Austin Craig
Austin Craig is a media producer, writer, and entrepreneur.
South Jordan-based Lucid announced yesterday the release of Lucidspark, a collaborative visualization tool for remote teams. The cloud-based virtual whiteboard allows teams to work together in real-time with virtual note cards, markers, and more on a free form infinite canvas. As companies everywhere, and tech teams especially, disperse in the
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Salt Lake City based eFileCabinet announced September 15th they’ve raised $11.5 million in Series C capital. Funding was led by existing investors Allegis Capital and Signal Peak Ventures, which are now joined by Camden Partners, Allegis Nippon Life, and Oquirrh Ventures. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet isn’t a
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Salt Lake City based-SimpleCitizen announced today their acquisition by Fragomen, the largest immigration services provider in the world. The deal is private, with no public statement on acquisition terms or price. In their official announcement, Fragomen said “the acquisition of SimpleCitizen will be the cornerstone within the newly created Fragomen
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21 September, 2020 — Nikola Corporation announced Sunday Sept. 20, that founder and Executive Chairman Trevor Milton would be stepping away from the company in all capacities effective immediately. Milton has been the visible face of the company since founding Nikola in Salt Lake City in 2014. Milton and Nikola are
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On Wednesday Facebook hosted their annual Facebook Connect event (formerly Oculus Connect). The event saw numerous announcements, like the launch of a new group within Facebook called Reality Labs. The group is responsible for development on all virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) projects (together dubbed XR). Among the
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The Venture Fuel Summit of Friday the 11th featured speakers, panels, and competitions from across Utah’s startup and tech scene. But for one winner at the event, the competition didn’t happen on stage, but over years and decades of building winning tech and business. Warren Osborn was honored
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Salt Lake City-based Atomic Financial announced that it raised $5.8 million recently in a seed round. The round was led by Portage Ventures from Toronto, with Core Innovation Capital out of Los Angeles and ATX Venture Partners out of Austin, Texas joining. “We’d have loved to raise money
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The 2020 pandemic has changed how people work, play, and purchase. Consumers are buying more online and marketers rely on online sales more than ever. The all-online Demand Gen Summit aims to help B2B sales and marketing pros sharpen skills and optimize funnels. The Demand Gen Summit will happen Wednesday,
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