Will last year's Colorado Inno Madness winner take another victory lap this year?
Pie Insurance, the winner of last year's Colorado Inno Madness bracket, advanced over Harvest Hosts and into Round 3.
A total of 999 total votes were cast in Round 2. The biggest vote-getter was Sheets & Giggles, the pun-loving Denver bedding startup that beat Fluid Truck to continue to the next round.
Third-round voting begins now and continues until March 24. Readers can cast one vote per round. We'll open up voting round by round, ultimately crowning a Colorado Inno Madness winner at the end of the month.
Scroll down to meet the eight participants headed into Round 3 and read the contest rules here.
Meet the Players heading into Round 3:
Amp Robotics - This robotic sorting technology — another 2021 Colorado Inno on Fire honoree — applies computer vision and deep learning to guide high-speed robotics systems to identify and differentiate recyclables found in the waste stream by color, size, shape, opacity, consumer brand and more.
CyberGRX - This global cyber risk exchange provider was a 2020 Colorado Inno on Fire honoree.
JumpCloud - With easy access and tight security being key tools in the work-from-home toolbox, JumpCloud says its solution gives customers a cloud-based platform that simplifies user and device management.
Onward Delivery - This company is a freight marketplace that connects retail stores to underutilized trucks on the road. Onward's platform matches available shipments to a truck already headed in the same direction to create a more efficient shipping model for retailers, full trucks for carriers and quicker deliveries for customers.
Pie Insurance - This dual-headquartered insurance startup was the winner of last year's Colorado Inno Madness bracket.
Sheets & Giggles - This e-commerce bedding company was an Extra-Small category winner in DBJ's 2021 Small Business Awards.
Stackhawk - This 2020 Colorado Inno Startups to Watch company enables engineers to find and remediate security problems in development and production through continuous vulnerability scanning.
Stream - With offices in Amsterdam and Boulder, this chat messaging infrastructure startup offers an API for building, scaling and personalizing feeds.
