint within their home. All you need to get started is your online login for your utility bill.

Finch

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Finch is a tool that decodes products' environmental and social impacts to incentivize consumers and brands to make better decisions. It operates a browser extension software to offer insights on a multitude of consumer products. Its software assesses what products are made of, how they are created, and how long they last, besides pinning expert scores on products' environmental and social impacts with functional reviews from real people. Using machine learning capabilities, it scores products based on a series of attributes and equips consumers with the right information at the point of purchase.

Urban Sky

Seed Round in 2021
Urban Sky is developing the first-ever reusable 'micro-sat' version of a near-space balloon, armed with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market and making daily and weekly aerial imagery collection a cost-effective reality. Leveraging advances in component miniaturization, first-of-its-kind balloon reusability, and the high vantage point of the stratosphere, the Microballoon drastically reduces the cost of high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before. With a new wealth of data from the stratosphere - this completely untapped layer of Earth’s atmosphere - we can fundamentally change the collective human understanding of the surface of our planet and urban centers.

Xairos

Funding Round in 2021
Xairos is engaged in the development of advanced quantum technologies, specifically focusing on a miniaturized source of entangled photons in space. The company provides a unique solution known as a "magic box," which facilitates secure networking through entangled photon communication. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Xairos aims to enhance the security of data transmission by leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics.

Phood

Funding Round in 2021
Phood’s payment API allows any existing delivery app to service college students no matter where they are. Phood opens the door for the student card to be used as a payment method on apps like Uber, Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates.

Challenger Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Challenger makes it easy for payments and money transfer businesses to issue digital bank accounts to their customers to drive customer loyalty.

FinGoal

Funding Round in 2020
FinGoal, a company building tools for FinTechs, makes it easy for FinTech devs to serve their consumer endusers ​with radically insightful advice. Their proprietary technology analyzes each consumer’s specific spending data and preferences to ensure that consumers are always getting the most bang for their buck everywhere they spend money, from coffee to insurance to travel.

Pretred

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pretred repurposes waste tires and plastics into innovative and efficient industrial use barriers and blocks. It makes green products having superior benefits and replaces one of the most destructive materials on earth i.e. concrete, enabling governments, construction companies, and private entities to use more sustainable products available at subsidized costs. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Lakewood, Colorado.

Project Canary

Pre Seed Round in 2020
The Project Canary solution is more than just sensors in the field, it is a comprehensive environmental information platform. This platform provides operators the actionable and reliable data they need to demonstrate responsible resource development, minimize risk, and prove they are a good neighbor.

TermScout

Seed Round in 2020
TermScout is a sales intelligence company based in Louisville, Colorado, that focuses on providing actionable tenant information to business-to-business sales professionals. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of products including CRE Scout, which assists commercial real estate brokers and owners in prospecting new customers; Retail Scout, which helps retailers monitor competitor lease expirations; and Move Scout, designed for service providers to track corporate relocations. TermScout aims to streamline the contracting process by ensuring contract transparency, which fosters trust and enhances relationships between buyers and vendors. The company delivers valuable insights through summaries of vendor contracts, comparisons with competitors, and industry reports that inform legal teams about contractual terms. By offering these resources, TermScout enables buyers to expedite contract reviews and achieve significant cost savings, while also aiding vendors in their sales processes through its Sales Accelerator Program.

Company Six

Venture Round in 2020
Company Six is a developer of a technology that advances the awareness and protection of those who put themselves in harm’s way. The company combines advanced robotic platforms with highly-secure cloud-based technology. CO6's mission is to provide tools that fundamentally transform the way first responders operate in dangerous environments. Its products are based on nearly a decade of technology development and are designed to deliver an accessible, yet an advanced robotic solution that provides critical awareness.

swivl.ai

Seed Round in 2020
We are empowering the next wave of intelligent experiences. Think Duolingo + SquareSpace for AI. swivlStudio provides a toolset for companies to simplify the process of AI training. Our interface allows companies to train their current workforce to provide value in an increasingly AI-first world through step by step guided data labeling exercises. The employees can then manage the feedback loop to train, test, and tune custom machine learning models that personalize their customers’ experiences via natural language processing, personalized search results, and generalized data categorization. By combining the best of human and machine intelligence, companies can now increase speed to launch and improve accuracy over time.

Kayhan Space

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Providing Trust and Transparency to Satellite Operators with Intuitive and Timely Collision Avoidance Warnings and Decision Guidance

Urban Sky

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Urban Sky is developing the first-ever reusable 'micro-sat' version of a near-space balloon, armed with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market and making daily and weekly aerial imagery collection a cost-effective reality. Leveraging advances in component miniaturization, first-of-its-kind balloon reusability, and the high vantage point of the stratosphere, the Microballoon drastically reduces the cost of high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before. With a new wealth of data from the stratosphere - this completely untapped layer of Earth’s atmosphere - we can fundamentally change the collective human understanding of the surface of our planet and urban centers.

