Denver Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Denver.
Mike Stone
Founder Root & Field • Worked at @club-w, strong web and graphic design background.
Will Hitchcock
Lover of interface design and development, partner at Camp Four Creative in Boulder, CO. Cofounder of Quest.to. Worked at GroupTie and Rosetta.
http://www.willhitchcock.com/blog
Tim Skaggs
@cannabuild & @brewerbox. Ex-Dev at @kloudless.
http://timskaggs.com
Brennan Gilbert
Design Director at @gospotcheck, BFA from @colorado-state-university-1. Strong web & design background, focus on UI Design.
http://blog.brennangilbert.com
Jon Dodge
Founder @ballers-bridge-1 Champion of UX and UI design. Previous tech consultant for Fortune 100 clients all over the world.
Joshua Tilton
New Hampshire native transplanted to Denver. Product Designer at SendGrid. Email rules.
Black Belt UI Judo = maximum efficiency, minimum effort.
Remington Robertson
Product guru; design enthusiast; gentleman scoundrel. Founded two former startups with just under 1M in private angel investment.
Brian Hulme
Visual Designer at Deloitte Digital (Denver)
Curtis Floth
Web & Front End Developer with UX & Design Experience. I help companies design and build engaging and effective interactions for web and mobile.
Layla Soileau
User Experience Designer
Jaxon Repp
Streaming media expert, skillset ranges from senior developer to CEO, sales, and building it if I have to.
Nick Slogget
Principal at GreaterThan. Gladly helping companies with design for quite some time now.
Aaron K. White
Experience Designer, Pixel Pusher, Developer & Podcast Co-Host... Hanging my Hat in Colorful Colorado!
http://www.aaronkwhite.com/blog
Dave Elchoness
Sr. Digital Product Exec at Digital First Media / Mobile, Social, Revenue, New Ventures. Former entrepreneur, attorney.
Christian B.
Founder @briefcase • Worked at @tubemogul, @adknowledge, @lightbridge-inc-2 @electronic-arts @pandora Avid poker player & loving Dad
Jonathan Dobbertin
Founder @callgrader, @cityvoice, and @bluematch. @dreamit-ventures alum. Beer lover, beard grower, bean counter.
Alex Henry
CDO of BriteHub. 14 years experience as an entrepreneur, designer, and front-end developer. Founded designer studio cypher13 and VP of Product for Tommaso bikes. CU Boulder BA 2003.
James Conti
Creative with passions for entrepreneurship & ecommerce. Looking for the “next big thing” Involved in altcoin mining, mobile app dev. & social media marketing.
http://youngdisruption.com/
aaron hendrick
Founder and CEO of @flowh. Past: Senior/Lead dev at events company, lead dev/art director at media company, and dev at 2 other startups. Studied CS and Design.
Paul Allen
Investor
Business developer. Sales and marketing and startup coach.
http://paulmichaelallen.tumblr.com/
Justin Smestad
John Floyd
Senior Level Digital Creative. UX/UI/IA Designer with Fortune 100 global eCom experience.
http://www.dig20.com
Robyn Hansen
Based in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Orange Collar Media (OCM) is a certified Gold Magento Solution Partner. What does that mean? It means that OCM has a track record of exceeding expectations and meeting deadlines in its eCommerce and website development
Peter Mills
Founder @my-dealer-service • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-wilmington
Lindsey Jones
Art Director at @Seiter & Miller & @Laughlin Constable, BDW Graduate Student, Co-founder & CEO of @raque-1.it.
http://wditot.tumblr.com
Rory Krieger
Founder Savant Energy Works • Worked at @warner-bros • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @university-of-colorado-boulder
Kenichiro Arai
Founder, CEO of LXSN & Garagehub. Strength in UI/UX designing.
Studied at @sophia-university University. @university-of-washington-1 scholarship receiver.
Rachel Cope
Web and mobile UI designer. Passionate about good user experience, behavioral psychology & simple/intuitive design.
Devin Powell
UI/UX Developer, Founder @fandio, IUB SoIC Graduate
Chris Oltyan
Started and sold 5 companies. Shipped 24 products in the entertainment space with a focus on video games. @carnegie-mellon-university Grad with Enterprise Award for Entrepreneurship.
Kelsey Trabue
UX/UI Designer
http://klsy.co
Jens Nikolaus
I design digital products and services. Co-founder of @you-the-gang. Formerly at Last.fm, Edenspiekermann, Amen and more. Started up.front
Jeff Schell
Founder, @michigan-rural-healthcare-preservation & PURPLE Book
Healthcare Attorney, IL & MI
Northwestern: MA Medical Informatics, BS Engineering/Economics
Mackey Saturday
Independent multidisciplinary designer with a penchant for brand strategy, identity development, logo design, and typography.
