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October 19, 2015, 8:08 am

Heck yeah, we’re from Boulder: Chiaro Technologies

Welcome to our feature highlighting the numerous Colorado tech companies that make cool stuff. These little snippets are intended for readers to explore the technology being made right here. One company at a time, of course.

Chiaro Technologies

Need your robot to see better? It needs these eyes, the XDI-3D camera from Boulder's Chiaro Technologies.
Need your robot to see better? It needs these eyes, the XDI-3D camera from Boulder’s Chiaro Technologies.
The best way to see in 3-D is with your eyes — mysterious inventions that they are. The second best? Quite possibly the XDI-3D, the 3-D camera from Chiaro Technologies. Its double-eyed lens is meant for things, like robots, who not only need to see, but need to see depths, distinguish light variations and notice facial gestures. The camera and 3-D technology is backed by a couple of patents and Ph.D’s and targets robots of all types — ones that drive cars (sees the road in real-time to avoid obstacles and navigate complex terrain), help in the warehouse (can fill a box and knows if it’s overfilled or underfilled) or recognize a human’s facial expressions (for gaming and other interactive controls).
Headquarters: 1600 Range Street, Suite 102, in Boulder
Founded: 2007
Founders: Eric Moore, CEO; Benjamin Braker, CTO; Ronald Zimmerman, Dir. Business Development
Employees: 5
Recent news: The first systems are now shipping.
Contact: 303-554-0557
Home on the Web: www.chiarotech.com
Are you a Colorado tech business in the consumer world? Submit your information at dpo.st/coinfo for consideration.
Categories: Heck Yeah Colorado
October 14, 2015, 3:56 pm

Gogo adds faster 4G inflight Internet for clients with their own planes

Gogo Business Aviation in Broomfield is speeding up its in-air Internet -- but only for business clients.
Gogo Business Aviation in Broomfield is speeding up its in-air Internet — but only for business clients.
Noted: Inflight Internet provider Gogo said Wednesday that it is rolling out what it calls 4G service. But don’t expect it on passenger planes yet. This 4G service is coming out of Broomfield, home to Gogo’s Business Aviation division. It targets business aircraft, or planes owned by corporations. (Gogo’s passenger-airline business is based in Chicago).
Gogo’s Internet service relies on a network of wireless cell towers on the ground. The new service will also use 802.11ac, or the latest Wi-Fi technology. 
Officials could not offer an estimate of how much faster or better the Internet service will be. Gogo spokesman Tom Myers said, “We don’t have any great way to quantify the difference right now, but it’s several times more capable.” Read more…
Categories: Internet, Mobile
October 13, 2015, 3:27 pm

Coalfire expands in Denver after investors buy majority stake

Coalfire attracts new investor, which now owns majority stake in Westminster cybersecurity firm.
Coalfire attracts a new investor, which now owns a majority stake in the Westminster cybersecurity firm.
Noted: Cybersecurity is hot — and Coalfire is expanding while the going is good. The company, which moved its headquarters to Westminster on Sept. 21, expects to double its staff size in the next year. That could mean an additional 350 jobs.
Currently, Coalfire says it employs 350 people, which includes nearly 50 contract workers. At 13 offices worldwide, the company has 305 full-time workers. In Colorado, it employs 118 in Westminster and 12 in Centennial. Seattle has the second largest office, with 51 employees, and Atlanta comes in third, with 23.
The move to Westminster also doubled the size of its local office space, which now totals 25,000 square feet for both cities. Read more…
Categories: Software
October 13, 2015, 9:15 am

Most requested Denver Favor? Delivery app says it’s “Will you bring me a quesadilla?”

Austin, Tex.-based Favor actually came to Denver to snap this photo for its Denver site. The company currently employs 50 "runners" on a contract basis.
Austin, Texas-based Favor actually came to Denver to snap this photo for its Denver site. The company currently employs 50 “runners” on a contract basis.

Food delivery, apparently, is HUGE in Denver. And not just because there are more than a dozen startups and area services that offer to pick up your Chipotle chicken quesadilla and deliver it to your abode within 30 minutes, give or take. 
But it’s because a company like Austin, Texas-based Favor, which launched in Denver last May and has about 50 contractors driving around the metro area, actually offers any delivery favor. But Denverites still tapped Favor for food delivery.
“Yes, food/convenience items are always our most popular category (especially when first launching) in all of our markets,” said Tina Heileman, a Favor spokesperson. 
But there have been some true favors, she said. 
“Some of the more unusual Favor’s we’ve done include: clothing from a church to a homeless shelter, someone biked to work and forgot regular shoes so we got him Chuck Taylors from Nordstrom, Monopoly from Target, tampons, Pepto-Bismol, and a cardigan.”
The 10 most frequent favors that local customers ordered up? Favor provided this list: Read more…
Categories: Internet, startups
October 12, 2015, 8:08 am

Heck yeah, we’re from Denver: System76

Welcome to our feature highlighting the numerous Colorado tech companies that make cool stuff. These little snippets are intended for readers to explore the technology being made right here. One company at a time, of course.

