401GO announced today it has closed a $2 million seed round led by Toronto-based Impression Ventures, which will also be taking a board seat with the company. Signal Peak Ventures of Salt Lake City, and Stout Street capital of Denver also joined the round. This $2 million investment expands upon

Campfire, a startup in Lehi focused on management training, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The investment is led by Sepio Capital, a multifamily office with operations in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, with participation from Kickstart Fund, Peak Capital, and several angel investors. “We're

The Plan for "The Point" On August 10, 2021, the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority released the framework plan for The Point—the much-anticipated 600 acre mixed use development straddling Bluffdale and Draper at the current site of the Utah State Prison. Widely seen as one

TaxBit, the tax and accounting software provider for the digital economy, announced today a $130 million Series B funding round at a $1.33 billion valuation. The round was led by IVP and Insight Partners, with additional participation from previous investors Tiger Global, Paradigm, and Anthony Pompliano, along with 9Yards

In Ecuador a tiny frog—the Hyalinobatrachium yaku species to be exact—possesses a most unusual attribute: it’s skin is completely transparent. You can see its organs including its beating heart. The frog has nothing to hide. You can gauge the health of the frog from the outside by

Davis Smith, the entrepreneur best known for the Salt Lake City based outdoor apparel company Cotopaxi, is buying back his first startup, PoolTables.com. The details of the transaction were not disclosed, but Smith says the business generates revenues in the eight-figures annually. “This was not on my radar,” said

Danish Shipping Giant Maersk Acquires Utah-based Visible Supply Chain Management for $838 Million Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced today it is acquiring Utah-based Visible Supply Chain Management, a logistics company with fulfillment centers in Salt Lake City and Hurricane, Utah, and in other states, including Colorado,

"The economy of Utah has seen spectacular expansion since the turn of the millennium, with annual real GDP rising by 82% from 2000 to 2020." — Salt Lake City photo caption from Forbes article Echoing numerous lists ranking Utah’s economy as the strongest in the nation, Forbes has