Nick Bettis

Atieva, Inc. designs solutions and provides technology for electric vehicles. It offers motor controllers, battery chargers, electric motors, battery packs, and other electric power systems that power hybrid and pure-electric vehicles. The firm also commercializes electric powertrains and critical components for electric vehicles. The company was founded by Bernard Tse and Sam Weng in December 2007 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Lightning Systems, Inc. engages in the production of electric fleet medium-and heavy-duty vehicles including delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, and city transit buses. Its products include Vehicles, Custom Applications, Lightning Analytics, Charging stations, and Lightning Energy engages in the provision of zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) solutions for commercial fleets. Its products include vehicles, charging stations and lightning mobile. The company was founded by Daniel S. Johnson and Timothy Reeser in 2008 and is headquartered in Loveland, CO.

Motiv Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development of software to electrify medium-duty trucks and buses. It offers Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis (EPIC), an all-electric equivalent to the internal combustion powered chassis fleets used in medium-duty vehicles. Its product is available in body configurations including step vans, box trucks, work trucks, shuttle buses, school buses, trolleys, and other specialty vehicles. The company was founded by Jim Michael Castelaz in August 2009 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Steelhead Composites LLC designs, manufactures, and distributes manufactures composite overwrapped pressure vessels. It offers manufacturing of aluminum cylinders, design and analysis of composite pressure vessels, advanced filament winding of composite pressure vessels, material analysis of composite materials and plastics, cycle testing, and precision 3D inspection of parts. The company was founded by Andrew Coors in October 2010 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Colorado State University Ventures, Inc. provides intellectual property, licensing, partnership-building and entrepreneurship services. It offers business technology transfer and commercialization services. The firm provides its services to the corporate, private and government sectors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO.

Aravaipa Partners LLC (Aravaipa Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Robert Henry Fenwick-Smith. The firm is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Levyl, Inc. is a legaltech start-up that provides digital legal solutions to simplify manual and complex legal processes. Levyl was founded in 2019 by Bradley Thompson, Jennifer Knies, and Jonathan Nahil, and is based in Larkspur, CO. Bradley Thompson has been the CEO since 2019. The private company's main product is Disclosure-Pro, an automated and collaborative experience designed for family law practices and their clients. The platform offers modern, intelligent legal technology solutions that automate the collection of data and documents, reduce manual entry, and facilitate the progression of the case.

Silver Bullet Water Treatment Co. LLC develops water treatment systems. The firm's products include agricultural, cooling tower, and industrial systems. It also offers photochemical water treatment system that controls microorganisms and scale formation without the use of toxic chemicals. The company was founded by David Kolstad and Robert I. Hanfling in 2008 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.