Giddy Raises $8 Million to Take DeFi Mainstream
MONEY - January 17, 2022
Giddy has announced $8 million seed funding led by Pelion Venture Partners. Joining the round is a who’s who of Utah startup investing and entrepreneurshi... Read More
Buzzworthy - January 14, 2022
BUZZWORTHY - January 14, 2022
LVT to Expand Orem Headquarters LiveView Technologies, Inc. (LVT) plans to expand its Orem headquarters, bringing up to 3,400 new high-paying jobs ... Read More
Does Utah Tech Need a Culture Reboot?
Does Utah Tech Need a Culture Reboot?
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 14, 2022
[Note: In all quoted social posts, any emphasis via italics was added by TechBuzz.] An Acute Problem Nobody in Utah’s tech or startup scene failed t... Read More
Journeyfront Raises a $13.4 Million Series A
MONEY - January 13, 2022
On Thanksgiving Day Journeyfront, an American Fork hiring software company, closed a $13.4 Million Series A investment round. The round was led by Elevation Cap... Read More
Utah Businesses Asked to Step In to Help Substitute Teacher Shortage
ECOSYSTEM - January 12, 2022
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce is hosting a virtual webinar this Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10am, to help address Utah’s substitute teacher shortage. ... Read More
Investor Mindset: EPIC Ventures, a Utah Venture Firm with Deep Utah Roots and Global Relationships
ECOSYSTEM - January 11, 2022
Continuing our Investor Mindset series, we sat down with Kent Madsen and Nick Efstratis, co-founders of EPIC Ventures, to get to know one of the earliest ventur... Read More
PassiveLogic Raises a $34 Million Series B to Redefine Autonomous Building Systems Technology
MONEY - January 11, 2022
On January 11, 2022, PassiveLogic (Holladay, Utah) announced it has raised a $34 Million Series B round. The round was led by Addition (New York)... Read More
Forethought AI Raises $65 Million Series C for Customer Service AI Platform
MONEY - January 10, 2022
Forethought (San Francisco, with an office in Lehi, Utah) has raised a $65 million Series C round led by Steadfast Capital Management (New York City). The round... Read More
Buzzworthy - January 7, 2022
BUZZWORTHY - January 07, 2022
Co-Diagnostics Acquires Idaho Molecular and Advanced Conceptions Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Salt Lake City) announced late last month it has acquired Idaho M... Read More
Gigafund Leads $47 Million Investment in Angel Studios
MONEY - January 06, 2022
Angel Studios (Provo) announced on January 5, 2021, it has raised $47 million in a financing round led by Gigafund (Austin) and Uncorrelated Ventures (San Franc... Read More
Entrata Founder Sends Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Email to State Leaders
TECH NEWS - January 05, 2022
By now, most of the Utah tech community (and many working in national media) have seen the comments made by Utah businessman and Republican political activist D... Read More
SWORD Health Seeks to Outsmart MSK Pain, Raises $163 Million Series D
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 04, 2022
SWORD Health (Draper, Utah) has scaled rapidly since the onset of COVID-19, achieving a $2 billion double-unicorn valuation just two years after entering the ma... Read More
Kizik by HandsFree Labs: “The Future of Footwear”
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 03, 2022
The creative and engineering teams for Kizik (Lindon, Utah) are serious about “hands-free” footwear. “These are not slip-ons or flip-flops, th... Read More
