Entrepreneurs / Small Business  April 4, 2019

Galvanize to host hardware pitch competition

BOULDER — The Mountain Regional Hardware Cup, a pitch competition for early-stage hardware startups, will be 6 p.m. today at Galvanize in Boulder, 1023 Walnut St.

The winner of the pitch competition will earn a $3,000 prize and entry into the national finals in Pittsburgh, where the winner receives a $50,000 convertible-debt investment.

Companies pitching are:

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BOULDER — The Mountain Regional Hardware Cup, a pitch competition for early-stage hardware startups, will be 6 p.m. today at Galvanize in Boulder, 1023 Walnut St.

The winner of the pitch competition will earn a $3,000 prize and entry into the national finals in Pittsburgh, where the winner receives a $50,000 convertible-debt investment.

Companies pitching are:

Artimus Robotics Inc., Boulder — The company provides life-like motion to the next generation of robotics and automation with highly versatile and cost-effective artificial muscles.

Copper Labs Inc., Boulder — Copper builds a wireless energy monitor that helps utilities leverage real-time energy data to engage consumers…

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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