Nancy Phillips, executive board chair of Flexential, a Charlotte, N.C.-based hybrid information technology data center operator, has become an investor and joined the board of Colorado Springs-based startup FoodMaven. She co-founded ViaWest, which was acquired last year by Peak 10. She was a founder and held leadership roles in RMi.net, Intrepid, TSC and Confertech. FoodMaven operates an online marketplace in Denver and Colorado Springs for surplus food bought from grocery stores and food distributors and sold to restaurants, institutional kitchens and commercial food preparation businesses.

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