VC dollars continue to pour into Boulder

As I discussed back in April, VC dollars continue to roll in Boulder. It’s doubtful we’ll reach the $266.8M level that we reached in the first quarter of this year. But here’s some of the most recent action. Symplified recently raised $6M from Granite Ventures and Allegis Capital. Rally Software just raised $16.8M from Mohr …

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Hiring event

A group of companies including Newsgator, Gold Systems, Me.dium, Rally Software, and StillSecure are hosting a hiring event Wednesday night from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Westin in Westminster. The companies are looking for a variety of positions, so it’s not just for you impossible to find developers. Go check it out if you’re in …

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VCIR Presenting Companies

VCIR had 33 presenting companies in three tracks this year. 22 were IT related, and 11 were life sciences. Unfortunately, I only got to see about a third of them. Envysion – Broadband video surveillance. This targets food service, hotel and retail businesses who want to use the Internet to manage surveillance. They’ve landed customers …

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Rally Software (Boulder)

Rally provides software development management solutions for agile development. Early customers include notable Colorado companies such as Roving Planet, MarketVoyce (OneVoyce), and Webroot, but this list has grown extensively. The company charges about $65/user/month for access to its hosted solution. Individual investors and Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures have contributed 8.5M in funding in …

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