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Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc.
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BEST PLACE FOR ECONOMIC & JOB GROWTH
BEST PLACE IN THE U.S. TO LAUNCH A STARTUP
BEST CITY IN THE U.S. TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR
AMERICA’S BEST PLACE FOR BUSINESS AND CAREERS
BEST PLACE FOR MILLENNIAL-AGED ENTREPRENEURS
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Center City Startups
4,359 center city startup employees
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$408,909,000 in VC funding raised by 42 startups in the past year
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5 largest funding rounds in the past year: Layer3 TV Craftsy Welltok Ping Identity Altitude Digital 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
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Why Denver?
$ DENVER STARTUP WEEK IS THE LARGEST FREE ENTREPRENEURIAL EVENT IN THE U.S., ATTRACTING UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE
ABOUT THIS REPORT:
THERE ARE 26,260 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, WEB DESIGNERS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS IN THE DENVER METRO AREA
VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN COLORADO COMPANIES INCREASED BY OVER 70% FROM 2013 TO 2014
DOWNTOWN DENVER’S PROJECTED GROWTH RATE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS IS OVER FOUR TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
THE COMMONS ON CHAMPA, A PUBLIC CAMPUS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, IS A GATHERING PLACE FOR DENVER’S INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
THANK YOU:
STARTUP DEFINITION:
BOUNDARIES, SOURCES & MORE INFO:
Colorado Technology Association & Built In Colorado
Company in the technology industry that has fewer than 100 employees & was formed in the last decade
Boundaries have been updated from the 2014 Startup report. For more information, sources or questions, visit www.DowntownDenver.com or call 303-534-6161
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WORD ON THE STREET “We were founded here on purpose. The quality of life really makes Denver a great place to be. That makes it easier to attract good talent - people want to be here. From a travel perspective, Denver's really convenient - it's easy to get to either coast.”
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“We evaluated over a dozen cities and by the end it was a no-brainer — no other city offered what Denver had.”
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“The center city has an incredible entrepreneurial energy that invites people to get engaged and think big, and we will continue to provide the resources and tools that help entrepreneurs and startups succeed in our community.”
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“We have this confluence of lifestyle, cost of living, access to engineers, local investors, who have national reputations like Foundry Group and Access Venture Partners, as well as a Mayor who gets it and a Governor who is an entrepreneur himself. All the ingredients are there.”
- John Levisay, Founder & CEO, Craftsy
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