Nexus IT announced today it has merged with IT services provider, Intelitechs. Both IT services companies are based in Salt Lake City.   The merger adds significant value to both teams’ client services, capabilities, and product offerings, and will expand the leadership suite of the newly combined entity that will be

Continuing our Investor Mindset series, we got together with John Richards, Tyler Richards, and Jordan Harbertson, co-founders of a new fund, Startup Ignition Ventures at the 11th Startup Ignition Alumni Reunion at Utah Valley University. We learned about this new Provo-based early-stage fund, met the team, and witnessed the legendary

This is part six of a series on Utah's Polynesian entrepreneurs. See parts one, two, three, four, and five.  Today Datajoin announced a $3.5 Million Seed Round led by Sepio Capital (Alemo, California). With the seed round, Datajoin, founded by Sam Fonoimoana, became the first VC-backed and

Bacon announced today it has raised an $8 million in Series A-1 investment from some of the nation’s premier investment firms—including Landon Ainge, who credits Bacon for his comeback as a gig worker to a rising-star investor in Utah's investor landscape. The “temp agency in an

Kickstart Fund, based in Cottonwood Heights, welcomes Kat Kennedy to their team as their newest General Partner, a seasoned entrepreneur who helped Degreed go from its earliest stage to a $1.4B valuation in nine years.  “I'm so proud of what we have built with Degreed, and as

By Jenny Rollins A lot of things grow in biotech labs: plants, cells, cultures. But Altitude Lab in Utah is growing something different—homegrown Utah biotech startups. The incubator program, based in Recursion's old headquarters located in Research Park in Salt Lake City, takes in Life Science startups

Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Prosperity Coalition's Economic Dashboard July 2022 Update Today the Salt Lake Chamber’s Roadmap to Prosperity Coalition, in partnership with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, updated its monthly Economic Dashboard for July, 2022. The Dashboard provides data on the state’s

After acquiring a cleaning and restoration business in Texas, Jeff Bitton found flaws in his usual marketing techniques. His company spent money advertising on Google, Yelp, Home Advisor, Thumbtack, and Angie’s List to get their name and reputation out there, but the more they spent the more frustrated they