Boulder, Fort Collins make Most Innovative Tech Hubs top 10 list

Boulder and Fort Collins were ranked second and sixth, respectively, on NerdWallet’s top-10 list of America’s Most Innovative Tech Hubs released Monday.

Boulder came in behind San Jose, Calif., for the top spot, and was followed by San Francisco; Corvallis, Ore.; and Seattle in the top 5.

NerdWallet, a San Francisco-based company that develops data tools to help consumers make decisions, considered three main factors in its analysis. Those included the number of technology patents granted per 1,000 residents from 2009 to 2013, the amount of venture funding received per capita in 2014, and tech startup density.

Boulder had the highest…