Austin Craig
Austin Craig is a media producer, writer, and entrepreneur.




Dónde, the travel-as-a-work-benefit startup based in Salt Lake City, has raised a $1.3 million dollar pre-seed round of funding. The round is led by Jeremy Andrus, CEO of Traeger Grills, and Tamarak, the venture-focused multi-family office based in Springville Utah. Multiple other angel investors joined the round as well.
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Droplet, the Lehi-based startup providing digital forms and automated workflows, has raised $2 million in their first seed round. The funding comes from Pelion Venture Partners and Precedent, with partners Josh James of Domo, Todd Pedersen of Vivint, Ryan Smith of Qualtrics, and Jeff Kearl formerly of Stance. Cofounder and
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Neighbor, the Lehi based self-storage marketplace, today announced it has closed a $53 million Series B round of funding. The round is led by Fifth Wall, with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz, Pelion Ventures, and Album Ventures. Additional funding comes from DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, and StockX CEO Scott Cutler, who
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Homie, the peer-to-peer real estate marketplace headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, has announced its intention to hire 1,000 more real estate agents in 2021 across all of its markets, including Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Denver, and now Boise. The announcement comes on the heels of already-rapid growth. Homie has extended
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What does a pro basketball player do when the last game ends? If you’re Travis Hansen, you reinvent SMB and startup services. Hansen towers at 6’6” tall. He’s a Utah native, graduating from Mountain View High School, UVU, and BYU, who then went on to Duke University.
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VidAngel, the Provo-based startup offering family-friendly entertainment, is rebranding with a focus on original content. It’s also raising capital in an open round of equity crowdfunding that has already raised over $1.3 million in the first 24 hours of funding. The round is capped at $5 million. In
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DeepSee.ai, a Salt Lake City startup focused on producing business intelligence from existing client data, announced March 15th it has raised $22.6 million in series A funding. The round is led by ForgePoint Capital in San Mateo California, along with previous investors AllegisCyber Capital from San Francisco and
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TaxBit, the Draper Utah-based makers of cryptocurrency tax and accounting automation software, have announced their $100 Million Series A funding. The round is co-led by Tiger Global, based in New York City, and Paradigm, based in San Francisco. The list of investors joining the round make up a who’s
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