Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) has selected 17 of the 30 companies that will present at its inaugural event that will take place on September 17 in Denver. The event – co-hosted by the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) and the Arizona BioIndustry Organization (AZBio) with regional partners in Montana, Utah and New Mexico [...]
Denver-based website software company The Fuel Team has been acquired by PR Newswire. The Fuel Team’s software has powered PR Newswire’s online newsroom and investor room tools since the two companies entered into a partnership in 2004. PR Newswire’s Media Room is used by businesses of all sizes to power their online newsrooms [...]
The Riddling Gatekeeper: While the black box that is Apple’s iPhone App approval process may not involve a mythical creature asking developers “What goes around the world but stays in a corner?”, the process seems to prove just as perplexing. Certainly, the app store boasts many success stories and provides a powerful platform for [...]
McAfee, Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire MX Logic for $140M in cash at closing with the potential for an additional $30M based on certain performance targets. MX Logic is a leading provider of cloud-based email and web security and email archiving and continuity services. McAfee views the acquisition as an important [...]
CBSA’s BioBreakfast on Wednesday brought together a panel to discuss the prospects for financing Life Science companies in the current economy. Moderated by Rusty Spinney of CaridianBCT, the panel discussed a wide range of issues while comparing the present climate to the financing environment of just a few years ago. The panelists were:
Dr. [...]
The Denver chapter of the Keiretsu Forum hosted its July Forum meeting on Wednesday at the Microsoft office in the Denver Tech Center. Entrepreneurs presenting to this group of Accredited Investors represented companies founded in the IT, Life Science, Clean Technology, Shipping, and Natural Foods industrial sectors. After an introduction by Denver Chapter Keiretsu founder [...]
July’s Colorado Cleantech Initiative meeting began with Trent Yang providing an overview of The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI, pronounced “racy”) which was formerly known as the CU Energy Initiative. Yang serves as the Entrepreneurship and Business Development Director for the Institute and brings experience from the venture capital arena. The goal [...]
Ping Identity announced that its PingConnect™ Single Sign-on has been integrated with Google Apps, enabling a universal Software as a Service (SaaS) sign-on by managing user access in the cloud. Once logged in to their Google Apps domain users can now access other services, such as Salesforce.com CRM and WebEx – as well as over [...]
They say that no one can time the market, but some folks just get lucky: Nate Abbott and Natty Zola – best friends since Boulder elementary school – were both working on Wall Street in 2007 and decided the financial track lacked the potential for fulfillment. So they did what many threaten but few dare: [...]
Rebit Inc.was selected as “Editor’s Choice Storage Device” by Computer Times Magazine. The editor noted the ease of use (“just plug it in to a USB connection and let it do it’s thing”), but was most impressed by the fact that Rebit backs up one’s entire computer rather than just personal files. This [...]