Filtrbox, one of the Techstars companies from 2007 which provides a time-saving cure for information overload, has left private beta behind and is now available to everyone. Early feedback seems quite positive both from individuals and from sources such as Network World, which called the user interface “so good it should immediately be given an …
According to a MoneyTree Survey (via BCBR), “eighteen companies in the Boulder Valley received venture capital funding totaling $266.8 million during first quarter 2008.” This doesn’t include angel investment – we’re just talking about reported VC investment. Outside of Boulder Valley, just eight more Colorado companies were funded in Q1 meaning that nearly 70% (18 …
Umbria (new media intelligence and sentiment analysis) announced today that it has been acquired by JD Power for an undisclosed amount. The 40 person Umbria team should continue to operate from Boulder, according to Tech Rockies. Other Colorado companies in a related space include Collective Intellect and Filtrbox.
Thanks to Eric Olson and Frank Gruber, as well as DEMO, Lijit and Threadless for throwing TECH Cocktail last night here in Boulder. I think there were about 200 people who came out from the local tech community and SocialThing, Filtrbox, Survey Gizmo, and Newsgator were there showing off their (soft) wares. Go and check …
If you don’t give a crap about VCIR, at least you only have to deal with these posts all in one day. At least you’re not me, currently sitting through a pitch on semi-conductors in a language that I don’t recognize at all. I just noticed that Todd Vernon is also live-blogging VCIR, and making …
Boulder-based Filtrbox, a Techstars company which just had a coming out party of sorts here today at VCIR, is nearing launch of their content monitoring service. I’ve been using the early product since early on at Techstars and getting critical content updates each morning in my inbox. I’ve sort of come to depend on it, …