Amelia England is a content marketer/creative writer from SLC. She has an MA in Literature from Oregon State University. She wrote articles for TechBuzz and worked on Marketing at IsoTalent.
TechBuzz attended the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce's annual Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit on Thursday, January 13, 2022, to learn more about Utah’s legislative and collaborative priorities for the year to come. Topic highlights included Utah’s economic recovery from the pandemic; addressing housing shortages
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce is hosting a virtual webinar this Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10am, to help address Utah’s substitute teacher shortage. As part of its Substitute Teacher—Business Connection initiative, the Chamber encourages Utah businesses to collaborate by asking employees to apply to be substitutes.
Forethought (San Francisco, with an office in Lehi, Utah) has raised a $65 million Series C round led by Steadfast Capital Management (New York City). The round was joined by existing investors including NEA (Chevy Chase, Maryland), Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures (Beverly Hills), and K9 Ventures
SWORD Health (Draper, Utah) has scaled rapidly since the onset of COVID-19, achieving a $2 billion double-unicorn valuation just two years after entering the market. According to Kyle Spackman, Senior Vice President at SWORD Health, this is largely due to the healthcare platform’s “extraordinary market fit” for the pandemic:
The creative and engineering teams for Kizik (Lindon, Utah) are serious about “hands-free” footwear. “These are not slip-ons or flip-flops, they’re Kiziks,” explains Blake Brown, VP of Brand and Creative. “Once you try the step-in feature, it’s hard to go back to wearing anything else in your shoe
The story of wellness platform Nivati (South Jordan, Utah) is a story of two recessions and two comebacks. After plunging into debt following the 2008 financial crisis, founder and CEO Amelia Wilcox first developed an early version of the software to hire, train, and schedule massage therapists for her then-nascent
Lehi-based software startup Tactic recently closed a $3 million Seed round led by Peterson Ventures of Salt Lake City. The funds will be used to expand Tactic’s suite of multi-platform management solutions for the hybrid office, including new tools for office safety protocols and data monitoring in the post-pandemic
Salt Lake City-based Luz announces a $5 million Seed round closed this week. Luz is a competitor intelligence platform for companies to track key metrics from potential clients and market competitors, including sales and performance benchmarks in ecommerce, banking, and private equity. The round was led by Album VC (Lehi,
