By Elainna Ciaramella    “In the modern era, we’ve had the Industrial Revolution, the Information Age, and soon, the Space Age. Space is the next industry to totally change the world,” says Brian McCann, CEO of Intergalactic (formerly known as Airborne ECS, a re-brand covered by TechBuzz), a St.

Today Strider Technologies announced that it has closed $45 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners (Chicago), with participation from existing investors DataTribe (DC area), Koch Disruptive Technologies (Wichita, KS), and One9 Ventures (Ottowa, Ontario). Costa Saab of Valor Equity Partners will join Strider’

Today Volcanic Retail launches the first two way communication B2B brand discovery platform. Volcanic Retail is an online marketplace connecting retail buyers with brands, eliminating the need for expensive trade shows and offering an easy way for retail buyers to socialize and communicate with brands.  When the Covid pandemic hit,

The first ever Consumer Summit invites entrepreneurs in the Utah consumer goods industry to gather for a day of celebration, exchange, and education. The event takes place on April 28, 2022, at the Slopes EVNTS Center in Draper, UT. The main organizer of the summit, Cydni Tetro, CEO of Brandless,

BoomStartup Announces Pitchup Three Awardees BoomStartup announced on April 22, 2022 the category winners of its PitchUp Three virtual pitch competition. 21 companies pitched 12 investors, media (including TechBuzz), accelerators and other members of Utah's entrepreneurship ecosystem. Organized and led by Tara Spalding, Managing Director of BoomStartup Accelerator,

By Jenny Rollins alphaMountain, a Salt Lake City-based computer and network security company, announced it has received $2.7 million in seed funding, led by Mercato Partners’ Prelude Fund (Cottonwood Heights, UT) with participation from the private equity firm Crosspoint Capital Partners (Menlo Park, CA). The company will use

With three kids ages five, three, and one, Liz and Ryan Reeves were struggling to manage all of the demands and challenges of a busy young family. Ryan worked for Podium full time, and Liz stayed at home raising their children.  “We were trying to get into the swing of

Proggio, a next-generation Project Portfolio Management solution based in Tel Aviv with offices in Salt Lake City, recently closed a $7M Series A round led by 2.0 Ventures (Salt Lake City) with participation from both existing investors Mangrove Capital Partners (Luxembourg) and Cresson Management (Israel). Proggio will use