Past Events
Golden Startup Coffee
April 8th, 2026
Anthony Aylward - Rare Flora
Rare flora uses specialized plants to extract rare earth elements from soil.
Coty Church - Tap Energy
Tap Energy generates clean energy from wasted sources in commercial and industrial processes.
March 11th, 2026
Leyden Space explores the use of electromagnetic technology in space flight, including Satellite Propulsion and Attitude Control.
Ashle Jantzen - Leyden Space
Entirely Well is giving people around the world control over their vaginal health with preventive, practical, and science-backed solutions.
Reilly Williams - Entirely Well
February 11th, 2026
Margo Harrison - Wave Bye Inc
Wave Bye Inc is developing a novel pharmaceutical to reduce period pain and bleeding before it starts.
Three Past Founders/Presenters: Updates and Success Stories
January 14th, 2026
Lori Tunstall - ZeroTwelve
ZeroTwelve has developed a carbon-negative concrete technology that reduces emissions and removes carbon from the atmosphere.
David Westerly- OncoPatch
OncoPatch provides a non-invasive treatment for skin cancer using radiotherapy patches for 30-minute treatment sessions.
December 10th, 2025
What have they learned and latest status:
An interactive panel discussion with five past GSC Presenters/Founders
Evy Lyons
Apex Cool Labs
Curtis Purrington
Austere Environmental
Lisa Morey
Colorado Earth
Sarah Hinkley
BarnOwl
Chris Crowley
Somno Health
November 12th, 2025
Lightning Pitches from three early-stage concepts
Nate Wankio
Agera
An AI-powered mobile platform revolutionizing agriculture by helping farmers detect crop diseases and pests in real time.
Sam Peterson
MindSpa
Reconceptualizing Mental Health Practice through Experiential Psychiatry..
Anton Cariffe
Traveling Ground
Ultimate destination for high-quality used bikes and components, committed to giving back to the community by donating a portion of our profits to Bicycles for Humanity in Denver, CO.
October 8th, 2025
Ed VanDyne - Plastic 2 Green
Transforming today’s plastic waste into tomorrow’s energy and highly profitable materials.
Jonathan Teaford - Green Steel Environmental
Green Steel upcycles an industrial waste product and use it to disrupt a chemicals market in the wastewater treatment industry.
September 10th, 2025
Connor Santana - RollUp, inc.
Move anything, anytime. Providing a moving and hauling service that's quick, affordable and sustainable.
Josh Deal - Second Edition
Helping people give their used furniture a second life by taking care of the pickup and selling process for them.
August 13th, 2025
Melissa Krebs - GelSana
Developing Novel Wound Dressing Materials For Improved Wound Healing With Less Inflammation
Tyler Evans - Mana Battery, Inc.
Mana develops and produces high energy sodium batteries with higher energy than most Li-ion batteries (based on "LFP") at a projected half-the-cost for grid energy storage and low cost EVs.
July 9th, 2025
What have they learned and latest status:
An interactive panel discussion with four past GSC Presenters/Founders
Schuyler Van Sickle
3MERA
Matt Oesterle
Ramble
Elliot Strand
Page Technologies
Amy Beckley
Proov
May 14th, 2025
Kari Cao- RenewRx
Optimizing women's health through pregnancy and beyond.
Alicia Caputo - SpaXial
Revolutionizing Spatial Computing
April 9th, 2025
Christa Zaharias - VIRV, Inc
VIRV is building swappable battery systems for Ground Support Equipment at Airports
Esther Davy - Time to Play
Time to Play makes scheduling playdates as easy as booking an Uber. Caregivers can easily find their kids friends, connect instantly, and schedule playdates that work for everyone. By making playdates easy, we make them happen and we will keep working until every child has access to friendship.
March 12th, 2025
Taylor Anderson - Provanity Cosmetics
We formulate long-wear, bold makeup formulas while banning over 50 harmful ingredients
Brandon Regensburger - ExoPower
ExoPower is an early-stage company focused on capacitive wireless charging in-motion for industrial robots.
February 12th, 2025
Lightning Pitches from three early-stage concept startups
Julia Curley
EsterCycle
Sustainably processed plastic recycling.
Michael Solomentsev
Palanquin Power
Building the future of data center power delivery.
Simon Julien
Latimer Controls
Latimer Controls uses machine learning algorithms to provide a unique software solution that enables solar power plants to be controllable, dispatchable, grid-flexible energy assets for a grid operator.
