On February 22, 2022, SoFi Technologies Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Technisys in an all-stock deal amounting to $1.1 billion. Technisys is a pioneer in digital banking, developing fintech software long before the category was created. The company was founded in

Epitel Raises $12.5 in Series A Funding On February 16, 2022, Epitel, Inc., a digital health company in Salt Lake City providing wearable, wireless EEG monitoring technology to detect seizures, announced it has closed a $12.5 million Series A financing. Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV) and Genoa Ventures co-

Superconductive, a provider of open source data quality tools, has raised a $40 million Series B investment, announced the company on February 10, 2022. The round was led by Tiger Global (New York). Bay area VCs Index Ventures, CRV, and Root Ventures also participated in the round. The company has

Today Leadership Circle (Salt Lake City) announced it has raised $20 million in financing from private investment firm, RF Investment Partners (Chicago, New York, and Dallas). The investment will be used to further develop the leadership development company’s platform and SaaS capabilities, scale its executive coaching offerings, and support

On February 10, 2022, University Growth Fund of Salt Lake City announced the close of its fund with more than $50 Million committed. Ally Financial (Jacksonville, Florida) was a leading investor with additional funds from Sallie Mae Bank (Newark, Delaware), Lending Club (San Francisco), Arvest Bank (Bentonville, Arkansas), Continental Bank

Note: Early-bird registration for the annual MTA Conference ends today, February 15th, 2022. The conference will be held Sat, March 19, 2022, at the Provo City Library. The first 200 to register will receive Laura Shin’s new book “The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Where there is love there is life.” He was talking about love, but the quote works just as well if you’re talking about raising money. Raising money for the worthy venture is the lifeblood to entrepreneurship, innovation, and progress of the life we are experience

This past January, members of TechBuzz, Wasatch Innovation Network, and IsoTalent participated in the Refugee Job Skills Workshop as hosted by Atomic Financial and the Utah Muslim Civic League (UMCL), both based in Salt Lake City. As part of an ongoing initiative to highlight Afghan resettlement efforts in Utah, today’