Accelerator to focus on women-owned startups

BOULDER – Two serial entrepreneurs have started a new–business accelerator with a focus on women-led companies.

MergeLane, founded by angel investors Sue Heilbronner and Elizabeth Kraus, aims to bring more women into the startup community and generate returns for investors through the acceleration of high-growth, gender-diverse companies.

“Data overwhelmingly shows that venture-backed, female-run companies produce higher returns,” said Heilbronner, MergeLane’s chief executive, in a prepared statement. “MergeLane is set up to be on par with the leading accelerators in the…