Curu

Seed Round in 2020
Curu, Inc. develops software for automated credit building. It offers Curu that analyzes the data from applicant’s credit report, transactions, and statement history to create a tailored action plan for approval based on their financial lifestyle. The company’s Curu enables lenders to fund more qualified accounts; and enables applicants to analyze credit spending, debit balances, income level, and other factors to identify the actions to raise credit score. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

gameSense Sports

Pre Seed Round in 2020
GameSense Sports offers software for Cognitive Sports Training, including Baseball Pitch Recognition. It uses validated techniques to make the most effective and efficient products on the market today at a fraction of the cost. Its goal is not to replicate the game experience but rather to accelerate “thinking without thinking” and fluid sports performance. Founded in 2015, GameSense is based in Denver, Colorado.

Section

Series A in 2020
Section is a technology company that provides an advanced content delivery platform, enabling engineers to efficiently manage and deliver workloads from any location. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia, Section specializes in edge computing solutions underpinned by modern DevOps principles. Its platform supports a variety of functionalities, including a web application firewall for security, an HTTP accelerator to enhance performance, and a flexible ecommerce solution. Section's architecture is container-based, utilizing Docker and Kubernetes, allowing for extensive customization and deployment of edge compute modules. The company operates independently of hosting providers, catering to diverse deployment environments, including cloud and on-premise solutions. Section has garnered backing from notable venture capital firms and employs a diverse team skilled in engineering, marketing, and product development.

TermScout

Pre Seed Round in 2020
TermScout is a sales intelligence company based in Louisville, Colorado, that focuses on providing actionable tenant information to business-to-business sales professionals. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of products including CRE Scout, which assists commercial real estate brokers and owners in prospecting new customers; Retail Scout, which helps retailers monitor competitor lease expirations; and Move Scout, designed for service providers to track corporate relocations. TermScout aims to streamline the contracting process by ensuring contract transparency, which fosters trust and enhances relationships between buyers and vendors. The company delivers valuable insights through summaries of vendor contracts, comparisons with competitors, and industry reports that inform legal teams about contractual terms. By offering these resources, TermScout enables buyers to expedite contract reviews and achieve significant cost savings, while also aiding vendors in their sales processes through its Sales Accelerator Program.

Gondola

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Demoflow Inc. designs and develops sales presentation and demo collaborative platform that helps to streamline preparation, presentation, follow-up, and documentation for sale teams. The platform provides services, such as live URL slides integration, asset management, automated follow-up, and presentation analytics. Demoflow Inc. serves leadership, sale engineers, and account executives. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Keys

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Keys is a technology company focused on enhancing communication through innovative solutions. It utilizes artificial intelligence, specifically leveraging GPT-3, to facilitate anticipatory communication. By analyzing user intent, Keys provides suggestions that help individuals write more effectively, quickly, and accurately, addressing common challenges associated with texting, the most widely used communication channel. Founded in 2018 and based in Missoula, Montana, Keys aims to transform the way people communicate, making interactions smoother and more efficient.

Beanstalk

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Beanstalk is offering live interactive kids classes from home, designed for each specific age group.The company's platform offers on-demand interactive kids classes by experienced teachers, enabling children to take learning classes anytime from anywhere.

BlueSuit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BlueSuit Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing a relationship management platform specifically designed for brokers and owners in the commercial real estate sector. Founded in 2019 and based in Denver, Colorado, BlueSuit's innovative solution streamlines the collaboration process by enabling users to store and manage deal documents, convert data into a usable format, and share vital information among participants. This platform enhances decision-making and improves the overall efficiency of executing transactions in the privately held commercial real estate market.

Bext360

Seed Round in 2019
bext360 develops technologies to streamline critical supply chains in emerging economies. Its “bext-to-brew” platform utilizes IoT, blockchain, machine vision and artificial intelligence, to transform the supply chain -- bringing more transparency to the process, allowing for the traceability of products, and ensuring that fair-trade payments are made. A guiding principle of bext360 is to build community, by enabling buyers and other organizations with direct paths to improve the quality of both the product and the communities that provide product.

