Startups

A former OtterBox CEO with a decade of sales experience has taken over the reins at the emergency alert company.

The Kickstarter campaign, which has reached 70 percent of its $10,000 goal, aims to make small devices that stick behind an ear, making subtle noises when it detects grinding or clenching.

Swipebox, which provides payment processing to predominately higher-risk businesses, has pocketed its first $100,000 as it expands its sales team.

The 12-person startup, which has landed clients including the Colorado Rockies and University of Colorado athletic department, is raising funds to expand its sports and fitness tech.

A startup connecting patients with doctors via text messages has been dished its largest lump of funding to date.

A LoDo-based maker of small discs that monitor motion, water, alarms and other home concerns recently pocketed $10 million in funding, its largest amount of outside investment to date.

With a new CEO and partnership with General Mills, a protein bar company is doubling down on marketing to whet its appetite for exponential growth.

Startups selling speedos, laser technology and paintings that play music claimed a piece of the $45 million pie raised by Colorado startups.

The company has moved into an office downtown at Johns Manville Plaza, and plans to make 100 hires in the next year.

University of Northern Colorado alums have raised $27,000 on Kickstarter to launch a card game that tasks players to answer progressively raunchier questions, testing how well they know their buddies.