Nov 3, 2022

Catch up on the local tech news you might have missed last week. Photo: Shutterstock Following last week’s announcements, several tech companies are hiring local employees to help fuel demand for their products and solutions. Catch up on the latest tech news with the Built In Colorado Weekly Refresh. Fermyon Technologies secured $20M . The Longmont-based company develops easy-to-use, open-source platforms for developers. Led by Insight Partners, this Series A round comes four months after Fermyon raised a $6 million seed round. The company also launched Fermyon Cloud to provide developers with “unprecedented” performance and security for web applications. [Built In Colorado] Dateability was featured in Built In’s Future 5 series . Sisters Jacqueline and Alexa Child recently launched Dateability, a dating app designed for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. The app is open to everyone but is intended to help users overcome the hurdle of finding the right way to tell a romantic prospect about their health condition. Profiles on the mobile and web-based app include a Dateability Deets section where users describe their health, such as indicating if they are neurodivergent or use a wheelchair. [Built In Colorado] Colorado Tech Quote of the Week “The Covid-19 pandemic has awakened many industries to the efficiency and convenience of a virtual card program and ushered in greater demand for heightened security. BillGO operates at the forefront of virtual card adoption, delivering value-added services that make virtual cards a touchless, easier option for suppliers.” — Chris Aguas, co-founder and CEO of CoreChain Technologies Fort Collins-based BillGO partnered with CoreChain Technologies . BillGo is a bill payment platform and CoreChain is a business-to-business payments network built on the blockchain. The new partnership will strengthen payments through CoreChain’s virtual card program and enhance user onboarding. BillGo is actively hiring for a handful of roles on its engineering, sales, product and analytics teams. [Business Wire] LogRhythm integrated its tech with Gigamon . Boulder-based security operations platform LogRhythm and California-based Gigamon, an observability software for IT professionals, teamed up to further empower security teams. By integrating the LogRhythm SIEM platform with Gigamon’s Hawk Deep Observability, IT and security teams will be able to better identify threats and prioritize responses. LogRhythm is currently hiring for 10 roles across sales, operations and engineering. [Business Wire] Sierra Space announced a collaboration with IBM . The aerospace company and tech giant signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the next generation of space technology, including vehicles, software platforms and other infrastructure. IBM will also help Sierra Space automate its business and IT operations. The Louisville-based aerospace company is hiring for more than 100 roles . Open positions range from design and UX to project management, engineering and finance. [Business Wire] Colorado startup guides