Propagate

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Propagate Group provides analytics and project development services aimed at enhancing profitability through agroforestry. The company collaborates with farmers and landowners to identify and implement agroforestry systems tailored to specific climate and soil conditions, as well as existing agricultural operations. Founded in 2017 and based in Hudson, New York, Propagate also focuses on designing and installing tree-crop systems that align with current farming practices, thereby helping farmers to integrate fruit, nut, and timber trees into their operations. In addition to consulting, Propagate works to establish financing mechanisms and partnerships that support the short- and long-term goals of farmers. By streamlining the deployment process and offering a suite of operational tools, Propagate aims to enhance resilience for farmers while providing low-risk investment opportunities for investors in regenerative agriculture.

Mammoth Water

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Mammoth Water specializes in providing its clients with solutions in managing water assets. It helps reduce transaction costs of water transfers and employ a fair price discovery mechanism, increasing access and equity in the marketplace. Its water tracking services help farmers manage their allocations, submit regulatory documentation, and quantify water savings. Also, its workshops and seminars help water users, managers, and professionals understand the fundamentals of incentive-based water management. Mammoth Water was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Uncanny

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They are creating the gym equipment for eSports athletes. There are 100s of millions of dollars of prize money and celebrity level careers at stake in the industry, and they are on a mission to provide to the average amateur or competitive eSports gamer the tools they need to complete at that level.

Manatee

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Manatee, Inc. is a health care company based in Denver, Colorado, that focuses on providing mental health care and communication services for families with children experiencing behavioral and developmental disorders. Founded in 1985, the company operates a digital platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methods to gamify treatment and facilitate progress tracking. Manatee empowers both providers and families by offering tools that streamline communication and enhance the mental health care experience. The platform includes a virtual care model that incorporates family and child therapy, parent coaching, group sessions, and daily activities, aiming to integrate mental health support into everyday life for families.

Compliable

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Rebric uses machine learning and AI systems to help companies stay compliant with sanction list regulations and keep terrorists, human traffickers, and other criminals from receiving or sending money.

Bridged

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Bridged, founded by Ashwin Chalam, is striving to improve the efficiency of clients in the artificial intelligence sector through the use of human intelligence and training data. They believe that human intelligence, when combined with machine learning and artificial intelligence, can shape the way they do business in the future.

Curu

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Curu, Inc. develops software for automated credit building. It offers Curu that analyzes the data from applicant’s credit report, transactions, and statement history to create a tailored action plan for approval based on their financial lifestyle. The company’s Curu enables lenders to fund more qualified accounts; and enables applicants to analyze credit spending, debit balances, income level, and other factors to identify the actions to raise credit score. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Thrive Savings

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Spend happy! Shop guilt-free with cashback. Backed by Techstars, Thrive is the anti-budget, no-brainer way to save up so you can shop guilt-free. We empower our customers to buy whatever it is they want without racking up credit card debt or financing charges, all while getting joy from their shopping (and generous cashback too!) Thrive is available for download by U.S. consumers from the Apple App Store and coming soon to the Google Play Store.

Andia

Seed Round in 2019
Andia develops a decentralized plug-and-play platform using blockchain to provide compliance solutions for financial transactions in cannabis based products. The company develops an open market ecosystem that is compliant with the government, facilitates compliance, and regulatory mandates using distributed ledgers. The company develops and operates a cryptocurrency, Andia token (AND) to facilitate agile commerce between vendors and customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Geospiza

Seed Round in 2019
Geospiza is a tech startup that changes the way crisis and emergency management decisions are made. The Geospiza software platform integrates real-time IoT, big data, advanced analytics, and evidence-based consequence projections to support decision making that saves lives and protects the environment.

CAKE

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Make big purchases with the CAKE Visa Card and pay them off in easy, fixed monthly payments. CAKE is simple to use and even simpler to pay off. With payment plans of 3, 6 or 12-months, smart tech that helps people pay their balance off faster, and super low rates, CAKE makes paying off a big purchase a piece of cake.

Riders Share

Seed Round in 2019
Riders Share is a peer-to-peer marketplace startup that offers street-legal motorcycle rentals. Its platform enables riders to book any bike they want online, from stock low capacity bikes to high-end full custom rides, all while avoiding the grueling process that is traditional rentals. It offers motorcycle rentals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Washington, Seattle, Boston, Denver, and more. With over 2,000 motorcycles listed, Riders Share has the largest variety of motorcycle rental inventory available in the U.S.

