Last Tuesday, February 1st, a Provo startup saw an overwhelming flood of attention from the industry it hopes to serve. But despite the saying, it may turn out that not all press is good press. In the case of NFT music startup Hitpiece, the attention may amount to a legal

On February 7, 2022, Nivati (South Jordan, Utah) announced a strategic partnership with Savology (Orem, Utah) to bring financial wellness resources to their clients. Nivati is a bootstrapped mental health startup for employees, recently profiled in TechBuzz. The collaboration with Savology represents Nivati’s ninth tool designed to support employee

It shouldn’t be a surprise that happy employees are better employees. I know I am able to make better decisions and lead more effectively if I’m feeling content. But in a startup, where so many fundamental aspects of work are ever-changing—such as the products you’re building,

DaysToHappy, an employee experience platform with offices in Salt Lake City, Utah (headquartered in Boise, Idaho), has launched Ava: an AI-powered virtual Coach designed to deliver customized experiences based on the employee’s “eDNA,” or 23 indicators of engagement. Designed for simple implementation and metric-driven “action plans” for large and

Pattern Acquires Amplifi.io On February 2, 2022, Pattern announced its acquisition of Amplifi.io, a digital asset management (DAM) and product information management (PIM) platform based in Irvine, CA. Amplifi.io’s technology will be folded into Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform in the coming months. This move will

In my career, I've been a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and unabashed technophile. I’ve also been a Provo resident for more than half my life, with Sundance just 25 minutes up the road. I’ve attended some portion of the Sundance Film Fest nearly every year since moving

Today, GuideCX, based in Draper, announced their $25 million Series B round. The round was led by Meritech Capital Partners of San Francisco, with participation from many returning Utah VCs including Album VC, Prelude, Sorenson Capital, Epic Ventures, and Orchard Ventures.  “Meritech Capital has backed Data Dog, Facebook, Looker, and

Today eLearning Brothers (eLB), an eLearning solutions company in American Fork, announced it has raised a $54 million investment from RLG Capital (Park City, Utah) and Trinity Investors, (previously Trinity Private Equity Group), based in the Dallas area. The funding has enabled the American Fork-based learning solutions company to acquire