Smart Futures Lab

We’re excited to host our #PitchEvent tomorrow! Are you ready to support innovators and invest in tech? 🌐 Our ten innovative startups will pitch their tech startups, each tackling pressing challenges faced by #Municipalities and #LocalGovernments. Don’t miss this great opportunity to discover future leaders in urban innovation and explore strategic investment options. Check out who the founders are! 🌟 📅 When: Friday, October 18th | 10am-2pm 📍 Where: Tivoli Student Union | 900 Auraria Parkway, Room 440, Denver, CO, 80204 🎟 Free Event! Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gdp4Fk_s

🌟 We’re excited to spotlight our incredible speakers for the 2024 Graduation and #PitchEvent! Amy Ford - The Executive Director of City and County of Denver's Department of Transportation (DOTI). Amy is at the forefront of modernizing Denver’s transportation systems. She leads one of the city’s largest departments, focusing on creating sustainable and equitable solutions for our community's infrastructure needs. As a national leader, she is dedicated to enhancing how we safely and efficiently move people, data, and goods. Ann Schmiesing - As #InterimChancellor at University of Colorado Denver and Vice Chancellor for Academic Resource Management at CU Boulder, Ann brings nearly 30 years of experience in the University of Colorado system. In a recent Q&A, she shared how her background has shaped her leadership approach and discussed important topics like disabilities, foreign language, and innovation. Join us as our ten innovative startups, each tackle key challenges for municipalities and local governments. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the future leaders in urban innovation and explore strategic investment possibilities! RSVP for this transformative event! 📅 When: Friday, October 18th | 10am-2pm 📍 Where: Tivoli Student Union | 900 Auraria Parkway, Room 440, Denver, CO, 80204 🎟 Free Event! RSVP to reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gdp4Fk_s #UrbanInnovation #Leadership #StartupPitch #MunicipalChallenges

Our 2024 program is coming to a close this Friday, October 18th, with a #PitchEvent! RSVP to reserve your seat and support the 10 innovating companies that are graduating the Smart Futures Lab Incubator and Accelerator Program. Check out the article to learn more about this year's big Wins! 🎟 Reserve your seat, network, and support! 📅 When: Friday, October 18th | 10am-2pm 📍 Where: Tivoli Student Union, Room 440 Free Event! Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gdp4Fk_s

Glad the Smart futures Lab team and its companies were able to represent at the CU Showcase!

🚀 Scaling Success: Lessons in Growth from Colorado's Diverse Founders I’m thrilled to be co-moderating a panel at the CU Showcase, hosted by the University of Colorado Boulder, on October 4th at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, alongside Dan Griner! This event is part of a larger initiative by the university to highlight and support diverse entrepreneurship through a series of panels featuring business leaders and innovators across various industries. Our panel, Scaling Success: Lessons in Growth from Colorado’s Diverse Founders, will showcase inspiring founders who have overcome challenges and discovered unique growth strategies. We’ll be discussing key topics such as inclusive lending, sustainability, and fostering an entrepreneurial culture. Panelists: Marie Peters (B:Side Capital + B:Side Fund) – Inclusive lending for under-resourced businesses. Roberto Meza (East Denver Food Hub) – Building sustainable food systems. Amy Sweeting (V.A.M.P. Stucco) – Navigating growth in the construction industry. Marco Campos (Campos) – Fostering entrepreneurial culture and supporting future leaders. This panel is just one of the many insightful sessions at the CU Showcase, which will bring together a wide array of speakers to explore how we can create a more inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. 🕒 When: October 4, 2024 📍 Where: Anschutz Medical Campus (Education 2 South) 💻 RSVP Here: https://lnkd.in/gKf935du Join us for a day of learning, inspiration, and community-building as we explore the future of entrepreneurship in Colorado! #Entrepreneurship #ScalingSuccess #DiverseFounders #Innovation #ColoradoLeadership #Edifice2120 #UniversityofColorado

