RizePoint, a Salt Lake City-based technology leader in the food safety, quality management, compliance, and social responsibility space, has named Paul Damaren as its new Executive Vice President, Business Development. In this role, Paul will be at the helm of forging a new future for the company and charting RizePoint’

By Elainna Ciaramella    In January, the Larry H. Miller Company (LHMCO) announced bringing Alex Dunn, a tech giant and entrepreneur, on as managing partner—a new role at LHMCO. Dunn’s onboarding was on the heels of LHM’s 24-month transformation where it sold the Utah Jazz and automotive dealerships,

Eltropy (Milpitas, CA and Lehi, Utah), announced it was recently granted a patent for its new digital notary product—Video Notary.  The year 2022 continued the trend of patents received by Eltropy (which acquired video banking leader POPi/o in May), with multiple patents granted, bringing the total number of

CompTIA (headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill, near Chicago, pictured below) announced it has acquired TestOut, a Utah-based provider of comprehensive IT training, courseware, online labs, and performance-based exams. Transaction details have not been disclosed. Through this acquisition, the two edtech organizations join forces to extend their K-12 and Higher Ed

pieFi (Salt Lake City) announced it has raised $4.6M in funding. Kickstart Fund (Salt Lake City) led the round. Origin Ventures (Salt Lake City, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and DC) and others also participated in the round. The company says it will use the funds to accelerate growth

Utah Tech University has a few desks in the Atwood Innovation Plaza that are available to rent at reasonable rates. Utah Tech's incubator space, now called The Pipeline, has spots that are ideal and highly functional for the quiet solo entrepreneur or small startup team.  "A quality

Today TaxBit announced its acquisition of Tactic, a New York-based digital asset financial accounting platform, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition combines two leaders in the digital asset accounting space and establishes TaxBit's New York office presence. The combined entity employs over 200 people, including over 30 CPAs

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) recently named Sidni Shorter, PsyD, as its first Minority Business Center (MBC) Director. The center is the result of a Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) grant awarded to SLCC last fall by the U.S. Department of Commerce to assist minority-owned businesses. The center will