On June 30, 2021 the NCAA announced that collegiate athletes would be permitted to monetize their name, image, and likeness. Within two weeks of that announcement, Green Bay Packers tight end (and Provo native) Bronson Kaufusi managed to launch a platform to help collegiate athletes commercialize their almost-pro status. Today

With representation from aerospace, agriculture, artificial intelligence, biosciences, engineering, transportation, and more, the new Wasatch Innovation Network will support Utah businesses — start-ups to unicorns — with network development, funding channels, policy development, government relations, and support for research, development and commercialization.   TechBuzz is a Founding Partner in the Wasatch Innovation Network.

Earwigs. Spiders. Ants. When it comes to getting rid of summertime pests, what’s the solution? Buying over-the-counter pesticides at the local home improvement store to DIY, or hiring a professional exterminator to squash the problem? A Utah startup is aiming to bring together the best of both worlds.  “We

SkyLab Ventures makes its debut in Utah with its $30 million Fund I. The new Murray-based venture fund focuses on early-stage investments in direct-to-consumer, e-commerce and SaaS-based startups. The firm was founded in October 2020 by Jesse Silva and Bensen Metcalf. Both are general partners and have extensive networks and

Five rapidly growing energy companies—Atlantic Key Energy, DECA, Lift Energy, Our World Energy, and Smart Energy Today—merged to form Lumio, a new residential solar energy provider. Lumio announced its launch on June 21, 2021. Based in Lehi, UT, Lumio aims to provide consumers with the easiest and most

We’re all used to working from our laptops for 40 hours a week, but have you ever tried working in VR for a 40 hour work week? Daniel Platt is one of the few who has. Platt is the Director of Product at vSpatial, and co-founded the productivity-focused software

The rapid transition to remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic has created an unexpected boom in the EdTech space. Several Utah-based EdTech startups have risen to prominence in their efforts to meet the higher demand for remote-learning tools. We recently sat down with Devlin Daley, co-founder of Instructure, to talk

Today The Active Consumer, a Salt Lake City-based startup, is launching an app to help make consumption sustainable. Founder and CEO Scott Fletcher created the app “Econus” to help offset the unintended consequences of consumption, like air pollution from a tank of gas or waste from your favorite to-go meal.