Mark Tullis

With representation from aerospace, agriculture, artificial intelligence, biosciences, engineering, transportation, and more, the new Wasatch Innovation Network will support Utah businesses — start-ups to unicorns — with network development, funding channels, policy development, government relations, and support for research, development and commercialization.   TechBuzz is a Founding Partner in the Wasatch Innovation Network.

Skill Struck, a Utah EdTech startup in Provo providing accessible computer science coursework for students and teachers in grades K-12, recently released its first equity report. The report comes amid Skill Struck’s rapid expansion after closing a new round of funding in which they raised $1.3 million, with

MX-OurBanc Mobile Banking Partnership On July 1, 2021, Lehi, Utah-based MX announced its partnership with OurBanc, an online and mobile banking app that offers personalized financial alerts. The newly launched app gives users the ability to view, manage, move, and grow their money to improve their financial health.  OurBanc is

Xenter announces new Therapeutics Business Unit; taps David Bearss to lead On June 23, 2021, following the close of $12 million in Series A funding, Xenter announced the launch of the Xenter Therapeutics business unit. This new unit will be led by David J. Bearss PhD, Xenter’s president and

Gabb Wireless launches Gabb Watch On June 15, 2021, Lehi-based Gabb Wireless announced the launch of its news Gabb Watch. It joins the award-winning Gabb Z2 “smart for kids” phone.  Existing Gabb customers who pre-order will receive a 30% discount. The Gabb Watch will be available to the public for

On June 16, 2021, process analytics software provider Cardagraph announced it has raised a pre-seed round from prolific investor, Jeff Burningham, Founder of Peak Capital Partners and Peak Ventures. They have funded over 20 start-up teams since Burningham ran for Governor in Utah last year. Burningham and his partners at

Mercato Announces Close of $100 Million Savory Fund II Salt Lake City investment firm, Mercato Partners, announced last week the closing of Savory II with $100 million. Savory is one of four funds managed by Mercato; it focuses on scaling restaurant brands, including local (and TechBuzz) favorites R&R,

Chargeback Announces Acquisition by Sift Salt Lake City-based Chargeback, a producer a SaaS-based dispute management platform that helps merchants prevent and manage chargeback fraud, announced on May 25, 2021 an agreement to be acquired by Sift. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, Sift produces software to detect and prevent fraud.