Pana

Series A in 2019
Pana is a computer software company that specializes in mobile, online travel, and mobile commerce. The company is driven by its mission is to make travel simple, personal, and delightful. From an app, they make booking travel as easy as texting a friend, provide white-glove care for the highs and lows of travel, and offer travel perks, rewards, and experiences. Pana was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

soona

Seed Round in 2019
Soona Co. provides photography and videography production services. It operates social-media studios that provide same day photos and videos. The company serves influencers and small brands that promote their products on social media. Soona Co. was founded in 2018 and is based in Denver, Colorado with studios in Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Halp

Seed Round in 2019
Halp is a company that specializes in integrating ticketing systems with Slack, catering specifically to modern IT teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Halp offers a unique conversational platform tailored for internal ticketing processes. This innovative solution allows users to assign, prioritize, and respond to requests directly within Slack, streamlining communication and enhancing efficiency. By focusing on user experience, Halp aims to increase employee happiness and productivity, making it easier for teams to engage with coworkers and address customer support needs effectively.

SpectatAR

Convertible Note in 2019
Live broadcasting for eSports in AR.

Vita Inclinata

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vita Inclinata Technologies, Inc. specializes in innovative solutions for helicopter hoisting and sling load control systems, primarily serving the aerospace and construction industries. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional offices in Seattle, Washington, and Estonia, the company addresses a critical challenge in helicopter operations: the stabilization of suspended loads during rescue missions. Its flagship product, the Load Stability System (LSS), is a platform-agnostic, autonomous control system that effectively mitigates oscillatory and rotational movements of hoisted loads. By integrating a proprietary control algorithm with the helicopter's stabilization computer, the LSS minimizes swinging motions, allowing rescuers and medical personnel to perform their tasks with greater precision and care during operations such as Search and Rescue, MEDEVAC, and other critical missions.

Atomos Space

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Atomos Space is a Denver-based company focused on developing a fleet of spacecraft designed to transport satellites and other assets between orbits and to various destinations in space. The company specializes in electric-propulsion vehicles that can easily rendezvous with customer payloads in low Earth orbit, delivering them to their intended locations. Atomos also addresses the disposal of defunct satellites through deorbitation or relocation to a graveyard orbit and offers solutions for recovering launch failures. Incorporating advanced nuclear technologies, Atomos is pioneering the use of small modular fission power systems, which promise to enhance the capabilities of space operations, including asteroid mining and other power-intensive activities. This innovative approach aims to create a sustainable and scalable in-space transportation network, enabling enterprises and explorers to expand their reach within both low and deep space.

Sheets & Giggles

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sheets & Giggles is a sustainable direct-to-consumer bedding brand based in Denver, Colorado. S&G is famous for their naturally cooling eucalyptus lyocell sheets and comforters. The company was founded in 2017 by Colin McIntosh, and S&G has since gone on to become an award-winning company, has planted tens of thousands of trees (one for each customer), and has popularized eucalyptus lyocell sheets in the United States.

Veho

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Veho Tech, Inc. is a parcel delivery service aimed at e-commerce retailers, providing end-to-end transportation solutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company utilizes advanced technology and a crowdsourced model for final-mile delivery. Veho has developed a mobile application that allows users to monitor, track, and check the status of their packages, enhancing the delivery experience for both retailers and customers. By enabling individuals with cars to participate in the delivery process, Veho creates a flexible and efficient logistics network.

soona

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Soona Co. provides photography and videography production services. It operates social-media studios that provide same day photos and videos. The company serves influencers and small brands that promote their products on social media. Soona Co. was founded in 2018 and is based in Denver, Colorado with studios in Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

CometChat

Pre Seed Round in 2019
CometChat is designed to create user interaction with all its features and further increase user engagement on your Website/App. CometChat allows you to monetize your Website and increase your revenue.CometChat is the easiest way to add voice, video and text chat to your mobile app and site in minutes! Enable your users to converse with each other and increase your engagement!

Maxwell Financial Labs

Venture Round in 2018
Hi, we're Maxwell. We’re on a mission to revolutionize the $8.5T residential mortgage market by reimagining how mortgage lenders collaborate with homebuyers and real estate agents to buy a home. We connect our hundreds of lenders onto one seamless, intuitively-designed platform, so the focus isn’t the paperwork, it’s the place to call home. Today, hundreds of lenders across the United States use Maxwell’s digital mortgage platform to originate billions in mortgage loans each month at a cycle time 45 percent faster than the national average.

Atomos Space

Convertible Note in 2018
Atomos Space is a Denver-based company focused on developing a fleet of spacecraft designed to transport satellites and other assets between orbits and to various destinations in space. The company specializes in electric-propulsion vehicles that can easily rendezvous with customer payloads in low Earth orbit, delivering them to their intended locations. Atomos also addresses the disposal of defunct satellites through deorbitation or relocation to a graveyard orbit and offers solutions for recovering launch failures. Incorporating advanced nuclear technologies, Atomos is pioneering the use of small modular fission power systems, which promise to enhance the capabilities of space operations, including asteroid mining and other power-intensive activities. This innovative approach aims to create a sustainable and scalable in-space transportation network, enabling enterprises and explorers to expand their reach within both low and deep space.

