PrinterLogic has a new name—Vasion. It also has a beautiful new building atop the airport bluff in St. George known as Tech Ridge— a sophisticated mixed-use development. It’s home to Dixie Technical College and technology companies, which now includes Vasion as a ground-breaking new entrant, Intergalactic (later this
by Mark Tullis
Vant4ge is a Utah-based criminal justice tech company that is revolutionizing corrections care. Having partnered with more than 100 correctional departments, agencies, and prisons in the United States, the company is now helping prisons manage the coronavirus pandemic. The company has grown by 23% in the past year and expects
by Mark Tullis
Beny raised $1 million seed investment from strategic investor, Magellan HCM. Will launch this month a SaaS platform giving employees choice and freedom over the benefits they want. "Benefits don’t benefit anymore; everyone’s got essentially the same plan," so says Chad Ingram, Founder and CEO of
by Mark Tullis
For Mercato Partners, the Cottonwood Heights, Utah-based investment firm, 2020 has been a heckuva year. Since its founding in 2007 it has made 28 investments. This year six of them have had exits, four of which with valuations over $1 billion: Venafi, Workfront, Cradlepoint and Galileo. Mercato’s 2020 wins
by Mark Tullis
Nearing the end of an already record-breaking year for Utah’s technology sector, yesterday Qualtrics filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which would set the company's valuation on a fully diluted basis of between $12 billion and $14.4 billion—yet another Utah landmark.
by Mark Tullis
Today, Jane, an online marketplace based in Lehi, announced it has raised $40 million in a Series A investment from Austin-based Tritium Partners. Jane is a boutique marketplace where customers, mostly women, can find high quality products—clothing, accessories, shoes and home decor—from a curated network of over 3,
by Mark Tullis
PathologyWatch has announced $2 million in extension funding of its $5 million series A round that it raised earlier this year. The extension funding comes from life science investors based in Germany, Neue Fund, and Bioventures GmbH. Lateral Capital, BeniVC, and Sky Ventures also participated in the extension round. In
by Mark Tullis
Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Pluralsight, Inc., the technology workforce development company for $3.5 billion. It is an all-cash transaction acquiring all outstanding shares of Pluralsight common stock for $20.26 per share. The company’s stock dropped precipitously in March 2020,
by Mark Tullis