Boomtown accelerator opens first location outside Colorado

BOULDER — Boomtown, a local accelerator, announced its first geographic expansion, with plans to open an Atlanta branch later this year.

The accelerator is partnering with Comcast to open a space in the telecom company’s regional headquarters.

The expansion comes after years of partnership Boomtown has had with Comcast, said Boomtown co-director Toby Krout in an interview with BizWest.

“We started engaging with Comcast back in 2015,” Krout said. “They partnered with us to have a connected devices hardware prototype lab in our Boulder office. Then we continued conversations. Atlanta is an up-and-coming…