PERA Injects Capital into Colorado
The Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) has defined a strategy where they will invest in venture capital or private equity linked to Colorado. They have just issued an RFP for a private equity manager to run $25 million to $50 million in an in-state investment fund. PERA has $38.3 billion in its defined benefit plan, with 9%, or 43,4...
Business Colorado: Activity Wrap-Up October 2011
At Hasan Legal we like to share good news about our Colorado small business community. This type of news inspires us and we hope it will do the same for you: Digital Folio, Inc., a new Colorado corporation formed in March 2011, has received $1.2 million in angel investor funding. The Denver startup has recently completed beta testing of its...
Starting Your Business Can Be Scary
I’m not here to tell you that striking out to pursue your own venture is not without risk, or that you won’t face self-doubt. In 2009 I left my comfortable corporate attorney job to start my own Denver law firm. I had a vision of using my skills in business law to not only help Colorado's small and medium sized...