We’re moving on to Round 2 of voting for the 2024 Colorado Inno Madness bracket-style challenge, and Colorado startups are in it to win it this year.
Newcomers knocked several big-name companies with longstanding runs out of the tournament this year.
Denver-based food tech startup Bitewell, which is just 4 years old, beat out Pie Insurance, an insurance brand that’s been around since 2017.
And fast-growing vehicle rental company Fluid Truck lost to newcomer Urban Sky, which had 63% of the Round 1 votes.
The closest Round 1 matchup was between Todyl and Dapple Security, with Dapple Security making it on to Round 2 with just 53% of the votes.
To see full results from Round 1, click here, and view the updated bracket below.
If you’re not familiar with the players, find our brief descriptions here before casting your vote.
What is Colorado Inno Madness?
Inno Madness is a friendly, bracket-style challenge designed to generate awareness and excitement for the state’s ecosystem and businesses that are driving it forward.
For this year’s challenge, we’re asking readers to vote to advance companies based on one question: Who would you invest in?
This year’s participants are a variety of early-stage startups and larger, venture-backed companies. The bracket is assembled based on reader nominations as well as editorial input from the Colorado Inno team. Seeding was determined by funding raised to date.
When can I vote?
Voting is now open.
Readers can cast one vote per round. We’ll open voting round by round, spanning several weeks as the competition gets narrowed down from 16 local companies to one winner. News about which businesses advance, and those that don’t, will be shared on Colorado Inno and in our biweekly newsletter. (Subscribe here if you aren’t already receiving the Beat newsletter.)
Here’s a look at the remainder of the year’s voting schedule. Voting will close at 5:30 p.m. on the final day of each round. Once each round closes, we will advance the winners to the next round.
Round 2: March 27 to April 3
Round 3: April 4 to April 11
Round 4: April 12 to April 19
The 2024 Colorado Inno Madness champion will be crowned on Tuesday, April 23.
How do I vote?
You can vote in the bracket above, which will be updated after each round of the competition.
You can also vote here.
