August 4, 2011

TechStars’ class makes pitches to VCs

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BOULDER – A former rocket scientist and two teenage truants were among the up-and-coming entrepreneurs who made their pitches Thursday at the 2011 TechStars Demo Day.

The event brought together potential investors and members of the Boulder tech community to hear presentations from the 12 graduates of the startup accelerator’s latest three-month program.

TechStars offers participating startups seed money, mentorship and access to investors.

The debutante companies were focused on the last item Thursday.

With a few hundred investors in the Boulder Theater and others watching on a streaming TV feed, they had found the right audience.

“There’s billions of dollars of experience in this…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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