Pashmina Lalchandani
Founder @flow-simple,10 year Adwords veteran, studied @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
http://www.greatestwebapps.com
Jason Schleweis
Founder @chooszing-2 • Worked at @exclusive-resorts • Studied at @central-michigan-university
Antonio Perrone
Worked at @c9-inc, @oracle-corporation, @phase-forward • Studied at @bentley-university
Ben Ogren
Works at @supportlocal • Studied at @indiana-university-bloomington
Brad Maglinger
Hello, Internet
Mike Hansen
Designer - I help companies and startups design user experiences for web and mobile. Notable companies include @tesla-motors @nike @coca-cola @apple & Indiegogo
http://www.moosesyrup.com
Charlie Hulcher
Hackathon Hacker, Web Development, UMD Electrical Eng. Undergrad
A. Grant Sherrick
Experienced software engineer. Currently working in C++/Java and developing Django/Jquery/Node.JS/Objective C for fun.
Tim White
Current master's candidate at DU for Information and Communications Technology, focus on Mobile Application Development
Sean Baxter
Passionate about making experiences logical, efficient, and engaging.
http://baxtervision.wordpress.com
Eric Hubbell
Founder and CEO at Myhub. Former Marketing Director at KBS Golf Shafts. Studied Business / Marketing undergrad @ UVM. Well-traveled. Active. Love the outdoors.
http://www.blog.myhubapp.com
Mike Moran
Hannah Pobar
Entrepreneuer, Photographer at Hannah Truly, Designer at Hannah Pobar Creative
http://www.hannahtruly.com, http://www.hannahtrulyblog.com
Matt Whipps
IT / Business Consultant & Entrepreneur. I have broad knowledge and deep understanding of various technologies and fields.
Emily Sayrs
Recent grad from CU Boulder; Aspiring Web Developer; Working for Grooveshark, and Serve.
Ian Price
UNC Chapel Hill Economics major, Computer Science and History minors - Interested in software development and its role in entrepreneurship.
Cody Moiseve
Interactive and UX Designer At Lasso Media, Inc. Focusing on creating beautiful, simple experiences across multiple platforms.
Rob Lund
I absolutely love programming. I enjoy Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and PHP. Wide range of experience. Startups to Enterprise.
Tyler Elick
Co-Founder @spreadsheets-1, @gami-st, @dactylcam
http://actioninrelaxation.com
Cheryl Hornbaker
25 years of software development; strong database as well as UI and middle tier
Betsy Kimak
Webby Award Nom. Interactive Producer - Executive Digital Strategist - Creative Technologist. Associate Member, IADAS; Digital Chair, Art Directors Club Denver.
Anthony Cozzi
I have over 10 years of experience in the creative field with most of my time spent in Interactive Design, Art Direction and Illustration.
Dawn Cheairs
Founder @dohje-inc • Studied at @colorado-school-of-mines
http://dohjeisthankyou.tumblr.com/
Steve Kurtz
Founder and CEO of egoBoom • Strong business and tech background • VP @foodservicewarehouse. • UI Lead @ebags, • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder
Justin Hanson
My passion for HCI stems from a love of sociology and dissemination of information. I am skilled at creating meaningful products.
Chris Andrews, Product Evangelist
Founder of illustrative design "Solid Modeling for the Rapid Prototyping Industry"
3D solid models created from: Drawings, 2D CAD Data, 3D Wireframe IGES/DXF files
Daniel Wilson
Founder + Creative at Optimistic Design Company
AP Burnes
Creator of maps. Open data and visualization enthusiast.
http://apburnes.github.io
Grant Davis
Multi-talented developer with a background in design and animation. Worked for Fortune 500 companies such as The North Face, Oakley, Audi and Motorola.
Ryan Shea
Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Author, and Photographer.
http://www.razerworks.com
Cynthia Gamel
Most recently was a UI Designer at @haneke-design • Studied Art at @goldsmiths, London
http://www.cynthiagamel.com
Ashling Struve
intuitive team player, built startup from ground up, experienced in all sides of marketing from analytics to commercial filming
Lee Acker
Full Stack JavaScript Web Developer Apprentice @refactoru . Proficient in adventures and imagination. Renaissance woman and 110% nerd.
Luke Holmboe
Front End Dev'er, Ad-Ops Manager, UI/UX'er, 15 year Startuper, Aspiring Angel Investor.
Travis Gershon
Founder @cirrusidea-llc, @paradigm Motion, LLC, znoter.com
Worked at Skydex Technologies, @sierra-nevada-corp
MEng & BS ME @university-of-colorado-denver
Patrick Ryan
Founder and Creative Director at Industrial Luxury Group Inc.