System76

If anything is going to make Linux consumer friendly, it's free stickers. Get them with a SASE. And then check out Denver's System76, which builds Linux-friendly computers with Ubuntu.
If anything is going to make Linux consumer friendly, it’s free stickers. Get them with a SASE. And then check out Denver’s System76, which builds Linux-friendly computers with Ubuntu.
The hardcore geeks at System76 aren’t just building computers off Denver’s 16th Street Mall. They’re building Linux computers. More specifically, Ubuntu computers. Yup, no Windows here. Who uses this open-source operating system? Not many. But there’s enough business to keep this 14-person company kicking — it ships to 55 countries and “provides lifetime (human) support to about 25,000 customers.” In fact, customers are so appreciative, they are making fan videos to prove their dedication (Well, System76 is running an amusing Superfan contest). Ubuntu’s appeal is that it’s open source (read: it’s free) and simpler to use than you’d think because it’s a distribution, a.k.a. distro, of Linux. While not all consumer software works with Linux, there’s a whole realm of tools (also free), such as Libre Office and Gimp for photo editing. The appeal of System76? It just may break the myth that Linux is only for hardcore geeks. Did we mention free stickers?
Headquarters: 1600 Champa St., Suite 360, in Denver
Founded: 2005
Founders: Erik Fetzer and Carl Richell
Employees: 14
Recent news: After kids started hacking the Minecraft-built “The Canaletto” painting traveling with the Smithsonian video game exhibit Art of the Game, museum curators transferred it to System76’s Wild Dog Desktop.
Upcoming news: New computers launch Nov. 12
Contact: 720-226-9269
Home on the Web: system76.com
Are you a Colorado tech business in the consumer world? Submit your information at dpo.st/coinfo for consideration.
Categories: Heck Yeah Colorado, Technology
October 8, 2015, 10:56 am

Alternative cable service Layer3 TV still launching this year, just hired Boulder ad agency

This won't be what TDA_Boulder's new ad for Layer3 TV looks like.
This won’t be what TDA_Boulder’s new ad for Layer3 TV looks like.
More than 18 months after moving its headquarters to Denver to build an alternative to cable TV, Layer3 TV appears a wee bit closer to actually offering service. 
The company hired advertising agency TDA_Boulder to design an advertising campaign, which will be part of Layer3’s “upcoming launch this year,” the company said.
TDA_Boulder, which is based in Boulder, won the bid after a national search. But it wasn’t necessarily based on its cable expertise, which it doesn’t really have. Among its clients are Patagonia, Justin’s Nut Butter and Izze Natural Soda. Read more…
Categories: TV
October 6, 2015, 9:42 am

Seagate completes $696 million purchase of Longmont’s Dot Hill

seagateHillNoted: Seagate Technology said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of Dot Hill Systems Corp. in Longmont for about $696 million.
Both companies are in the computer storage industry. Seagate makes all sorts of hard drives for consumers, businesses and large enterprise users. Dot Hill, which was founded in 1984 and went public in 2000, builds software and hardware around storage systems. 
Cupertino, Calif.-based Seagate, which also has a design center in Longmont, announced its intent to buy Dot Hill on August 18. Before the news hit, Dot Hill’s stock traded at $5.38 per share. Seagate ultimately paid $9.75 per share.
In August, Dot Hill employed 260 people, while Seagate had 1,400 in Longmont. 
Last month, Seagate laid off about 70 workers there as part of 1,000 job cuts company wide. Company officials said at the time that the job cuts were part of “continual optimization of workforce resources.” Currently, Seagate has 18 job openings in Longmont.
Categories: Software, Technology
October 5, 2015, 8:08 am

Heck yeah, we’re from Boulder: Radish Systems

Welcome to our feature highlighting the numerous Colorado tech companies that make cool stuff. These little snippets are intended for readers to explore the technology being made right here. One company at a time, of course.

