Boomtown Accelerators, the seven-year-old Boulder-based accelerator, capped off a busy and insightful Boulder Startup Week on May 17 by introducing its 12th class of startups.
The cohort included startups creating a password management platform using 3D objects, skin cancer detection software, business traveler meal services and much more.
Boomtown CEO Toby Krout emphasized the experience and expertise of this cohort.
“These founders are a very impressive group and include alumni from Harvard, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Naval Academy, as well as five MBAs, three Ph.Ds, and one MD — not to mention their advanced degrees in physics, engineering, marketing, and business intelligence. We are excited to see where they go from here,” he said.
By being accepted into Boomtown, founders receive $20,000 in seed funding, nearly $2 million in discounts and perks, office space, mentors, and more, while also competing in the accelerator’s Demo Day pitch.
Boomtown takes 6 percent equity in exchange for the $20,000 seed funding and membership into the accelerator and runs programs in Boulder and Atlanta.
The 12-week program concludes with its Demo Day pitch to investors, strategic partners and community supporters in Boomtown’s signature event at the Boulder Theater.
Here are the eight startups in Boomtown’s 2019 Spring Cohort:
Alpine Media Technology has created the All Mountain Platform (AMP), a guest communication system for ski resorts around the world. With a centralized, web-based command center, resort operators can deliver real-time, relevant content via digital screens across the entire resort. From the lodges, chairlifts, and gondolas, as well as via a mobile app, skiers and riders have access to the information they need to maximize their mountain experience, while advertisers have a platform to reach a premium audience.
BizEatz allows business travelers to plan ahead to eat healthy while they are on the road. BizEatz partners with healthy, ready to-eat meal preparation companies and provides them to the business traveler’s hotel at check-in.
Cloud Campaign is a digital platform that helps marketing agencies scale social media management. Streamlined workflows and built-in automation allow marketing agencies to increase the number of brands they manage with leaner teams.
EarthVisionz solution is a real-time asset monitoring and alert system that keeps risk managers informed about threats to their locations before disaster strikes. After damage occurs, the Earthvisionz system visualizes alert boundaries, geographic information and asset locations on high-res satellite maps allowing those responsible to make fast decisions about how to respond.
Etta Epidermis is an AI skin cancer detection software. It instantly analyzes a picture of a lesion on the skin to determine whether it may require treatment by running predictive models that compare the images with a massive, melanin-diverse, diagnostic dataset. Post-screening, it tracks growth and changes of a lesion over time, helping patients and doctors keep track of changes, appointments and treatments.
Hippo Health is changing the healthcare experience by putting three innovations onto one platform: workflow automation, a patent-pending empathy-meter, and clinician-driven local care networks. The current platform is on iOS, Android and desktop, with easy secure messaging, real-time video, automated prompts, automated care team connectivity and real-time radiologic imaging review.
Mindpass provides a password entry experience which is more secure than typical alphanumeric password systems. The patent-pending approach allows a user to log into their password manager by picking 4 objects in a 3D environment. The Mindpass platform is available on web browser, mobile, VR headset or gaming console. With Mindpass, four simple objects become the personal gateway to securely access all of a user’s accounts.
Steam Energy Labs has created an intelligent thermostat to retrofit electric home water heaters. It allows consumers and utilities to realize cost savings and grid reliability.
