GitPrime closes $10.5M in Series A funding
GitPrime, a Durango-based provider of productivity analytics for software engineering teams, announced on Wednesday that the company closed $10.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners, a Boston-based, software-focused venture capital firm. The company's mission, according to a company statement, is to elevate engineering leadership with objective data. [GitPrime]
Boulder-based Wunder raises $112M in funding
Wunder Capital, a company that develops and manages solar investment funds, announced last Wednesday that it has raised $112 million in equity and debt financing. Wunder will continue driving growth and scaling its platform with the new capital. New York-based investment firm Cyrus Capital led the Series B round, and existing investor Techstars Ventures also participated. Wunder’s goal is to bring solar to businesses across the U.S. and tailor offerings to larger institutional capital markets. [Built In Colorado]
Optiv Security moves into its new Denver HQ
Cybersecurity company Optiv Security has made its move to Denver, which will be the home of its new headquarters. More face-to-face interactions is one of the outcomes CEO Dan Burns hopes will come from the move. Optiv Security has close to 1,700 employees across its locations and provides cybersecurity consultation services. The company is set to bring in $2.5 billion in annual revenue this year. [Denver Business Journal]
WaveLynx and UniKey Technologies will partner to help bridge the physical and digital security worlds
WaveLynx, which develops physical security readers, and Unikey Technologies, which develops a smart access control platform, announced on Tuesday that the companies will partner. The goal of the partnership is to make mobile access easier for users. The collaboration will merge WaveLynx’s access control hardware and identity management systems with UniKey’s mobile IP. The mobile technology will “save users the time and frustration of fumbling for their keys and key cards,” according to Phil Dumas, UniKey’s founder and CEO, who said as much in a recent statement. This joint project is expected to launch sometime in 2018. [Innovation News]
Brazen Global, supporter of women-led startups, to launch in Denver
Brazen Global, a women's membership organization that supports startups led by women, has expanded into six new cities — including Denver. Jennifer Ehlen founded Brazen in 2014, and the group also offers a for-profit business accelerator called Prosper. Brazen is based in St. Louis and is currently led by Executive Director Mindy Mazur, while Denver will have its own acting director. [St.Louis Post-Dispatch]
Upserve brings customer operations center to Denver
Upserve has a new home in good ole Denver, Colorado. The restaurant management platform announced on Wednesday that it has opened a new customer operations center. The company began staffing the center earlier this year and began operations in March. Upserve CEO and founder Angus Davis said in a statement that Denver’s growing workforce, restaurant culture and quality of life attracted the company to the city. [Press release]
Foundry Group backs 3D laser printer Glowforge in $10M funding
Foundry Group, a Boulder-based, tech-focused venture capital firm, has backed Glowforge, a 3D laser printer maker, in a new $10 million funding round. This funding came from Foundry Group and True Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Foundry is also a prior investor in Glowforge and led the last round for the company in 2016, along with True Venture. In 2015, Glowforge made more than $27,900,000 through crowdfunding efforts. [techrockies] [Press Release]
Zayo founder donates $2M to support entrepreneurship at CU Boulder
Dan Caruso, the co-founder and CEO of Zayo, and his wife Cindy Caruso are donating $2 million to support entrepreneurship and diversity at the University of Colorado Boulder. About half of the donation came through The Caruso Foundation. The university has planned a building expansion in honor of the donations, which will connect the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Leeds School of Business to highlight the connection between tech and business. [CU Boulder Today]
 (1).png)