Curu

Seed Round in 2018
Curu, Inc. develops software for automated credit building. It offers Curu that analyzes the data from applicant’s credit report, transactions, and statement history to create a tailored action plan for approval based on their financial lifestyle. The company’s Curu enables lenders to fund more qualified accounts; and enables applicants to analyze credit spending, debit balances, income level, and other factors to identify the actions to raise credit score. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Apostrophe

Seed Round in 2018
Apostrophe, Inc. is a fintech company that specializes in providing a healthcare savings platform for self-insured employers. Founded in 2016 and based in Denver, Colorado, Apostrophe negotiates the lowest possible rates for healthcare services and pays providers directly, allowing it to pass savings onto its customers. The company offers an intelligent health benefits platform that is designed to be easily adopted by self-insured employers of any size. Apostrophe serves various regions, including rural Colorado, and aims to deliver cost-effective health benefits while providing support to its members. Formerly known as Airstream Health, Apostrophe has curated best practices into a plug-and-play health plan that enhances accessibility and efficiency for its clients.

Geospiza

Angel Round in 2018
Geospiza is a tech startup that changes the way crisis and emergency management decisions are made. The Geospiza software platform integrates real-time IoT, big data, advanced analytics, and evidence-based consequence projections to support decision making that saves lives and protects the environment.

Sopris Health

Venture Round in 2018
Sopris Health, Inc. develops an automated digital assistant software for healthcare documentation. Its digital assistant is a chat-style documentation interface that automates the clinic note for providers and all care-team clinicians in the time it takes to walk from one exam room to the next. Sopris Health, Inc. was formerly known as Listen.Md, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado.Sopris Health, Inc. develops artificial intelligence based patent-pending medical scribing application. The application automatically writes the visit note for the physician as they talk to the patients.

Upsuite

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Upsuite is an online B2B marketplace that makes it easy for teams to find the best coworking spaces. Unlike other alternatives, Upsuite provides complete verified inventory in local markets so that teams can find, compare, share, and tour spaces. Our vision is to empower teams to do their best work together. We have early traction with several operators and you need to be involved because you can help us impact this high growth CRE vertical.

Alpin

Seed Round in 2018
Alpin, Inc. develops a cloud identity management platform that allows users and companies to find and manage their cloud software. It also enables the users to discover cloud software, manage costs and renewals, security and compliance, and automates workflow. Alpin, Inc. was formerly known as Logrr, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of October 25, 2019, Alpin, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Coreview.

Fiat Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Fiat Labs is currently operating in stealth mode.

WATTMORE

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Backed by Techstars, Nikola Power is building a software infrastructure which seamlessly integrates and manages millions of distributed energy resources. We combine our technology with extensive experience in renewable energy development and project finance to help customers easily access and optimize the benefits of energy storage.

MamaMend

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Provider of postpartum knowledge and resources intended to be a digital health companion. The company's resources offer a personalized, evidence-based, and week-by-week guide to childbirth recovery and postpartum health as well as connect users to a curated network of expert practitioners, enabling new mothers to get answers to health and wellness questions.

Sopris Health

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Sopris Health, Inc. develops an automated digital assistant software for healthcare documentation. Its digital assistant is a chat-style documentation interface that automates the clinic note for providers and all care-team clinicians in the time it takes to walk from one exam room to the next. Sopris Health, Inc. was formerly known as Listen.Md, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado.Sopris Health, Inc. develops artificial intelligence based patent-pending medical scribing application. The application automatically writes the visit note for the physician as they talk to the patients.

3co

Pre Seed Round in 2018
3co builds augmented reality and artificial intelligence to help their users with work space and ship the solution to their doorstep. It develops 3D scanning robotics and augmented reality APIs for iOS and Android e-commerce apps. The company is based in London, United Kingdom.

Pipeline Equity

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pipeline Equity Inc. is a technology company that focuses on improving gender equity in workplaces through its artificial intelligence-driven software. Established in 2017 and based in Denver, Colorado, the company offers a proprietary software as a service (SaaS) platform designed to identify and address unconscious biases that hinder gender equity. Its key features include the Pipeline Dashboard, which provides actionable recommendations for achieving gender equity; the Pipeline Score, which reflects an organization's commitment to eliminating bias; and the Pipeline Forecast, which outlines investment timelines and projected returns. By closing the gender equity gap, Pipeline Equity aims to enhance financial performance for businesses, addressing an issue that costs the U.S. economy significantly.