John Dianni
Full Stack Web Developer, @roameroo founder, travel addict, writer, photographer, magazine designer
Shane Rogers
gSchool Graduate, RoR, Backbone, iOS developer with UI/UX prototyping experience
Wesley Schauble
Chief Creative Director @ Kakoona. MFA Film, American University.
http://hellowesley.com
Sam Caudill
BFA in Digital animation 2009 from the University of Colorado Denver, Digital Animator/Production artist at @high-impact-litigation-graphics,
http://crowpickle.blogspot.com/
David
Founder @affordablewebsitesdenver-com • Worked at @palm-beach-state-college-1, @whitney-information-network • Studied at @old-dominion-university
http://DenverSmallBusinessSolutions.com
Nick Peters
Cofounder of BarBets. Experience managing mobile/web projects. Strong creativity and problem solving skills with a passion for entrepreneurship.
Jeremy Pike
Graphic & Web Designer at marketing/media company.
Landscape architect turned graphic designer and brand developer with a knack for web design.
John H Ratajczak
Graphic designer, fan of musics both pretentiously esoteric and 90s hip-hop.
Ken Ligrani
Austin Redd
Later
Kirk Erickson
Agile brand development and digital technology specialist with clientele ranging from early stage start-ups to established Fortune 500's, across all categories.
Jay Clark
Alan Hernandez
Up and coming entrepreneur and programmer. Currently a master at sales and public speaking. Latest project involves application development with a 3 man team.
Matt Versteeg
Interested
Alan Hernandez
Founder @blue-wave-code-denver, @new-age-rendition-studios • Worked at @air-fresh-marketing, @shareable-social • Studied at @university-of-northern-colorado
Evan Carlson
Creator of @cncpts. Worked at startups to companies like American Express & Volkswagen. Semi-professional athlete, foodie & truly defining the term a generalist.
http://wecreateconcepts.com
Eric Foster
BFA Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Atlanta. Have designed websites, logos, and user interfaces for companies of all sizes and needs, from small to internationally established.
Renae Wells
Web Project Manager, Ecommerce Specialist, BoS in Web Design and Interactive Media, 8+ Years Experience
Mark Cade
Senior Solution Architect at @softwareag . Author of Java EE Architect Certification. MBA from Regis University.
Damion Nabarrete
UX Designer & Front End Developer with a love for Entrepreneurship, product development and product marketing.
Micah Davidson
Full stack, solid UX, strong mathematics and analytics. Built mapglue.com.
Danielle Espinel
UI Designer - Graphic designer with more than ten years of experience.
http://www.controlroommiami.com
Dheeraj
Things can be done in two ways. One with mastering and other without. Ability and the ease in you defines the path.
Benjamin Friesen
Multi-skilled designer & art director aiming to apply the curious nature of a kid to the creation of compelling visual responses and experiences in both print and digital.
Timothy Whalin
UX/UI Designer with 12 Years experience ranging from startups, enterprise, marketing, education, government, and tv media.
http://www.timothywhalin.com/files/timothy_whalin_resume.pdf
Shannon Duffy
Law Clerk
Nick Thompson
Studied at @art-institute-of-colorado
Erik Lindstrom
Founder and Creative Director of Schwoggle.
Eric Eide
CTO that can code like a banshee
Chris Mackintosh
Founder / Visual Designer at indiegraphic llc. Constantly learning and always thinking.
Lindsey Demrow
Staffing Manager at Supplemental Health Care
Brandon Jernigan
Full Stack Developer that has primarily worked with Ruby on Rails for the past 3 years.
Laura Pionek
Brandon Makes
Mountain made designer with a cross-discipline between print and interactive design. Successfully launched many iOS + Android apps for Enterprise companies.
Brandon Ramlet
Digital Communications Specialist @ Tri-State G&T, E/M-commerce Designer/Project Coordinator @millercoors, Freelance Web/UX/Visual Designer
http://lookwhatistumbledupon.tumblr.com/
haley nemann
Veronica Skudlarczyk
User Experience Architect / Product Lead
Navid Ahmadi
Jason Bernal
CMO and CFO of I Am Smart Technology, Inc
Juan Sanchez
Designer & Partner at Tack Mobile. Building FieldTest. Senior Editor for UX Magazine.
http://juanchez.com
C. A. Beninati
Owner of web and mobile development and consulting for some of the largest school districts, energy drink and museums in the US.
Lorin Karr
Sean Michael
Front-end developer, designer, and JavaScript aficionado that has ample experience working with clients and clearly communicating ideas.
Michaella Dirkes
Brand & interaction designer who doesn't mind getting her hands dirty with some code.
http://tumblr.com/thatgirlmichaella
jamie sieb
Worked at @qrlicious, @lifetouch • Studied at @rocky-mountain-college-of-art-design
Dylan Grey Aksomitas
Front End Web Developer | Dreamer | Entrepreneur
Jason Wicker
Chief Technical Officer at @sneezebox and UX Application Architect at @ip-commerce, Inc. Blogger, Born-Leader, Social Media Expert, Super Architect and Innovator.
http://blog.logrythmik.com