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Nicole’s Entrepreneurship Resources

April 23, 2008

My friend Nicole Glaros has developed this great list of resources for entrepreneurs in Colorado. She originally posted it on her blog. When I saw it I asked if I could post it here, since I thought it was such a great list. Thanks Nicole!

Nicole says:

Given I’ve been trotting around the entrepreneurial community here in Colorado for quite some time (with a list of my own business ideas but not quite the gumption to give it a go yet…), I’ve been amassing a collection of resources that anyone trying to start a business in CO might need. As I have time, I’ll update/add/delete to this list, and even put in some personal experiences with the ones I know. In the meantime, enjoy.

This list is by no means exhaustive, but I’m trying to make it so! Please send me your links/resources and I’ll add them here. I also live in Boulder, CO, so you’ll see a bias to resources on the front range.

Funding Sources for Colorado Entrepreneurs

Access Venture Parnters - Enterprise software, information technology, internet and telecom infrastructure

Aweida Venture Partners - data storage, software, life sciences

Altira Group LLC - energy technologies

Appian Ventures - software and technologies for networks

Boulder Ventures - communications, enterprise software, life sciences

Bow River Capital Parnters - manufacturing, distribution, business and consumer services, financial services, transportation, real estate

The Carlyle Group - aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy and power, health care, industrial real estate, technololgy, business services, telecommunications and media

Centennial Ventures - networks and related software and technology

CHB Capital Partners - manufacturing, construction, service firms

Foundry Group - made famous by the verbose Brad Feld

Greenmont Capital Partners - natural products, lifestyles of health and sustainability

InvestorAvenue.com - Provides online matchmaking between investors and entrepreneurs. Based in Colorado. SEC compliant.

KRG Capital Partners - health care, transportation, logistics, life sciences, niche construction, medical technology, advertising/marketing, specialty finance, specialty chemicals, infrastructure

Lacuna - $23M fund in Boulder that focuses on gap funding between $1M-$4M.

Lynwood Capital - services, distribution, manufacturing

Meritage Funds - communications, next-gen broadband networks, internet infrastructure, software, media, outsourced communications

New West Capital Partners

Republic Financial Corp

Resource Capital Funds - mining

Sequel Venture Partners - information technology, life sciences

Silver Creek Technology Investors - information technology

Stolberg Equity Partners

Venture Associates

Vestar Capital Partners

Vista Ventures - IT, communications, semiconductors, enabling technologies

Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors - residential real estate

Wolf Ventures - storage, network communications, enterprise software, new media

 
Colorado Business Incubators

TechStars - David Cohen’s venture, this fun group requires an application, and if accepted, you get some cash, guidance, and some office space for a summer. Techstars infused some much needed energy into the tech community on the front range and is doing great.

Longmont Entrepreneurial Network - The CTEK Longmont Venture Center, a large facility focused on early-stage high-growth startups that inlcude discounted lab and office space, advisor consulting and support, and intros to funding sources.

CTEK Denver Venture Center at Stapleton - The CTEK Stapleton Venture Center, a newly renovated facility focused on early stage high-growth startups that offer discounted office space, advisor consulting and support, and intros to funding sources.

Boulder Innovation Center - Helping Boulder companies, works a lot with the CU Tech Transfer Office

Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team - For software startups that align with Microsoft’s vision

Colorado’s Small Business Development Centers - Designed to help brand new entrepreneurs start companies. The SBDC’s work with all kinds of companies, not just high growth.

Denver Enterprise Center - A business incubator located in Denver that includes a kitchen incubator.

Ft. Collins Technology Incubator - A technology incubator located in Ft. Collins featuring 6,500 sq feet of office space.

Colorado Springs Technology Incubator - A technology incubator helping companies in the greater Colorado Springs area with business advice, education, and office space.

Business Incubator Center - An incubator in Grand Junction working with many different types of business and bringing together many resources in Mesa County.

Meetings, Clubs, and Websites

The New Technology Meetup - This group has a TON of members. Entrepreneurs pitch for various and sundry reasons, and people network. The quality of the pitches are going down a bit, but it’s still entertaining.

The Founders Meetup - A place to find your next business partner. It’s a small group but growing.

Boulder Startup Weekend - An entire weekend dedicated to launching a company. Fun!

Boulder Open Coffee Club - This group gets together every 2 weeks to talk about anything.

Boulder TechBootstrap - Information on the Boulder Tech Community

Facebook Developer Garage - To meet developers and partners, focused mostly on facebook apps, but can extend beyond that.

Written by David Cohen · Filed Under Blog, Startups 

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