Goally

Seed Round in 2018
Goally, Inc. is a company based in Boulder, Colorado, that focuses on supporting children with developmental disabilities, such as ADHD and autism, in developing essential executive functioning skills. Founded in 2015, Goally offers a smart device designed to assist parents and children in establishing routines and rewards through an intuitive app. The platform employs a science-based approach, providing customized progression plans and data-driven expert advice, while utilizing visual icons and gentle musical cues to guide children through activities. The device includes features like parental controls and educational apps, creating a safe and structured learning environment that allows for better management of screen time and daily routines. Goally aims to empower children with the skills they need to thrive academically and socially.

Wunder

Debt Financing in 2018
Wunder is a Boulder, Colorado-based company that specializes in financing and developing commercial solar projects. Founded in 2013, it provides construction and term financing solutions for various solar initiatives, including traditional power purchase agreements, community solar developments, and projects involving unrated credit offtakers. Additionally, Wunder develops software and collaborates with leading solar organizations and financial institutions to facilitate the construction of large-scale solar projects for businesses, municipalities, nonprofits, and communities throughout the United States. The company is notable for being the first solar entity to participate in the Techstars technology accelerator.

Flex

Convertible Note in 2018
Flex delivers non traditional live video HIIT classes to be taken at home, and by non traditional we mean hilariously entertaining. Participants all tune in wearing Apple watches resulting in a real-time "score" leaderboard visible throughout where we use machine learning to intelligently count your exercises. Available on smart TV boxes and native mobile apps with full casting support, it's as easy to view on your large television screen as Netflix. Instructors call out viewers by name throughout. This is backed by a digital community with competitions, rewards, challenges and sharing and supporting of personal journeys.

Quantive

Seed Round in 2018
Quantive develops a sophisticated software platform designed to assist organizations in managing objectives and key results (OKRs) and key performance indicators (KPIs). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in Sofia, the company helps businesses align their strategies with execution by integrating seamlessly with existing information technology systems, such as customer relationship management and marketing automation tools. The platform enables users to set, manage, and measure goals effectively, providing real-time tracking of progress through over 150 pre-built data connectors. Additionally, Quantive’s software enhances employee engagement by fostering goal alignment and facilitating meaningful conversations. By offering robust data management and analytics capabilities, the platform supports performance management and strategic decision-making, ultimately driving revenue growth and organizational alignment.

Halp

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Halp is a company that specializes in integrating ticketing systems with Slack, catering specifically to modern IT teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Halp offers a unique conversational platform tailored for internal ticketing processes. This innovative solution allows users to assign, prioritize, and respond to requests directly within Slack, streamlining communication and enhancing efficiency. By focusing on user experience, Halp aims to increase employee happiness and productivity, making it easier for teams to engage with coworkers and address customer support needs effectively.

Geospiza

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Geospiza is a tech startup that changes the way crisis and emergency management decisions are made. The Geospiza software platform integrates real-time IoT, big data, advanced analytics, and evidence-based consequence projections to support decision making that saves lives and protects the environment.

Goally

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Goally, Inc. is a company based in Boulder, Colorado, that focuses on supporting children with developmental disabilities, such as ADHD and autism, in developing essential executive functioning skills. Founded in 2015, Goally offers a smart device designed to assist parents and children in establishing routines and rewards through an intuitive app. The platform employs a science-based approach, providing customized progression plans and data-driven expert advice, while utilizing visual icons and gentle musical cues to guide children through activities. The device includes features like parental controls and educational apps, creating a safe and structured learning environment that allows for better management of screen time and daily routines. Goally aims to empower children with the skills they need to thrive academically and socially.

Flex

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Flex delivers non traditional live video HIIT classes to be taken at home, and by non traditional we mean hilariously entertaining. Participants all tune in wearing Apple watches resulting in a real-time "score" leaderboard visible throughout where we use machine learning to intelligently count your exercises. Available on smart TV boxes and native mobile apps with full casting support, it's as easy to view on your large television screen as Netflix. Instructors call out viewers by name throughout. This is backed by a digital community with competitions, rewards, challenges and sharing and supporting of personal journeys.

Walkthrough

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Walkthrough, Inc. is a Denver-based company that specializes in property photography services, catering primarily to property owners in the Denver Metro area. Founded in 2016, the company offers a range of visual solutions, including HDR photos, 3D virtual tours, aerial photos and videos, and listing-specific websites. Walkthrough aims to streamline the process for real estate agents by allowing them to book necessary services instantly and at competitive prices, while maintaining high standards of quality. The company's services are accessible through its application and website. As of May 2019, Walkthrough operates as a subsidiary of iPlan LLC.