January 8th, 2025
Kristin Taylor - Mom Juice
The CPG company who welcomes the change in the beverage industry. We are focused on revolutionizing the wine industry with innovative packaging and messaging that addresses ingredient transparency, diversity, and health-conscious consumers who want to enjoy their beverages but need a brand they can trust.
Megan Henken - MyUTI, Inc
MyUTI is a digital wellness platform for the millions of individuals that suffer from urinary tract infections. Providing on-demand access to scientifically backed, fast and proven PCR testing to support streamlining care pathways. At MyUTI we are elevating expectations for timely care and bringing forward resources to reduce antibiotic resistance.
December 11, 2024
What have they learned and latest status:
An interactive panel discussion with four past GSC Presenters/Founders
Ava Segal
SteadiPlay
Terry Breheny
Ωhm On The Range
Mike Smith
Aclymate
Kevin Sullivan
Tereform
Cody Clickner
Well Information Technologies
November 13th, 2024
Rooted Robotics is an equipment manufacturer for affordable machines and robotic systems for small and mid sized indoor farms.
Maximilian Knight - Rooted Robotics
Sarah Hinkley - BarnOwl Precision Agriculture
BarnOwl Precision Agriculture combines drone footage and other imagery with autonomous micro-tractors to take action and create savings in inputs, labor, and time.
October 9th, 2024
Lightning Pitches from three early-stage concept startups
Christian Thomas
Personos
At Personos, we are redefining employee engagement and productivity in the workplace. Our state-of-the-art, AI-powered software integrates personality psychology to deliver personalized, actionable prompts that enhance collaboration and performance.
Kevin MacPherson
Detezo
Detezo is a mobile application that enforces phone-free spaces via QR codes. We strive to enhance live experiences everywhere, starting with the school classroom.
Jack Walters
HapChic / HapWare
Our product is the HapChic Emotional Translator (HET), which is a wearable assistive technology that provides people who are blind, low vision, or have autism with real-time access about non-verbal communication cues (NVC) during social interactions.
September 11th, 2024
Maddie Cataldo - Blazin' Joe LLC
Blazin’ Joe upcycles coffee waste into all natural artificial fire products. Because coffee has a higher energy content than wood, our fire products burn both hotter and longer than wood and other artificial fire logs on the market.
Matt Oesterle - Ramble
Ramble is developing amazing nature-focused campgrounds for the 23% of US households that tent camp every year.
August 14th, 2024
What have they learned and latest status:
An interactive panel discussion with four past GSC Presenters/Founders
Matt Chase
Clean Camp
Emily Oliver
2508 Biosciences
Karen Hertz
Holidaily Brewing Co
Kelly Pickering
Addazu
July 10th, 2024
Curtis Purrington - Austere Environmental
Austere Environmental has developed a novel and low-cost remediation solution for oil contaminated soil.
Elliot Strand - Page Technologies
Driven to revolutionize agriculture and combat environmental degradation, Page Technologies has developed the world's most affordable solution for water and soil analysis.
June 12th, 2024
Amy Beckley - Proov
Proov is a women's hormonal wellness platform that combines testing and personalized solutions to help women optimize their hormones across their lifetime.
Schuyler Van Sickle - 3MERA
3MERA enables companies to harness the potential of their 3D assets with augmented reality to captivate their audience, enhance interactions, and drive conversions.
May 8th, 2024
Noah Wittman - Priviom
Companies today lack a clear understanding of how their IT budgets are spent, and this has led to billions of dollars of wasted spending. Priviom provides data-backed insights and recommendations to help IT leaders know the right costs to cut, while simultaneously increasing productivity and efficiency.
Lisa Morey - Colorado Earth LLC
Colorado Earth manufacturers low-carbon structural masonry blocks using waste materials from our quarries.
April 10th, 2024
We're building powerful portable palm cooling devices called the Narwhals. Why cool your palms? Great question! Palm cooling is a proven technique for improving recovery, gaining strength faster, and increasing training volume.
Evy Lyons - Apex Cool Labs
Curran Hughes - Renegade Plastics Corporation
Renegade makes industries more sustainable by replacing toxic and carbon intensive industrial textiles with high performing alternatives that establish the foundation for a circular industrial plastics economy.
March 13th, 2024
Khushang Hirpara - CLD-9
We’re a tech company that simplifies the health and supplementation journey through personalizing supplementation for people through an in house AI. Therefore, we save people time, money, and the health risk that comes with supplements.
