Mark Tullis

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

Sweater Closes $12 Million Seed Round Sweater announced on February 24, 2022 that it has closed a $12M seed round. The round was co-led by Motivate VC and Akuna Capital, with participation from Jeffrey Cruttenden (Co-founder of Acorns), Eli Broverman (Co-founder of Betterment), Litquidity, MRTNZ Ventures, Bison

On February 22, 2022, SoFi Technologies Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Technisys in an all-stock deal amounting to $1.1 billion. Technisys is a pioneer in digital banking, developing fintech software long before the category was created. The company was founded in

Epitel Raises $12.5 in Series A Funding On February 16, 2022, Epitel, Inc., a digital health company in Salt Lake City providing wearable, wireless EEG monitoring technology to detect seizures, announced it has closed a $12.5 million Series A financing. Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV) and Genoa Ventures co-

Superconductive, a provider of open source data quality tools, has raised a $40 million Series B investment, announced the company on February 10, 2022. The round was led by Tiger Global (New York). Bay area VCs Index Ventures, CRV, and Root Ventures also participated in the round. The company has

Today Leadership Circle (Salt Lake City) announced it has raised $20 million in financing from private investment firm, RF Investment Partners (Chicago, New York, and Dallas). The investment will be used to further develop the leadership development company’s platform and SaaS capabilities, scale its executive coaching offerings, and support

Dixie's First Pitch Competition of 2022 - February 17 The Atwood Innovation Plaza, Dixie State University's startup incubator, is holding its first Innovation Pitch Competition of 2022. The event will take place on Thursday, February 17th, at 1:30 – 2:45pm and is viewable on Zoom.  The

On February 7, 2022, Nivati (South Jordan, Utah) announced a strategic partnership with Savology (Orem, Utah) to bring financial wellness resources to their clients. Nivati is a bootstrapped mental health startup for employees, recently profiled in TechBuzz. The collaboration with Savology represents Nivati’s ninth tool designed to support employee