Michael Davidson
Michael Davidson is an award-winning journalist whose career as a business reporter has taken him from the garages of aspiring inventors to assembly centers for billion-dollar satellites. Most recently, Michael covered startups, venture capital, IT, cleantech, aerospace, and telecoms for Xconomy and, before that, for the Boulder County Business Report. Before switching to business journalism, Michael covered politics and the Colorado Legislature for the Colorado Springs Gazette and the government, police and crime beats for the Broomfield Enterprise, a paper in suburban Denver. He also worked for the Boulder Daily Camera, and his stories have appeared in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. Career highlights include an award from the Colorado Press Association, doing barrel rolls in a vintage fighter jet and learning far more about public records than is healthy. Michael started his career as a copy editor for the Colorado Springs Gazette's sports desk. Michael has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan.
Recent posts
The crew that turned Netezza into a $1.7 billion big data success story is back with Cazena, a Waltham, MA-based startup its founders say can bring big data to the cloud.... Read more »
Companies in Colorado raised nearly $330.3 million from venture capital investors in the second quarter, a 185 percent jump from what they raised in the prior quarter, and while that increase... Read more »
Paying for college is tough no matter what country you’re in. And it’s not just because of the ever-increasing tuition bills. Sometimes just making sure the checks get in on time... Read more »
Major cybersecurity breaches are back in the news and so are the companies trying to protect against them.
One of those companies is Waltham, MA-based CounterTack, which today announced it... Read more »
Sure, Pluto is 3 billion miles and nine years away, but the New Horizons spacecraft and the scientists behind the mission are actually quite close to home, if you live in... Read more »
A haven for skiing and snowboarding in the winter, mountain biking and bluegrass in the summer—that’s the perception of Telluride, a town in southwest Colorado that is one of the most... Read more »
The Foundry Group is raising another venture capital fund, according to SEC documents. The Boulder, CO-based VC firm is looking to raise $225 million. The fund, named Foundry Venture Capital... Read more »
The war against Alzheimer’s disease has been a brutal, losing fight. Those stricken with the disease, their loved ones, and their doctors are on the front lines every day, but the... Read more »
Nivalis Therapeutics, a Boulder, CO-based drug company developing a treatment for cystic fibrosis, made its debut on the Nasdaq on Wednesday with a $77 million public offering.
Formerly N30 Pharmaceuticals,... Read more »
When you get the CEOs of tech companies in a room with venture capitalists, there’s usually one thing on their mind—making money. A lot of it.
Scott McNealy knows a few... Read more »
The bad news for GlobeImmune keeps coming. The Louisville, CO-based drug company announced today it is slashing the majority of its workforce and is evaluating its strategic options in the wake... Read more »
Galvanize is going global—and Google is giving it a hand.
The Denver-based education startup/co-working chain/early stage venture fund announced this morning it will begin offering classes in London. Galvanize is working... Read more »
How do you say “big winner” in Portuguese? Or Mandarin?
VerbalizeIt, a startup that connects businesses with translators from around the world, was the big winner at the Colorado... Read more »
Rally Software, the Boulder, CO-based software company that led a new generation of technology startups in Colorado and became the first in years to reach an IPO, is going to be... Read more »
The makers of apps that help college students find mentors, tourists find activities, and commuters find perks took home the $25,000 top prizes as the winners of the second Go Code... Read more »
It’s not much of a secret that data storage and networking are two areas where Colorado has created some very successful startups, such as SolidFire and, back in the day, Lefthand... Read more »
A health IT startup that wants to use IBM’s Watson supercomputer to make personalized recommendations might be getting a bit smarter about which customers to seek out and how to motivate... Read more »
Scratch Wireless is trying to make bills from wireless companies a relic of the past. It’s an ambitious dream, and the Cambridge, MA, startup has taken a step forward by partnering... Read more »
You might not think there’s room in the market—or on your smartphone—for another photo-sharing app, but Bill Gianoukos thinks you’re wrong. He also thinks he’s got the app that will trump... Read more »
Nivalis Therapeutics, a Boulder, CO-based drug company working on a treatment for cystic fibrosis, will attempt to go public soon with a potential $60 million initial public offering. The filing... Read more »
