foreUp's growth doubles during pandemic The latest story in our Bootstrapped Series, this article examples foreUP, a mostly bootstrapped Utah County tech startup that is seeing a significant surge in sales in 2020. foreUP doubled its revenues this year, as compared with 2019, and without taking additional investment

Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. recently closed $32 million in Series A financing with the round led by Coatue, a New York-based tech-focused hedge fund, and new investors Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, and B Capital. Bond, with offices in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, is now a part of

It was going to change the world.  The New York Times said nothing else compared. VOX Media’s gaming site Polygon said it was “nothing less than magic”. The founder of WIRED magazine and noted futurist Kevin Kelly said in his 2016 SXSW Keynote that it was the best in

The 13th Annual Women Tech Awards hosted by the Women Technology Council (WTC) will take place live at Thanksgiving Point (in the Show Barn) on October 28th, 2020 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM MDT.  Everyone in the technology industry is invited to watch live by participating in a

On October 6th, HireVue Inc. announced its acquisition of AllyO, a recruiting software company based in Palo Alto, California.   Founded in 2016, AllyO has developed an AI-based recruiting chat bot and automated workflow software that applies mobile phones and a conversational style to the corporate hiring process. “AllyO’s

South Jordan-based Lucid announced yesterday the release of Lucidspark, a collaborative visualization tool for remote teams. The cloud-based virtual whiteboard allows teams to work together in real-time with virtual note cards, markers, and more on a free form infinite canvas.  As companies everywhere, and tech teams especially,

In 2018 two friends, Johnny Murdock and Levi Lindsay decided to tackle the antiquated industry of video production. They created a startup, VidArmy, to go after a market—commercial video production—that they felt was ready for disruption.  “The problem with video production is that high price points are used

Petersen Ventures has closed their third fund at $65 million focusing on seed and pre-seed companies. Peterson Ventures carves out at least 40%-50% of their fund for Utah start-ups, continuing their vast investment in the state over the past decade. Peterson Ventures has quietly been a very