2015 Startup Report Infographic_Final Print Ready.pdf
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Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc.
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HIGHEST RATE OF STARTUP ACTIVITY
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
KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
AREA DEVELOPMENT
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Center City Startups
4,359 center city startup employees
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623 % 7.9 7.0
$408,909,000 in VC funding raised by 42 startups in the past year
center city startups
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
NUMBER OF STARTUPS FOUNDED [BY YEAR]
of center city businesses are startups
average # of employees at a center city startup
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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