StartUp Wyoming

Blossom Ko Lumley serves as Statewide Director of Startup Wyoming, an organization dedicated to strengthening Wyoming’s innovation-driven startup ecosystem. She brings more than two decades of experience across nonprofit and private-sector organizations, with deep expertise in operations, project design, and organizational management.
Before joining Startup Wyoming, Blossom co-founded Airloom Energy, a venture-backed wind technology company based in Laramie, where she served as Chief Operating Officer and helped secure more than $18 million in seed investment. Her earlier career includes leadership roles at the J. Paul Getty Trust, the LA Annenberg Metropolitan Project, and Ares Management, where she built programs and operational systems that supported large-scale, mission-driven initiatives.
Blossom also designed and launched the Financial Affairs Support Team at the University of Wyoming, a department that delivers essential operational support to colleges while providing hands-on professional experience to student interns.
In her current role, she oversees statewide strategy, partnerships, and program development to ensure Wyoming founders have access to the resources, capital pathways, and collaborative networks they need to build and scale successful companies.

Startup Wyoming is a statewide initiative designed to support founders building innovation-driven startups with the ambition to scale. Through education, capital strategy, and ecosystem connections, Startup Wyoming helps entrepreneurial founders move from idea to growth while navigating Wyoming’s startup landscape.  This presentation will present an overview of the work Startup Wyoming has been engaged in since its inception in September 2024, its current "Put Wyoming's Founders on the Map" campaign, and an update on the organization's future direction and programming.