The University of Colorado Boulder's aerospace department will be significantly bolstered with a $10 million gift from Vail socialite couple Ann Smead and Michael Byram.
DENVER -- AT&T is calling on innovative ed-tech ventures to apply for the 2017 AT&T Aspire Accelerator, with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations driving social impact encouraged to apply.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) launched the RoadX Bicycle and Pedestrian Challenge in 2016 to develop better systems to help those on foot and bicycles travel more safely. The RoadX challenge is open to proposals through Feb. 27. The challenge is made through a partnership with the Colorado Innovation Network's Imagine Colorado.
Denver Broncos offensive lineman Russell Okung wrote an op-ed for SportTechie advocating that fellow professional athletes invest in technology.
Hyperloop One is reinventing transportation by developing the world’s first Hyperloop, an integrated structure to move passengers and cargo between two points immediately, safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Our team has the world’s leading experts in engineering, technology and transport project delivery, working in tandem with global partners and investors to make Hyperloop a reality, now.
DENVER -- The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced it is accepting applications for the Advanced Industries (AI) Accelerator Grant program.
FORT COLLINS – Fort Collins-based Innosphere and Boulder-based Innovation Center of the Rockies plan to merge effective Jan. 1, combining a pair of nonprofit incubators that serve tech startups and university innovations along the Front Range.
DENVER -- ReadyTalk, a leading provider of cloud communication solutions, announced ReadyTalk Hosted Voice, a unified communications (UC) suite that enables IT and business managers to focus their attention on customers and core competencies rather than disparate technologies and vendors.
Denver's public campus and incubator aimed at working with entrepreneurs has landed a $400,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to help women and minority entrepreneurs. The Commons on Champa, a campus for entrepreneurs that opened in 2015 at 245 Champa St., was launched and is run by the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP).
As the cool weather sets in, our wanderlust heads to the beach. And with the holidays coming up, travel is definitely on our minds. We’ve been busy dreaming of destinations like Paris and Cancun, so we were a little surprised when we noticed the number of travel startups in Colorado has grown considerably in the last few years.
DENVER -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA), a leading independent provider of integrated health and kidney care services in the U.S., today announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to digital health and a leader in fostering innovation in healthcare.
FORT COLLINS -- Colorado State University won a top national Innovation and Economic Prosperity University award for its impact on economic development.
DigitalGlobe, Inc. ( DGI ), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the successful launch of WorldView-4, the company’s newest high-accuracy, high-resolution commercial imaging satellite. DigitalGlobe acquired signals from the satellite indicating its proper position and health 45 minutes after its launch aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
BOULDER – A group of former University of Colorado Boulder graduate students has created a fund in adjunct professor Jason Mendelson’s name that is aimed at promoting entrepreneurship on the CU campus.
The $50,000 Jason Mendelson Entrepreneurial Award Fund was formed with $50,000 by alumni of the CU law school’s Venture Capital and Private Equity course that is co-taught by Mendelson and law professor Brad Bernthal.
The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) is announcing a new focus and direction to place Colorado at the forefront of the civic disruption conversation. The organization will concentrate on public sector innovation.COIN is a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade with the mission of advancing connections in the global innovation ecosystem to place Colorado as a leader in innovation...
DENVER -- Six top healthcare innovations will compete for $150,000 and the opportunity to test their products with 15 leading healthcare organizations during one of the largest pitch competitions of...
CENTENNIAL -- Innovation Pavilion's TechrIoT, Colorado's first Internet of Things (IoT) entrepreneurial collaborative, announced it hosted its inaugural IoT-focused Demo Day for eight graduating...
We’re getting a look, from a unique angle, at the destruction Hurricane Matthew did to parts of Haiti. DigitalGlobe Inc., a Colorado company that does earth imagery taken from satellites, took pictures of six Haitian towns, before and after Hurricane Matthew hit the area. The towns are along the western side of Haiti’s southern peninsula. The after pictures were taken on Oct. 9, a few days after the hurricane moved through the area. More than 500 people were killed when the hurricane pummeled…
More than 100 educators from elementary, middle and high schools in Academy School District 20 will play games Friday, all in the name of learning. Next semester, some students will apply the strategies of Warrior, Sage and other gaming characters in math, science, social studies and English lessons. Eagleview Middle School is hosting a day-long training in the developing classroom trend of gamification, or game mechanics.
More states are tapping into the power of technology innovation to stimulate local economies...
The Colorado School of Mines in Golden is getting in on the crowdfunding game, launching a platform where students, faculty and staff can share their projects and collect donations. "By showcasing some innovative projects from our talented faculty and students, the Mines community can help them reach their goals," said Brian Winkelbauer, Mines Foundation president and CEO. The website, called "Gold Mine," launched Tuesday...
FORT COLLINS -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conduct research, fix equipment, perform space walks ... and they vacuum. Although it has high-efficiency filters installed on...
The City of Fort Collins, Colorado State University, and Innosphere, Colorado’s leading technology incubator, have announced the winner of the first Innovate Fort Collins competition.
AURORA -- StartUp Health today announced the launch of StartUp Health Colorado, its second Regional Network Affiliate, and a model it pioneered last year with the launch of...