Find Out How Denver and Boulder Tech Offices Rank According to 2016 High Tech Outlook
How do Denver and Boulder tech offices rank compared to other U.S. cities? Right in the middle, according to JLL who released their 2016 High Tech Outlook this week. As reported in the Denver Business Journal, JLL says its High Tech Outlook analysis factored in 16 variables in four categories which included economic momentum, talent […]
Denver Startup Week Wraps Up and Startup Activity is on the Rise in Denver
Another Denver Startup Week is in the books and this year’s record-breaking summit was full of wins for the Denver small business community. According to Tech.co, the 2016 Denver Startup Week set a record for the world’s largest free entrepreneurial event in North America with over 12,500 attendees and 300 events taking place over the […]
Software Development Firm Twentyseven Global Had Stake in Several Techweek Events
Kansas City’s second Techweek wrapped up last Friday, concluding a week of panels, speakers, networking, funding and more. In addition to attending several of the week’s events, Twentyseven Global took part in several monumental moments for Kansas City in the tech and health care industry. Last Wednesday, it was announced that e-commerce giant Alibaba acquired […]
Software Development Company Twentyseven Global Previews Denver Startup Week
Kicking off this week in downtown Denver, the fifth annual Denver Startup Week is a summit for entrepreneurial innovation. According to the Denver Business Journal, the week will feature mixers, panel discussions, pitch nights and breakout sessions. Startups from the realms of tech, design, DIY-making, marketing and leadership will all be present from the Denver […]
Meet the Three Colorado Startup Accelerators Who Secured Federal Funding
Three Colorado companies who specialize in getting startups off the ground took a dose of their own medicine and secured federal funding for their efforts. According to the Denver Business Journal, the U.S. Small Businesses Office of Investment and Innovation awarded $3.4 million in funding to 68 startup accelerators, which included three in Colorado. Each […]
Software Development Company Twentyseven Global Gearing Up for Techweek Kansas City, Preview of Events
The countdown is on. Techweek comes to KC for the second year in a row from Sept. 12 – 16, 2016, and takes place in several iconic spots in the downtown area. The week begins on Monday night with a kick-off party at Up-Down, an arcade-themed bar in the heart of the Crossroads district with […]
Recent Report Shows Startup Activity on the Rise in Kansas City
The startup scene in Kansas City continues to thrive. According to the “Startup Activity Index” released last month by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City jumped 11 places up the list from last year, all the way from 29 to 18. This was the second “most-improved” city falling short only to Orlando which climbed […]
Software Development Tech Bootcamp Startup Galvanize Secures $45 Million in Second Round Funding
On Monday, Denver based software-coding tech bootcamp Galvanize announced that it had raised $45 million in second round funding. According to the Denver Post, Galvanize, founded in 2012, is an entrepreneurial-minded coworking space that offers courses in web development and data science. The company has grown significantly in the past four years. According to […]
LaunchKC Announces 20 Tech Startup Finalists to Present During Techweek
And then there were 20. Out of over 400 tech startups from across the globe who applied, 20 have been selected as finalists to vie for a piece of $500,000 in funding from LaunchKC. Of the 20, 11 are Kansas City-based, seven are from across the United States and this year there are also […]
Local Entrepreneur Creates New VC Fund to Help Early-Stage Funding
Although venture capital in Kansas City has seen an upward trend, there is still a weak spot when it comes to early-stage funding. After working for Sprint Accelerator for three years, serial entrepreneur John Fein was tired of seeing fundable companies move away from Kansas City after not being able to receive funding at an […]