A dating app for singles that prefer meeting people while stretching instead of swiping has raised $820,000 as it contemplates pushing into Portland, Ore., this fall.
Dating app lands $800K in fresh capital; looks to add Portland to its practice
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The Term Sheet: Startup Funding Roundup for May
Startups selling tools to keep data from getting hacked and beer from going flat were among those claiming a slice of the $45 million invested in Colorado startups last month, according to a tally of SEC filings. BusinessDen’s monthly survey of SEC Form Ds found that Denver startups raised $20 million, and Boulder startups raised… Read more »
Sex-toy startup fails to excite; winds down in bankruptcy
Boulder Applied Physics, which sold adult play things under the brand name Orgasmatronics, was the four-year startup dalliance of a Yale Ph.D. physicist, a web designer and a medical researcher.
Keg maker plans to tap into a potentially huge new market
The makers of a beer keg built to fit in your refrigerator door are tapping a $2 million capital raise to start serving a new market: Breweries.
Cybersecurity firm raises $4M, adds U.K. office
After acquiring a United Kingdom-based competitor in October, a Denver cybersecurity company has raised $4 million as it expands overseas and keeps developing its software.
Cybersecurity company wants to add a Colorado Springs location
SecureSet Academy has secured more than half its goal of $950K for expansion; classes would start in the fall.
Ad-tech startup raises $1M
AppThis, now with a second office in Tel Aviv, places ads for more than 50,000 apps
That science experiment you left out for too long? Nanoly Bioscience can help
A startup at the Fitzsimons Innovation Campus in Aurora has raised $1 million to save fellow researchers the headache of scrapping an experiment left out of the lab refrigerator for too long.
Car-buying app signals new phase with downtown HQ, hiring blitz
Co-founder Rod Buscher, formerly of John Elway dealerships, sees a huge market with 17 million cars sold privately each year.
A group of investors helps another loan company with $5.1 million in new capital
A local startup that lends to other businesses landed more than $5 million in capital, just in time for a move a few blocks away to a former bank branch.