Converge

Seed Round in 2018
Converge Industries, Co. enables insurance inspectors to fly drones to inspect buildings. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Alpin

Angel Round in 2017
Alpin, Inc. develops a cloud identity management platform that allows users and companies to find and manage their cloud software. It also enables the users to discover cloud software, manage costs and renewals, security and compliance, and automates workflow. Alpin, Inc. was formerly known as Logrr, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of October 25, 2019, Alpin, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Coreview.

Pana

Funding Round in 2017
Pana is a computer software company that specializes in mobile, online travel, and mobile commerce. The company is driven by its mission is to make travel simple, personal, and delightful. From an app, they make booking travel as easy as texting a friend, provide white-glove care for the highs and lows of travel, and offer travel perks, rewards, and experiences. Pana was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Quantive

Seed Round in 2017
Quantive develops a sophisticated software platform designed to assist organizations in managing objectives and key results (OKRs) and key performance indicators (KPIs). Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in Sofia, the company helps businesses align their strategies with execution by integrating seamlessly with existing information technology systems, such as customer relationship management and marketing automation tools. The platform enables users to set, manage, and measure goals effectively, providing real-time tracking of progress through over 150 pre-built data connectors. Additionally, Quantive’s software enhances employee engagement by fostering goal alignment and facilitating meaningful conversations. By offering robust data management and analytics capabilities, the platform supports performance management and strategic decision-making, ultimately driving revenue growth and organizational alignment.

PainTheory

Pre Seed Round in 2017
PainTheory operates as an online marketplace that helps people navigate treatment for spine and pain issues by guiding them to the right type of specialists. The company is driven by a to digitize the quarterback-like decision-making offered by a multi-disciplinary pain specialist.

Stream

Venture Round in 2017
Stream.io, Inc. specializes in developing an open-source platform that enables the creation of customizable newsfeeds and messaging applications. The company provides a range of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow product teams to implement chat features and activity feeds tailored to their specific needs. Its offerings include flat feeds for displaying followed content, aggregated feeds for grouping similar content, notification feeds for site alerts, and profile pages for user activity storage. Stream's solutions cater to various sectors, including finance, healthcare, dating, education, and social networking, facilitating community engagement. Established in 2014, the company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with an additional office located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Stream’s products are recognized for their scalability and security, serving over a billion end-users globally.

Vartega

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Vartega is a technology development company focused on recycling carbon fiber reinforced plastics, specifically through its innovative patent-pending processes. Established in 2014 and located in Golden, Colorado, Vartega aims to provide low-cost carbon fiber for various mass market applications across several industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy, and sporting goods. The company produces recycled carbon fiber suitable for use in nonwoven fabrics, thermoplastic pellets, yarns, and 3D printing filaments. By developing alternative recycling technologies and equipment, Vartega seeks to contribute to the sustainability of carbon fiber materials and enhance their accessibility for broader applications.

Somatic Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Somatic Labs builds haptic devices that augment human perception. We’ve developed Zorb, a full-stack platform that uses the sense of touch to convey information. We provide more than an ordinary tap or vibration. The Zorb Platform enables the delivery of real-time information (alerts, instructions, directions) through rich vibro-tactile patterns that move across a user’s skin. Our patented technology allows the rapid creation of high resolution tactile patterns consisting of pulses, shapes, directions, and complex illusions of motion.

Twine

Seed Round in 2017
Twine is a connected hardware platform for video conferencing and collaboration. Twine is the modern workplace connector, seamlessly linking Slack and other collaboration environments to your conference rooms and other meeting spaces. Now simple, magical control over video conferencing, presentations, and team collaboration is possible. Their Alexa integration will allow you to magically start calls, present, and book rooms just by using your voice.

Apostrophe

Seed Round in 2017
Apostrophe, Inc. is a fintech company that specializes in providing a healthcare savings platform for self-insured employers. Founded in 2016 and based in Denver, Colorado, Apostrophe negotiates the lowest possible rates for healthcare services and pays providers directly, allowing it to pass savings onto its customers. The company offers an intelligent health benefits platform that is designed to be easily adopted by self-insured employers of any size. Apostrophe serves various regions, including rural Colorado, and aims to deliver cost-effective health benefits while providing support to its members. Formerly known as Airstream Health, Apostrophe has curated best practices into a plug-and-play health plan that enhances accessibility and efficiency for its clients.

