Following its recent $20 million raise, as covered by TechBuzz, on November 8, 2021 Udo announced its first acquisition: Smile Virtual, a virtual care company connecting dentists with patients wanting to improve their smiles.  Phoenix-based Smile Virtual facilitates virtual communication between dentists and patients with the goal of improving smiles.

Instructure today announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kimono, a cloud-based data integration and interoperability platform for education. Details about acquisition terms were unavailable. Kimono is a long-time partner and preferred integration solution of Instructure’s Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Kimono will be rebranded as “Elevate

A new initiative, the Intermountain Intelligence, Industry, and Security Consortium (I3SC) announced its launch on November 2, 2021. The I3SC is a partnership with Utah State University’s Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI), Utah Valley University’s Center for National Security Studies (CNSS), and industry partners, including Adobe, AgilePQ, FireEye,

Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation (MPRA) announced yesterday the pricing of its IPO of 20,000,000 shares at $10.00 per share. The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) is aiming to raise $200 million for the purposes of “effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or

Clene Announces Phase II Clinical Trial Results On November 2, 2021, Clene Nanomedicine announced final results of all 45 patients participating in one of its randomized Phase II clinical trials called RESCUE-ALS. The trial has been evaluating Clene's main product, CNM-Au8, a catalytically active gold nanotherapeutic for people

On Tuesday, November 2nd 2021, Utah lost one of its greatest entrepreneurs, investors, and business champions. Warren Osborn passed away at the age of 57 after a four year battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. And what a battle it was. Osborn has posted on

Inc. Magazine has published a list of 250 of the best-led companies in the United States, with eight Utah companies on the list; Health Catalyst, Domo, Owlet, Overstock, Pattern, HealthEquity, Lucid, and Vivint Smart Home. To compile the list, Inc. evaluated private and public U.S.-based companies using a

In late 2017, Glen Mella met with Dr. Milton Lee, a recently retired BYU professor with four decades of experience teaching and applying chemistry both in the classroom and in the real world. While at BYU, Lee founded successfully spun out three tech companies from his lab, all with a