Colorado is home to countless startups in various stages of growth. Over the years, we’ve seen small homegrown businesses flourish into global power players. For many companies, those earliest days are the hardest, scrappiest yet most rewarding days of business.
We took a look at some of Colorado tech’s latest newcomers to see how they’re faring in their first year of business.
Simple Booth delivers iPad-based photo booth experiences for people, brands, businesses and retailers. Users can either download the app and create their own DIY photo booth, or they can purchase Simple Booth’s Halo, which is a ring-lit mount that holds and charges the tablet. The company launched only a year ago, and they’ve already compiled an impressive roster of clients including L’Oréal, Adidas, Dropbox, Lululemon, Budweiser and Red Bull.
Zestful is an HR app that helps companies find and organize team activities. Companies can browse and book activities — like battle-bots and chocolate making classes — at a discounted rate directly through the app, and then Zestful takes care of the rest. The app sends out invites and reminders, collects feedback after each event, and even integrates with popular apps like Slack. Zestful launched in Denver in mid-2016 and currently operates in Denver and the Bay Area.
Swipebox launched its merchant payment gateway in February 2017 and quickly realized where the opportunity presented itself: moderate- to high-risk businesses. Since then, they’ve been focused on building a platform that caters to this underserved slice of the business world — recurring billing industries like Dollar Shave Club, cannabis companies and other industries that work in high-dollar transactions. Swipebox raised $100,000 in seed money just last month and plans to continue focusing on client acquisition and growth.
Boomtown Accelerator grad HeadsUp was launched in 2017 by an atmospheric physicist and a TV weather broadcaster. Together, they built a platform that gives companies insight into how the forecasted weather might impact their businesses. The self-service weather platform helps users implement weather-triggered marketing strategies, manage inventory and staff, and reduce overhead using predictive analytics and forecasting.
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