Boulder Startups
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Boulder.
John Ives
Investor
Founder Tahoma Ventures, Boulder Angels, Chips on the Deck, Serano Systems, Storage Markets
http://www.johnives.com
Tobias Peggs
Investor
Formerly CEO of @oneriot...acquired by Walmart...where I now oversee international mobile products.
http://tobiaspeggs.tumblr.com/
Bart Lorang
Investor
Entrepeneur, Tech Nerd; CEO and Co-Founder of @fullcontact. Passionate about solving the world's contact information problem and helping entrepreneurs.
http://fullcontact.com/blog
Ryan McIntyre
Investor
Founder @foundry-group, @excite-home • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Studied at @stanford-university
http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/
Henry Parry-Okeden
Investor
Founder of @oakview-group - Invests in and assists early stage companies
Mike Lewis
Investor
Currently co-founder of @kapost. Former @qloud co-founder which grew to 25MM users and acquired by @buzzmedia. Worked at @aol. CS degree from @dartmouth-college.
http://loo.me
Tom Keller
Investor
Investor in @sendgrid-1, @intense-debate. Advisor to @tapinfluence.
http://www.tkeller.com/
Edward Roberto
Investor
Investor in @coverity, @biovantage. @precog. Advisor to @ypickme.
Eric Marcoullier
Current: Advising a boatload of startups on fundraising and acquisitions
Previously: Cofounder OneTrueFan, Gnip, MyBlogLog, IGN.
Rich Schmelzer
Investor
Founder @geopalz, @jibbitz-for-crocs • Investor @precog, @simple-energy, Fellow @nike-accelerator, Founder @iparchive,
Walt Pounds
Investor
Investor in @fullcontact-1, @macavo, @twelve-beverage, @protect, @carasolva, @purthread.
Brett Jackson
Investor
Entrepreneur & Early-Stage Investor. Board Member @avx-aircraft-company; Seed Fund; Early Crocs employee and investor.
James Franklin
Investor
CEO at @sendgrid-1
Ari Newman
Investor
Network Catalyst @ Techstars, Entrepreneur/Investor/Advisor. Lover of early-stage tech biz and life in Boulder, CO
http://arinewman.com
John Moyer
Investor
Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Rancher
Pete Sheinbaum
Investor
4x Startup guy and Angel. E! Online's Commerce Biz, AlexBlake.com (COO), DailyCandy.com (CEO), LinkSmart.com (Founder and CEO). Dozen or so invests.
Jason Seats
Investor
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Nick Wyman
Investor
@foundry-group Special Projects, @techstars Associate, @BoulderBeta Producer, Angel Investor.
Brad Dupee
Investor
3-time entrepreneur. Currently a co-founder at @mobileday
Stefan Koenig
Investor
Co- Founder @hull • Worked at @sap • Investor @kato, @shopventory
Chris J. Snook
Investor
Serial Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, & Venture Catalyst...Hired-Gun for QualcommLabs, Xconomy and Angel/Founder at Parallel6, Co-Founder www.launchha.us
http://www.chrisjsnook.com
Eric Sikola
Investor
Started @expensecloud (Sold to @trinet ) Worked at Aperture (Acq. by EMR), Systinet (Acq. by HP), webMethods (Acq. by SoftwareAG) & Forte (Acq. by Sun)
Peter Adams
Investor
Founder @biz-girls, @omniportraits • Worked at @rockies-venture-club, @design-workshop • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @regis-university
Gavin Lee
Investor
Entrepreneur, TechStars Boulder Alumni & Angel Investor
Lance G Johnson
Investor
Advisor & Investor in Boulder/NYC/SF. Former Head of Corp Dev MIH Naspers (Tencent, Mail.ru) & GM Mobile @yahoo VP @nokia Fulbright Scholar in Economics.
Yoav Lurie
Investor
CEO and Founder of @simple-energy. @techstars alum (Boulder, 2011). Previously @synteractive. @duke-university alum.
http://yoavlurie.com
Scott Brown
Founder CEO that writes code @bounce-io , @kronovia, @coldspark & others with a passion for bounced email, compliance, APIs & the uke.
