27Global CEO Steve Roatch Reflects on ACG Capital Connection and Wine Tasting Event

A rack of wine bottles

The 27Global team recently attended the ACG Capital Connection & Wine Tasting event on May 11, 2017. The event was an opportunity for leaders in Kansas City’s business and investing community to network with one another while sampling some delicious wine. 27Global has an extensive history of working with investors and entrepreneurs, so the team […]

Denver Startups Vie for a Chance to Pitch to Celebrity Investors on ABC’s Shark Tank

Denver park

Hundreds of entrepreneurs lined up in Centennial, Colorado, last month for a chance to deliver a one-minute pitch to the casting agents of ABC’s popular show Shark Tank. The show features a panel of millionaire and billionaire celebrity investors such as Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec. Each season, anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 […]

Digital Sandbox KC Leads the Charge for Local Economic Growth

The Kansas City skyline

Another win for the Kansas City startup community: Digital Sandbox KC, a Kansas City-based startup incubator, recently shared its effect on growing the local economy through funding and mentoring early-stage businesses. Launched in 2013 by entrepreneur Jeff Shackleford, Digital Sandbox KC provides proof-of-concept resources and support to early-stage companies throughout the commercialization process by granting […]

Twentyseven Global’s Matt Henley Breaks Down the Importance of Continuous Integration for Software Development

Lines of yellow and green code on a computer screen.

Continuous integration is increasingly becoming the method of choice among software developers, in large part because of speed and accuracy in which code can be deployed. As Twentyseven Global consistently looks to cutting-edge technologies that have the ability to streamline processes and deliver better solutions for our clients, adopting continuous integration into our methodology was […]

Boulder Startup Week Sparks Innovation and Collaboration in Colorado Technology Community

People sit around a table with laptops and beer.

Last week, the eighth annual Boulder Startup Week took place. As the original startup week in Colorado, this year’s event focused on engaging the entire Boulder innovation community by breaking down silos and encouraging collaboration among various industries. Although Twentyseven Global currently operates out of Denver, Colorado, Creighton O’Neal, vice president of client service, emphasized […]

A Closer Look the Digital Health Funding Surge in Q1

blue stethoscope and smartphone

The first quarter of 2017 was impressive to say the least for digital health funding. According to MobiHealthNews, 46 deals were completed in January, February and March for a grand total of $1.47 billion ($1.35 billion in equity and $12 million in debt). The largest of the deals went to Verily, an Alphabet subsidiary formerly […]

Twentyseven Global’s CEO Steve Roatch Attends 2017 KC Tech Council Retreat

KC tech council retreat 1024x576

Earlier this month, Steve Roatch, CEO of 27Global, attended the first Tech CEO Retreat hosted by the Kansas City Tech Council. The retreat was comprised of Kansas City CEOs from enterprise companies with household names alongside mid-level technology firms. The focus was on addressing the state of the industry and looking forward to the future […]

What’s Up Next? Kansas City’s Smart City Initiative Looks to the Future

Kansas City Missouri Skyline

The Midwest is thriving as a new area for technology and Kansas City, in particular, is taking full advantage of the region’s newfound technological prowess. Since the implementation of Google Fiber, the city has created a new connected grid, downtown streetcar line and made multiple other digital advancements. This smart city initiative has marked Kansas […]

Denver’s Tech Sector Continues Maturation Process

Over the past few years, Denver has made a name for itself as a burgeoning tech hub. New companies are being founded every day and some top tech talent is even leaving the coasts and headed to the Mile High City to help support its entrepreneurial ecosystem. Now, as Denver continues to grow, it’s starting […]

Twentyseven Global Weighs in on the Impact of New Digital Health Technology

The more access that people have to data, the more informed they can be about a variety of topics. Whether it’s a doctor who’s receiving real time information from a patient who’s suffering from a medical condition or it’s a college student who just wants to work off a couple pounds before summer, digital health […]