[May 15, 2015] |
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Boomtown Spring 2015 Demo Day Unveils Nine New Startups
Today, the third class to go through Boomtown, Boulder's newest startup
accelerator, will take stage at the Boulder Theater and publically debut
their products and services at the Spring 2015 Demo Day.
With a 2.9% applicant acceptance rate, the selected nine companies
finish out the three-month program of product and customer development,
and will take the stage to unveil their latest innovations and
breakthroughs to investors, supporters and others.
"We continue to be blown away with the quality of applications and
couldn't be more pleased with the companies selected for this graduating
class," said Erin Beierwaltes, Program Director at Boomtown. "We are
very proud of the success rates for the program and we look forward to
working with Boomtown's network of mentors to continue to build a strong
ecosystem."
Boomtown was founded in 2013 by a group of media, marketing and
technology veterans including Alex Bogusky, former principal of ad
agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Toby Krout, Stephen Growth and Jose
Vieitez.
The companies that will be showcased include:
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Audienced:
is a platform that changes how events take place by ensuring there is
a guaranteed attendance before an event is finalized. The result is
people getting together and building support around niche events. A
Kickstarter for events.
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Benchmark
Intelligence: is an analytics dashboard for
retail chains to understand why certain locations make more money than
others. The platform utilizes demographics, traffic patterns, social
data, weather and more to assist with the diagnosis of factors
positivelyand negatively impacting financial performance.
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FABRIQ:
is a personal safety platform that integrates smart safety features
into apps and wearables that you are already using. By leveraging the
power of the crowd across multiple devices, individuals and
communities can live life without limits.
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Feedbac:
is a platform that helps brands and agencies drive results through
video. By combining social data, an automated workflow, and
intelligent delivery, Feedbac enables companies to build relationships
with their audiences by capitalizing on the growing demand for
relevant video content.
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MailDeck:
is an email app and software development kit (SDK) that is enhancing
the way that we consume, manage, and interact with our email on a
daily basis.
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SimplyCalled:
is a mobile application tool that makes previously painful phone calls
to Customer Service simple for the caller & simple for the call center.
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Stafr:
is a marketplace for quick and easy temporary hiring.
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Visibl:
is a Video Marketing Platform that makes it possible for anyone to
execute video ad campaigns online by neighborhood, personal interests,
age and gender in minutes. We serve our clients' ads across hundreds
of ad networks and straight into places like CNN, NYT, Pandora (News - Alert),
Facebook, YouTube, or anywhere else your audience is online - on
browsers, apps, web, and mobile.
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Wudup:
is a mobile live video stream app that pairs users for 30-second video
conversations, so that they can quickly and efficiently make new
friends and more authentic connections.
Amex OPEN (News - Alert), SoftLayer, Zayo, Creative Alignments, and Kurtz Fargo LLP are
official sponsors of Demo Day. The event will be the closing event of
Boulder Startup Week 2015.
About Boomtown
Based in Boulder, Colo., BOOMTOWN operates two 12-week sessions per year
and aims to discover and support promising Internet, mobile, software
and Internet of Things (IoT) startups, primarily in the media, design,
marketing and ad tech sectors. For more information, visit www.boomtownboulder.com.
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