Mark Tullis
Mark is Co-founder/Editor of TechBuzz News. From Ogden, UT, Mark attended WSU, BYU, and Tufts. He has been involved in tech, media, publishing since the 80s.
Eve Financial Raises $3.4 Million Seed Financing Eve Financial has announced a $3.4 million seed financing round led by Allegis Capital of Palo Alto, CA. The company has stated the seed round closed in 2021 but has not specified the closing date. Eve is a fintech platform based
by Mark Tullis
Top 20 Announced in 2022 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge On March 11, 2022, the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah announced the top 20 teams of The High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC). 90 teams submitted applications for the 2021-22 season. The top 20, listed below, will
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Today Sorenson Ventures (Salt Lake City) announced it has raised $150 million for its second fund, Sorenson Ventures II. The raise was oversubscribed and reached its intended hard cap of $150 million. The new fund includes limited partners from foundations, endowments, fund of funds, a reinsurance company, a pension fund,
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Today CoFi announced it has raised $7 million in seed funding as it seeks to transform the construction financing experience for all stakeholders in the construction industry. The round was led by Blackhorn Ventures (Boulder, CO), Metaprop (New York) and Tenacity Venture Capital (Atherton, CA). It allows CoFi to process
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Today Pleasant Grove, UT-based Whistic, along with founding tech companies—Okta, Airbnb, Zendesk, Asana, Atlassian, Snap, Notion, TripActions, and G2—announce the formation of the Security First Initiative. This coalition pledges "to put security first by proactively sharing security information with customers using a Whistic Profile," say the
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Atomic FI, a Salt Lake City based financial services firm that facilitates payroll information in real time, has raised a “pre-emptive” $40 million Series B, the company announced on March 3, 2022. This latest round brings the total funding raised by the company at over $68 million. The $40 million
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SheTech Explorer Day Brings Together 1,700 Utah High School Girls On March 1, 2022, 1,700 high school girls from over 150 Utah high schools came together to participate in the 2022 SheTech Explorer Day. The all-day event provided the STEM-oriented girls with hands-on technology experiences from over 50
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BeatBread is a pioneering music funding platform enabling artists to access growth capital, especially emerging artists, who might be less interested in paying the high legal costs associated with signing with a label. The company helps artists gain control of their careers and ownership of their music. Earlier this month
by Mark Tullis