The public market version of the GLP-1 trade is pretty well understood by now. Alcohol stocks sold off, food companies got repriced, and Eli Lilly became one of the most valuable companies in the world. JPMorgan estimates these drugs could pull $30 to $55 billion a year out of US food and drink spending by 2030.
The private market story is much newer.
Read MorePlayMetrics, a provider of operations management software for youth sports organizations, has announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all the assets of SportsEngine from Versant Media Group, Inc. The transaction includes SportsEngine’s full suite of software and payments products, covering club, league, tournament, and studio management platforms.
Read MoreHigh Exposure: Tales of Risk and Reward in Mountain Guiding and Venture Capital documents the thirty-year history of the culture of risk management surrounding Boulder Ventures, Colorado’s oldest venture capital fund led by former AMGA Board Member Kyle Lefkoff.
Read MoreBOULDER, Colo., March 31, 2026 -- Ambrosia Biosciences Inc. (“Ambrosia”) today announced a $100 million oversubscribed Series B financing. The financing provides $100 million in committed capital, intended to fund the Company through clinical trial initiation of its oral small molecule GLP-1. The financing was co-led by new investors Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities, Redmile and Deep Track Capital. Existing investors BVF Partners and Boulder Ventures also participated, and were joined by additional new investors Janus Henderson Investors, Samsara BioCapital, and an undisclosed institutional investor.
Read MoreIn 2025, the AMGA commenced a 5-year strategic plan that will provide direction and focus for the organization through 2029. The plan drives mission-driven initiatives that will increase public land access for guides, advertise the value of AMGA training and certification to the public, review and evaluate AMGA risk management practices, improve accessibility to AMGA courses and exams, establish financial practices that support long-term AMGA financial health, and modernize AMGA Mountain Guide Program curriculum and educational practices to meet the evolving needs of students.
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2026|Denver, CO—Comeryx, an AI-native, fully digital Managing General Agent (MGA), today announced its formation and the closing of a $7.5 million funding round. The investment was led by Altai Ventures, with participation from American Family Ventures, Intact Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Arch Capital Group Ltd., and Echelon.
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RapidFort, the technical leader defining the next generation of software supply chain security, today announced $42 million in Series A funding led by Blue Cloud Ventures and Forgepoint Capital, with participation from prior lead investor Felicis Ventures. Additional participants include Alumni Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Brave Capital, Evolution Ventures, Florida Funders, Gaingels, and Mana Ventures. Read more here.
Read MoreBoulder, CO and Austin, TX —Althea, a public benefit company building infrastructure for regulated psychedelic therapy, today announced its acquisition of Tricycle Day, the leading independent newsletter focused on psychedelic education.
The acquisition brings together two complementary efforts working toward the same goal: helping people responsibly find their way to psychedelic care. Althea provides compliance, payments, and care-navigation software for licensed facilitators and centers operating in state-regulated programs, while Tricycle Day has built one of the most trusted audiences for thoughtful, accessible psychedelic education.
Read MoreAIARE was created to solve a serious problem.
When my partners Jean Pavillard, Karl Klassen, and I co-founded AIARE in 1998, the number of avalanche fatalities each season in the United States had begun to climb drastically. Just a couple of years before, a sidecounty avalanche at a resort in our home state of Colorado resulted in multiple burials and four people dead—four families and an entire community grieving. Sadly, a version of this story was repeated numerous times in the mountains each winter.
Read More