10 incredible tech companies will be sharing their company insights & solutions during the Smart Futures Lab 2024 #PitchEvent! Be part of your city's future and learn how these revolutionary solutions will tackle civic and urban problem like, public safety, early detection of chemical spills, housing, food scarcity, built environments, and more! 🎟 Reserve your seat, network, and support! 📅 When: Friday, October 18th | 10am-2pm 📍 Where: Tivoli Student Union, Room 440 Free Event! Reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gdp4Fk_s #SmartCitiesInnovation #MunicipalSolutions #GovernmentSolutions #StartupPitchEvent

"This sensor allows for a notification to be made to my emergency operations center, to my cell phone, to my email saying, 'Hey, it's picking up something', we need to take a look at it. We need to investigate it a little bit more", said Nathan Whittington, the emergency manager for Jefferson County. We love to see our members in the news! Colorado is turning to innovative solutions like N5 Sensors, Inc. to improve wildfire detection and response times. This cutting-edge technology, already deployed in counties like #Boulder and #JeffersonCounty, is designed to detect wildfires earlier, especially in remote and rural areas. By providing real-time data, the #N5Shield helps firefighters and emergency teams mobilize faster, potentially preventing small blazes from escalating into devastating wildfires. As wildfires grow more frequent and intense, tools like the N5 Shield are essential in enhancing preparedness and protecting communities. It's a crucial step forward in safeguarding Colorado’s vulnerable landscapes from the growing threat of wildfires. Watch the full Denver7 report here: https://lnkd.in/gkbNcU2i #WildfirePrevention #Denver7 #N5Shield #SmartFuturesLab #CUDenver

The 2024 Graduation & Pitch Event is almost here! Join us as our ten innovative startups pitch their cutting-edge companies & products, each aimed at tackling key challenges for #municipalities and #LocalGovernments. This is a fantastic chance to meet the future leaders in urban innovation and uncover strategic investment possibilities. 📅 When: Friday, October 18th | 10am-2pm 📍 Where: Tivoli Student Union | 900 Auraria Parkway, Room 440, Denver, CO, 80204 🎟 Free Event! RSVP to reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/gdp4Fk_s

Check out Addazu's new blog for modular housing insights! Explore their first blog post today: https://lnkd.in/e_GMYfCZ #ModularHousing #SmartCityHousing

Meet #accelerator member, Dr. Mariela Alfonzo, founder and CEO of State of Place! State of Place, is an #AIBased predictive analytics software that optimizes and communicates the value of built environment investments. Growing up in a low-to-middle-income neighborhood in Miami, where poor urban design negatively impacted nearly all facets of her life—including the death of a childhood friend who was killed by a driver while crossing a street designed more for cars than for people—she passionately pursued a Ph.D. in urban planning, focusing on urban design and behavior. For nearly 25 years, her work has concentrated on quantifying how the built environment impacts social, health, environmental, and economic value, with the goal of using a more data-driven, evidence-based approach to advocate for more livable, equitable, and sustainable communities. 💻 State of Place, leverages the power of #MachineLearning to extract data on over 125 urban design features (e.g., sidewalks, benches, crosswalks, trees) from digital street-level images, which are measured for walkability and the overall quality of the built environment. 📊 State of Place has also developed a series of forecasting models that link this index to the quadruple bottom line, including real estate values, climate change factors, crime, traffic safety and behavior, and public health outcomes. 🌐 The software visualizes this data, translates it into urban design recommendations that optimize the communities' prioritized outcomes, and quantifies the benefits of potential built environment investments. ⭐ This helps both private and public sector citymakers maximize their often limited budgets and communicate this value to secure buy-in, approvals, and funding for their plans, projects, and policies. In August 2024, State of Place was awarded a #SmallBusinessInnovationResearch (SBIR) grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation to apply AI in advancing the creation of "Complete Streets" that safely and conveniently accommodate all modes of transportation, especially the most vulnerable users of the street. This is the second SBIR for the company. Since then, they have helped over 45 citymakers use data, evidence, and technology to more effectively, efficiently, and equitably foster just and thriving places. Connect with State of Place: https://lnkd.in/exCWU6sR #UrbanPlanning #LatinasInTech #SBIR #SmartFutures #SmartCities