Jason B Kiefer
Investor
CEO of @pixoto, Founder of @pictage, Angel
Alex Kremer
Investor
SVP Partnerships at @nor1. Co-Founded @flextrip, acq by Nor1. Co-founder of startups in the Wine, Music and Hosting industries. Founded first startup at 16.
http://www.tnooz.com/author/akremer/
Brent Daily
Founder of @roundpegg and previously founded @yahoo Green. Student of company culture and part-time nerd. @stanford-graduate-school-of-business 2005.
http://blog.roundpegg.com
Ken Spratlin
Investor
Georgia Tech Aerospace, MIT Aero/Astro, Algorithms, Location-Based Services, Computer Vision, Product Development, M&A
Eric Balsa
Investor
Founder and CTO, Recovery Database Network (acquired by @openlane 2010), Investor @digital-recognition-network, technical cofounder, ASF committer, Angel investor
Derek Liston
Investor
Emergency physician, expedition doctor, and medical logistician. Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians.
Michael Abdy
Investor
Founder TeQuity • President @housefax-1
Gary Ebersole
Investor
C-level experience at several Silicon Valley startups. Marketing, product development and sales.
Elizabeth Kraus
Investor
Founder of the Impact Angel Group. Investing in Colorado-based companies to strengthen our local economy and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
http://www.impactangelgroup.com
John Volkmar
Investor
Founder of to-be-named start-up. 10year US Army Special Forces veteran. Most recently Director of Operations for Foro Energy.
John Keane
Investor
Invest in early stage cleantech companies (King Hill Capital). Former executive at @keane, Inc. Founded @arcstream-solutions.
Micah Tapman
Investor
Founded cybersecurity firm ('07). Founded creative services firm ('11). Fortune 500 ex-pat.
Drew Knowles
Investor
Founder @berkeley-square-partners, @quansoo-capital-management-llc • Investor @facebook, @b3c-fuel-solutions
Sherrard Harrington
Investor
CEO and Co-Founder of Marvel Capital Group based in Boulder, CO. Invested in a few real estate properties looking to expand and invest in startup companies.
Mark Evans
Investor
CEO @addion; MD Ionic Media; GM US Search & Dir Prod Mgmt GoTo; McKinsey; Nikko Securities (Tokyo); UC @university-of-california-berkeley; @wharton-school MBA
Steve Georgis
Investor
CEO and Angel @linerate-systems with recent >10x exit. Founder/CEO @ ProStor Systems. Co-Founder/CEO at Network Photonics. Co-founder at Exabyte.
Uriah Bueller
Investor
Founder of Parasoleil.
Product designer for community connectivity.
Mark Kreloff
Investor
Start-Up equity placement and investing since 1995. Prefer software, apps, mobile media and specialty food industries.
David Prinster
Investor
Executive Leader with 20+ years experience in IT industry in Marketing, Sales, Bus-Dev, Strategy, and Partnerships.
Eric Olden
Investor
Founded 2 successful security companies, Symplified and Securant. $225,000,000 exits/equity. Angel in Log Rhythm. Raised $78M in VC (all up rounds).
Sandy Rich
Investor
Early employee @statsmix (@techstars 2010). Worked at @t-rowe-price-group-inc, @greenspring-associates • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder
Adam W. Chase
Investor
http://www.@linkedin.com/pub/adam-chase/3/745/aab
Patrick Walsh
Investor
Entrepreneur, innovator, leader and investor.
Aaron Frank
Making tiny dents in my own large way!
Todd Biggs
Investor
Advisor @touchmail, just relocated to @denver, worked for @microsoft on WindowsPhone, @marketplaces, @app-stores, @education , @email , @messaging , & developers.
Mark Larter
Investor
Expert software geek. Have put some time and earnings into a few things that I believe in. Things have gone well so far.