Event Schedule for the 24th Annual Colorado Capital Conference
EXDO Hall, 3545 Larimer Street Denver, CO 80205
We have nearly a whole week of startup and private equity events associated with our conference. Please scroll all the way down this page for more detailed information on each event.
Monday Oct 8 – Networking and Preview Gala (Monday only tickets available)
Tuesday Oct 9 – All Day Conference (Tuesday only tickets available)
Wednesday Oct 10 – Relax
Thursday Oct 11 – Denver Investor Forum and Ladies Only Wine and Cheese (free)
Friday Oct 12 – Boulder investor Forum (free, must be accredited investor)
Monday October 8th, 5:00-8:00pm
- Opening Reception and Investor Preview Gala
- Opportunity to meet the entrepreneurs in a speed-dating format throughout the evening. Get to know the pitch presenters as individuals and not just as someone up on the stage with a powerpoint presentation!
- Special Monday night Keynote Speakers: Miles Louison from Sushimee Candy, and Lyla Padden from Flour Gal
Tuesday October 9th
(schedule is subject to frequent changes!!!)
Do you want to learn more about our speakers? Visit the Speaker Biography page.
7:30-8:30 Registration and Networking, EKS&H Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Opening Remarks
| Time | Investor Track | Speaker | Entrepreneur Track | Speaker |
| 8:50-9:20 | Valuation of Early Stage Companies | David Fein, ValuSource | What to Expect from Angels | Debra Duke, MenoGeniX Scott Yates, BlogmuttRustin Banks, BlogFrog |
| 9:30-10:00 | Investing in the Life Sciences | Lauren Costantini, CID4 | Equity vs Convertible Debt | Tim Woods, CBIZJohn Eckstein, Fairfield and Woods |
| 10:10-10:40 | Women Investors | Elizabeth Kraus, Impact Angels Sue Kunz, Unreasonable Institute Carolina Hensley, Progress Equity Partners, Ltd Michelle Eidson, Platte River Equity |
Anatomy of a Negotiation | Rick Duke, CID4 Jeff Rona, MenoGeniX |
| 10:50-11:20 | Best Practices of Angel Investing | Elizabeth Kraus, Impact Angels Steve Warnecke, Evolutionary Genomics John Ives, Founder of Boulder Angels Moderator: Peter Edwards, Sage Law Group |
How to Listen to the World | Carly Gloge, Ubooly |
11:30-12:00 Keynote Address: Governor John Hickenlooper
12:00-1:00pm Networking Box Lunch
Afternoon Pitches
14 Companies will pitch to investors.
The pitches will be in two tracks, with simultaneous pitches in two rooms. Attendees will want to review the pitch companies and select the ones they are most interested in seeing. Please keep this in mind when attending the Monday Gala – it’s a perfect event for getting to know the pitch presenters and deciding which pitches to watch!
| Time | Grey Wolf Room | Equus Room |
| 1:00-1:20 |  Breakthrough Systems |
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| 1:30-1:50 |  Cloud9Express |
 Amide Bio |
| 2:00-2:20 |  Fontis International |
 Biofeedz |
| 2:30-3:50 |  Swiftpage |
 urHub |
| 4:00-4:20 |  Tumara |
 SwiftTram |
| 4:40-5:00 | 
Slow Color |
 Skukooza |
| 5:10-5:30 |  BhaktiChai |
 Kapta Systems |
5:00-6:00 pm Closing Ceremonies, Awards and celebration
Wednesday Oct 10th
Relax – nothing scheduled
Thursday Oct 11th
7:00-9:00 am Denver Investor Forum
CBIZ Offices 8181 E Tufts Ave #600, Denver
If you are an accredited investor who is thinking about angel investing, please join us at this free meeting. There is no minimum investment to join the group. We allow novice investors. (Legal: accredited investor – a one who has individual net worth that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence or one with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years)
6:00-8:00 pm Ladies Only Wine and Cheese
First Western Trust, 1200 17th St. Suite 2650, Denver, CO 80202
If you are an investor or an experienced business woman who is interested in supporting Colorado Economic Development through mentoring or financial investment, please join us at this free women only event. Ladies, we’ve come a long way since Susan B. Anthony’s day and we need to pool our resources to make sure we guide and shape Colorado’s Economic Development.
Friday, Oct 12th
10:30-12:30 am Boulder Investor Forum
Boulder Library: 4800 Baseline Rd, Meadows on the Parkway Shopping Center
If you are an accredited investor who is thinking about angel investing, please join us at this free meeting. There is no minimum investment to join the group. We allow novice investors. (Legal: accredited investor – a one who has individual net worth that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence or one with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years)