Geeta Verma - LivedX Inc
LivedX is a 'credit for prior learning' student success platform that allows students to convert their experiences (lived and learned) into College Credits and transferable skills portfolio using proprietary Artificial Intelligence and with our partnership with the University of Colorado Denver.
February 14th, 2024
Christine Lum Lung - Origin Healthcare
Origin Healthcare is a tech enabled company partnering with organizations so patients can now receive advanced medical care at home, instead of the hospital.
Harsh Murari - Visionify Inc
Vision AI Solutions for Workplace Safety
January 10th, 2024
George Douaire - Stride Tech Medical, Inc.
For walker users, their families and healthcare professionals, Stride Tech Medical, Inc. is a patented and test proven device that provides real-time feedback and monitoring, reducing the risk of falls and training walker users to ambulate safely and with confidence.
Chris Crowley - SomnoHealth Inc.
We Make Home Sleep Apnea Testing Easy and Accessible to Everyone
December 13th, 2023
Mike Smith - Aclymate
Aclymate makes net zero available to all. We help SMBs and individuals find, reduce, offset, and report their climate footprint without them needing any expertise and at a price they can afford.
Jered Dean - LUCI Mobility, Inc.
LUCI delivers the technology for personalized mobility at scale.
November 8th, 2023
Heather Rzepiennik - The Bizzy Bag LLC
The Bizzy Bag is screen-free entertainment for kids on the go
Scott Dimestosky - Rolling Energy Resources
Using Onboard Telematics for Electric Vehicle Load Management and Research
October 11th, 2023
Cody Clickner - Well Information Technologies
Oil and gas SaaS
KBO Systems is a pioneering startup focused on improving patient care by transforming the administration and monitoring of paralytic and sedation drugs in healthcare settings.
Kevin Goehl - KBO Systems
September 13th, 2023
Regis Arzu - CoVoice
CoVoice is an on-demand interpretation cell phone app designed for people that need Spanish/English interpreting.
Melissa Lutz - Humble House
Purposeful coffee, cafe, and gift shop
August 9th, 2023
Jimbo Lord - Jimbo & Jules
Jimbo & Jules is a holistically sustainable brand on a mission to build the bridge between personal wellness and the health of our planet.
David Fulton - Dash Station LLC
Developed a piece of playground equipment (hired a EE grad student at Mines to build it) that measures how fast you can run and compares it to the fastest time of the day. Has been installed in two Golden elementary schools and other locations nationally.
July 12th, 2023
Nick Coy - Breck & Bailey
We're primarily a fresh/frozen dog food company, who also sells other dog related products.
Karen Hertz - Holidaily Brewing Co
Holidaily brews, packages and sells gluten-free beer.
June 14th, 2023
Emily Oliver - 2508 Biosciences
2508 Biosciences is developing a nasal spray drug intervention to treat concussions within minutes of impact.
Tim Wolters - CrowdSolve
Build and test your climate innovation — from idea to business launch.
May 10th, 2023
Stefan Streckfus - Renewell
Converting oil and gas’ largest liability into a renewable energy’s greatest asset.
Terry Breheny - Ωhm On The Range
A Colorado-based venture in this pursuit: exploration and education in the burgeoning EV field.
April 12th, 2023
Matt Chase - Clean Camp
Wipe away the problem of how to easily and safely clean your dirty dishes.
Kelly Perkins - Spinster Sisters Co.
B Corp Certified skin, hair, and body care brand on a mission to make the best products for people & the planet.
March 8th, 2023
Chris Offersend - Qwally
We believe in the power of local government to build more equitable, inclusive, and resilient communities. By promoting and supporting small businesses throughout their entrepreneurial journey, governments can have a direct impact on their economy and create more opportunities for growth.
Mike Konev - Tereform
Enabling circular solutions for textile waste.
February 8th, 2023
Ava Segal - Steadi Systems
Steadi Systems’ mission is to provide more effective balance therapy for aging or rehabbing adults, accomplished via remote-controlled robots. This is an early-stage concept out of Colorado School of Mines.
Kelly Pickering - Addazu
The Addazu modular panel system lowers labor costs, expedites assembly, and decreases on-site disruption. Addazu’s mission is to expand the accessibility and affordability of homeownership for traditionally underserved residents, increasing access to dignified housing faster than traditional modular methods.