Silicon Mountain (Denver)

Silicon Mountain Denver / Boulder / Colorado Springs
Tech hub
Country	United States
State	Colorado
City	Denver

Central Colorado has a high rate of educated people with at least a bachelor's degree.
List of colleges and universities in Colorado

Silicon Mountain spans from Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, to Colorado Springs

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

Incubators

• The Founder Institute
• Techstars
• Innovation Pavilion

Fortune 500 Companies

• Ball Corporation
• CH2M ^[3]
• DaVita
• Dish Network
• Envision Healthcare
• Level 3 Communications
• Newmont
• Qurate Retail Group
• Western Union

See also

• Denver Tech Center
• Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation
• List of companies with Denver area operations
• List of places with "Silicon" names

References

1. "2015 Colorado Startup Report: $683M in funding and $2.7B in exits". Built In Colorado.
2. Galbraith, Sasha. "Watch Out Silicon Valley! Colorado Primed to Emerge as the Next Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship". Forbes .
3. "Ten big Colorado firms make Fortune 500 list". 6 June 2016.