The IT company, which advertises cloud storage, data processing, security services and IT certification prep courses on its website, filed for bankruptcy in Denver on Friday.
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Another cybersecurity firm raises capital
Denver-based Optiv, which advises customers on how to prevent, detect and clean up after security breaches, opened a funding round on June 20 and has landed $2 million in new investment.
The Term Sheet: Startup funding roundup for June
Companies aiming to help surgeons – and singles – were among 30 up-and-comers claiming a chunk of the $41 million invested in Colorado startups last month.
Tennyson St. barbershop lands $120K investment; looking for second location
Co-owner Taylor Romero said the money comes from a Minnesota Techstars accelerator program sponsored by big-box retailer Target.
Sigmon says: Denver startup connects leagues with refs
Rob Sigmon knows his pitch sounds a little cliché. “Everybody wants to be the next Uber,” said Sigmon, the founder of Centennial-based startup iRef, which has just raised $200,000. “But we’re kind of designed around that concept of being an Uber for referees.”
Gear rental startup puts $1M raise in the crosshairs
A Colorado Springs startup that rents skis and parkas to out-of-state visitors is looking to raise $1 million, as it adds more summer gear and lets customers use rentals as credit toward buying equipment.
VCs pump $1.5M into imaging startup
The founders of a Westminster startup have their hearts in the right place. CardioNXT co-founders Jerome Edwards and Dr. Bobby Kurian raised $1.5 million to test a tool they say will let doctors see inside the heart without increasing the cost of surgery. They like to say the heart is like a house, with plumbing… Read more »
Software startup raises $11M
Denver-based compliance software startup Convercent has raised $11 million as it prepares to increase its workforce by a third.
Local entrepreneur creates ‘valet’ storage service
Cameron Smith is betting that all those Denver transplants moving into smaller and smaller dwellings will need a separate place to squirrel away those skis and mountain bikes. And snow tires.
Brothers inflate balloon business to 14 states; hate helium
This is no child’s play: Two local brothers found a niche making sturdier balloons that float above car lots and apartment rental offices.