Silicon Mountain (Denver)
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| Country | United States |
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| City | Denver |
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Silicon Mountain, also known as the "Silicon Flatirons" is a nickname given to the tech hub in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area and Colorado Springs, Colorado metropolitan area. The name is analogous to Silicon Valley, but refers to the Rocky Mountains beyond the skyline. Denver startups raised $401 million in 2015, and Boulder startups raised $183 million in 2015.[1][2]
Startups[edit]
Venture capital[edit]
Incubators[edit]
Fortune 500 Companies[edit]
- Ball Corporation
- CH2M[3]
- DaVita
- Dish Network
- Envision Healthcare
- Level 3 Communications
- Newmont
- Qurate Retail Group
- Western Union
See also[edit]
- Denver Tech Center
- Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation
- List of companies with Denver area operations
- List of places with "Silicon" names
References[edit]
- ^ "2015 Colorado Startup Report: $683M in funding and $2.7B in exits". Built In Colorado.
- ^ Galbraith, Sasha. "Watch Out Silicon Valley! Colorado Primed to Emerge as the Next Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship". Forbes.
- ^ "Ten big Colorado firms make Fortune 500 list". 6 June 2016.
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