Misty Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Misty Robotics, a spinoff of Sphero, is a hardware company that builds personal robots for homes and offices. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Misty Robotics is building the robot for everyone. Misty Robotics’ vision is to put personal robots in every home and office. These robots will be seen and treated as our friends, our teammates, and a part of our families -- performing helpful tasks, providing safety, and interacting with humans in entertaining and friendly ways that have only been seen before in science fiction.

Section

Seed Round in 2017
Section is a technology company that provides an advanced content delivery platform, enabling engineers to efficiently manage and deliver workloads from any location. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia, Section specializes in edge computing solutions underpinned by modern DevOps principles. Its platform supports a variety of functionalities, including a web application firewall for security, an HTTP accelerator to enhance performance, and a flexible ecommerce solution. Section's architecture is container-based, utilizing Docker and Kubernetes, allowing for extensive customization and deployment of edge compute modules. The company operates independently of hosting providers, catering to diverse deployment environments, including cloud and on-premise solutions. Section has garnered backing from notable venture capital firms and employs a diverse team skilled in engineering, marketing, and product development.

Ello

Series B in 2017
Ello, PBC is a social network platform founded in 2014 and headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. It was established by a group of artists seeking to create a more positive online environment, free from the negativity, clutter, and data mining prevalent on other platforms. The network serves as a space for artists, designers, musicians, and other creatives to connect, share, and promote their work while earning a living through their talents. Users can discover and discuss their passions, fostering a robust community focused on art and creativity. As of April 30, 2018, Ello operates as a subsidiary of Talenthouse, Inc.

IronCore Labs

Seed Round in 2017
IronCore Labs, Inc. designs and develops encryption software. The software offers integration, control, privacy, and compliance. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Stateless

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Stateless, Inc. specializes in network architecture for organizations utilizing private or hybrid cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company offers virtualized network functions along with its software-defined interconnect platform, Luxon. This platform enables colocation providers to deliver routing, security, and automation services dynamically at network interconnection points through software solutions. By facilitating control and connectivity across various endpoints, including data centers, tenant locations, and hyperscale clouds, Stateless aims to enhance network efficiency and flexibility. The company emerged as a spinoff from research by co-founders Murad Kablan and Eric Keller.

Blank Slate Systems

Seed Round in 2017
Blank Slate Systems, Inc. develops and offers sketch design tool that can be used in conjunction with cloud repository to enable users to accelerate the creation process. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Rodin

Convertible Note in 2017
Rodin offers an online environment where users can develop in JavaScript and use their extensive library to deploy apps instantly. The company supports publishing to all the major VR platforms, with which users can create native VR applications for GearVR, Oculus, Vive, Daydream, Cardboard, iOS, Android, and They bVR all from the same code.

Global EIR

Seed Round in 2017
Global EIR is nonprofit network of entrepreneurs, investors, & universities dedicated to solving founders' immigration problems.

Sitter

Seed Round in 2017
Sitter, Inc. is a technology company based in Boulder, Colorado, that operates a mobile application designed to assist parents in finding, booking, and paying for babysitters. Originally known as SitterSquared LLC, the company rebranded in December 2014 after its incorporation that same year. Sitter offers a business management platform called Sitter Pro, which serves both caregivers and local nanny agencies by streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency in the temporary care sector. By providing robust tools for managing care services, Sitter enables businesses to focus on delivering quality care while optimizing their operational processes. As of May 2019, Sitter operates as a subsidiary of UrbanSitter, Inc.

Maxwell Financial Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Hi, we're Maxwell. We’re on a mission to revolutionize the $8.5T residential mortgage market by reimagining how mortgage lenders collaborate with homebuyers and real estate agents to buy a home. We connect our hundreds of lenders onto one seamless, intuitively-designed platform, so the focus isn’t the paperwork, it’s the place to call home. Today, hundreds of lenders across the United States use Maxwell’s digital mortgage platform to originate billions in mortgage loans each month at a cycle time 45 percent faster than the national average.

Pana

Funding Round in 2016
Pana is a computer software company that specializes in mobile, online travel, and mobile commerce. The company is driven by its mission is to make travel simple, personal, and delightful. From an app, they make booking travel as easy as texting a friend, provide white-glove care for the highs and lows of travel, and offer travel perks, rewards, and experiences. Pana was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

TrueCoach

Seed Round in 2016
TrueCoach is an online coaching platform built for fitness professionals. They are on a mission to help coaches save time, deliver a better experience for their clients, and grow their training businesses. They built TrueCoach to enable 1-to-1 coaching that scales, freeing up time for coaches to get out of the gym and work on their businesses rather than in their businesses. Unlike other products that focus on sending broad groups of athletes the same templated programming, TrueCoach is laser-focused on giving coaches the tools they need to efficiently write and deliver personalized fitness programming for their clients.