Radish Systems

No more wondering what the automated voice menu just said with Radish Systems' ChoiceView. Get sound AND images to see what your true options are.
No more wondering what the automated voice menu just told you with Radish Systems’ ChoiceView. Get sound AND images to see what your true options are.
Phone trees are for dumb phones or love hearing a mess of confusing menu of options (Wait, what was that? Can I rewind?). For the rest of us who use smartphones, Radish Systems developed a smart menu that adds images to help callers get the right information faster. Its ChoiceView productallows callers to listen and see. Options are laid out as images so it’s more point and click, like, er, the Internet. Of course, Radish didn’t stop there. The Boulder firm layered on the options — such as choosing a seat for a concert, sharing a picture with technical support or enabling an on-call nurse to share images of the medication a patient needs. Think of the possibilities!
Headquarters: 2525 Arapahoe Ave, Suite E4-604 in Boulder
Founded: 2009
Founders: Theresa Szczurek, CEO; Richard A. Davis, chief technology officer; and Anthony Brittain, chief architect
Employees: 6
Recent news: Finalist at last week’s Prime Digital Health Challenge. Won a share of the $150,000 grand prize and received pilot-program offers from Clínica Tepeyac and the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association.
Contact: 720-440-7560
Home on the Web: radishsystems.com
Are you a Colorado tech business in the consumer world? Submit your information at dpo.st/coinfo for consideration.
Categories: Heck Yeah Colorado
October 2, 2015, 5:40 pm

Denver Startup (end of the) Week winner roundup & resources

Denver Startup Weeks ends with everyone a winner
Denver Startup Weeks ends with everyone a winner
Startup Resources:
• Pivotal for Startups: Pivotal Labs launched a service offering free consultations
• Denver Capital Matrix: City created guide to 400 funding sources
• The Commons on Champa, home to a wealth of year-round resources for startups
As the fourth Denver Startup Week winds down Friday evening, the week-long freeevent set records and got local entrepreneurs pumped to get back to business.
Organizers said Friday registration is expected to hit 12,000 for the week, a nearly 50 percent increase from last year. 
Erik Mitisek, one of DSW’s organizers and CEO of the Colorado Technology Association, added that not every attendee even registers. 
“Only two-thirds who attend actually register. When you think about it, that means somewhere around 12,000 to 15,000 attended,” Mitisek said. “It is clearly by far the largest free week of its kind.”
And while everyone who attended surely got something out of the 230+ sessions and events, a handful of standouts took home cash prizes and a chunk of respect from their investors, organizers and other startups. For the record, I’ve rounded up the results (ping me if I missed anyone): 
The Denver Startup Week’s winners: Read more…
Categories: Events, startups
October 1, 2015, 1:12 pm

TechCrunch Denver event pits 8 startups in 60-second pitch off

TechCrunch hosts its first-ever Denver event with a pitch contest on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
TechCrunch hosts its first-ever Denver event with a pitch contest on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
Updated 10/2/2015: And the winner of the first ever TechCrunch Pitch-Off in Denver is … Conspire! It wins a spot in TechCrunch’s next Disrupt San Francisco event. The People’s Choice winner was BitsBox, which doesn’t get a spot in Disrupt, but two admission tickets. 
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You’ll just have to wait until tonight when the contest begins as part of Denver Startup Week (yes, you can still register to attend for free). The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Galvanize space at 1644 Platte St. It’s expected to wrap well past bedtime for the kids, which is just as well since there will be alcohol. 
===>Just in: Galvanize will be webcasting the event live: dpo.st/tcpitchoff (Sorry folks — this stream never worked, at least for me!)
The event is actually touted as MeetUp with the contest thrown in for the fun of it. There are more than 1,000 people registered. TechCrunch also finally revealed what companies will get 60 seconds to make their pitch (and they just found out too!): 
• ēdn , which touts “the future of indoor gardening”
• CannaRegs, which offers access to cannabis rules and regulations
• Greetly, a digital receptionist for salons and other businesses
• GetOutfitted, an online commerce site to rent ski clothing and equipment
• Revolar, a personal safety device connected to the Internet
• YesYesGo, an online primer on how to move and live in the United States
• BitsBox, a monthly kit that teaches kids how to code mobile apps
• Conspire, a new way to connect to business professionals you’re actually interested in connecting with
And according to Denver Startup Week organizers, the judges will include Boulder venture capitalist Brad Feld, Kate Shiloh, Techstars’ Nicole Glaros, AOL’s Luke Beauty (who overseas AOL-owned TechCrunch) and an unnamed TechCrunch editor. 
Categories: Events, startups
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