This year, Denver was chosen as the first city for the Startup Games to expand to outside of Austin. Seven local startups competed in 11 classic events for bragging rights and grants towards charities of their choice. Two of our recruiters made it to the games to volunteer and watch the teams battle it out. Here's who won, why the Startup Games chose Colorado as their first expansion, and more. 

Steve Case is bringing his bus tour, Rise of the Rest, to Denver on October 4th. The AOL co-founder and his team want to level the playing field for entrepreneurs across the U.S. and bring attention to the emerging cities in the startup world. 

There's a lot of buzz about the Colorado Tech Tour. Here's everything you need to know about what it is, the goal behind it, and how you can participate. 

SyncHR, a leader in Human Capital Management cloud-based software, decides to bring their headquarters to Denver. 

On Tuesday, June 28, Avoka announced that they have raised $12M in funding to expand operations. 

Tuesday, June 28, the Colorado Technology Association (CTA) announced a new member of its leadership team: Wendy Nkomo as Chief Development Officer. Nkomo expands the CTA leadership team to three people.

This week has been big for Denver's Galvanize. First a visit and praise from Hilary Clinton, and now a new campus in New York City. 

In a recent study by the Denver Post, Colorado was ranked as a top state for long-term job growth. 

The city of Denver has been buzzing about Hillary Clinton's visit to the Galvanize Golden Triangle campus in Denver on Tuesday, June 28. The excitement from the presidential candidate's appearance was spread nationwide as she toured the campus, talked with Galvanize leadership, and unveiled her innovation and technology agenda for economic growth. 

Just last week on June 22 Denver-based startup, ROXIMITY, was acquired by the leader in location-powered mobile marketing--Verve.