Startups

Inspired by companywide potluck dinners, a company has raised more than $22,000 for a cast iron skillet that uses grooves to drain fat and grease away from food.

The capital brings its investment total to $10 million as it looks for buyers at hotels and assisted-living facilities.

A Denver startup helping self-insured employers save on healthcare costs has raised more than $1 million from 15 investors, according to SEC documents.

It’s the first store the company has opened since debuting its eyewear last year and began testing customers’ vision with a virtual reality headset months later.

The honeymoon hasn’t even started yet for an engaged Wyoming couple, but they already have taken the road less traveled by building their own fleet of light campers.

Four years after saying “no thanks” to Shark Tank investors on national TV, a barefoot sprinter and his running sandal are bolting toward more products, a larger office and $3 million in fresh investment.

Denver’s capital raises in April were led by an oil and gas company, which hauled in $200 million during the month.

James Eberhard’s mobile app Fluid Market aims to make renting household items as easy as hailing an Uber. But his previous employer thinks he’s shared too much of its data with his new startup, and sued him in Denver District Court.

It may look more like something that belongs in “Star Wars,” but a Denver company says its new pingpong ball-sized device can kill germs, purify water and make shoes less stinky.

In its 5,400-square-foot grow area, Infinite Harvest can plant an acre’s worth of produce in one-tenth of the space.