This week Epic Ventures, a VC firm in Salt Lake City, closed its 2013 investment of Volta Industries through a purchase of Volta by Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). SPACs are an increasingly popular way to acquire, merge, purchase, or take a company public. SPAC

In my roles as headhunter, VC, head of talent, and CEO, I've interviewed roughly 2,500 executives over the last 18 years, each interview lasting between an hour and 90 minutes. Interviews are invasive and revealing. I take them seriously. For me, each of these interviewees becomes an

Latitude, the Provo based software company behind AI Dungeon, announced it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. The round is led by NFX Partners out of San Francisco, with Utah’s Album VC and Los Angeles based Griffin Gaming Partners also participating. This comes on the back of

Vaporsens, founded at the University of Utah through the PIVOT Center, has been acquired by Gentex, an electronics manufacturer based in Michigan. Vaporsens has developed a proprietary nanofiber technology capable of detecting chemicals, explosives, and many kinds of drugs. Till now, Gentex has focused on microelectronics, vision systems, and software

The Women Tech Council (WTC), a national organization based in Salt Lake City, was founded in 2007 to support women in the tech industry. On October 28, 2020, they celebrated Jennifer Morales for the 2020 STEM Student Pathway Award. Receiving this award offers Morales confidence, networking connections, and mentoring from

The pandemic has changed everything. The way we live, the way we interact, the way we eat at our favorite restaurants, the way we work, and most definitely the way we job search. With such a significant increase in unemployment and people in the job market, applying for jobs and

EVNTS Group is a hybrid meetings and events company based in Salt Lake City. It is bridging the gap that has opened due to the pandemic between virtual and in-person events. “We provide great flexibility with how customers can plan their events.” says Martin Miranda, Founder and CEO of EVNTS

Qualtrics made history today with Utah’s biggest IPO ever. The company raised $1.55 Billion in its first day of trading as a public company, far exceeding past Utah IPOs. The company sold approximately 51.7 million shares of XM. Shares were priced at $30. With over 511 million