On Wednesday, August 17th, Provo-based ChatFunnels is hosting the Account Based Engagement Summit for sales and account executives looking to bring greater revenue from their websites and sales funnels. The free online one day event will see over 30 speakers from B2B companies covering industry trends, best practices, and specific

University of Utah Announces Entrepreneur Program for Alumni Today the University of Utah announced a new program to support alumni interested in entrepreneurship. Lassonde for Life is open to all alumni of the university who want to start or grow a business. It is provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute,

Savvos Health, previously known as glassFROGG, closed a pre-seed round of slightly over $1 million. Investors include Lance Evenson, We Funder, Assure Syndicates, Jared Lynch, Stuart Schantz, and Dr. Daniel Harris. TechBuzz profiled the Lindon, Utah-based healthcare startup one year ago. Since then, the company has rebranded and pivoted to

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