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Google Broke Ground on their Boulder Campus
Google officially broke ground on their four acre campus on Boulder’s Pearl Street. Eventually, the space will feature three four-story buildings and an underground parking lot. The first buildings should be completed in about a year and a half. [Google breaks ground on new four-acre Boulder campus, Denver Post]
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Sphero’s newest robot aims to inspire the next generation of techies
Sphero unveiled a new app controlled robot called the SPRK. The company designed the robot to be used in the classroom to help kids get excited about learning STEM subjects. The robot is controlled by a new version of Sphero’s app that utilizes visual blocks to represent Sphero’s C-based coding language OVAL. [Built in Colorado]
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SBA Awards Local Startup Accelerators $50k in Grants
The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded three Colorado startup accelerators $50 thousand in grants. These accelerators were just three of the 80 around the country that won similar grants, out of an initial pool of 400. The winners were the Warehouse Business Accelerator, MergeLane and the Unreasonable Institute. [3 accelerators from region win $50,000 SBA grants, Biz West]
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2 Colorado startups pitch Obama in first ever White House Pitch Day
Two Colorado-based startups were invited to pitch at the first ever White House Pitch Day. The event was designed to offer individuals traditionally underrepresented in entrepreneurship pitch their stories to the President. The two Colorado startups were Base Directory and Sword and Plough. [Built in Colorado]
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Occipital Raised $13M in New Funding Round
Occipital raised $13M in new funding from Intel Capital, Shea Ventures, Grishin Robotics and the Foundry Group. The company makes software and hardware that allows tablets to scan a room or object in three dimensions. [Occipital captures a new $13M funding round for 3D imaging technology, Venture Beat]
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WeWork Signed a Lease on 3 Floors of Prime Denver Real Estate
The coworking space giant WeWork signed a lease on 70 thousand square feet of real estate at 16th Street and Wewatta. The company will occupy 3 floors of the still-under-construction Triangle Building. There are rumours that this is only the first of several WeWork coworking spaces that will eventually operate in the city. [Built in Colorado]
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