Silicon Mountain (Denver)
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Silicon Mountain
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Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
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[]
- SolidFire
- Zayo Group
- Dot Hill Systems
- AlchemyAPI
Venture capital[]
![Colorado Venture Capital Investment](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Colorado_Venture_Capital.png/400px-Colorado_Venture_Capital.png)
Incubators[]
Fortune 500 Companies[]
- Dish Network
- DaVita Inc.
- Liberty Interactive
- Level 3 Communications
- Ball Corp.
- Newmont Mining
- Western Union
- Envision Healthcare
- CH2M Hill[3]
See also[]
- Denver Tech Center
- Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation
- List of companies with Denver area operations
- List of places with "Silicon" names
References[]
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Ten big Colorado firms make Fortune 500 list". 6 June 2016.
Categories:
- High-technology business districts in the United States
- Information technology places
- Business stubs