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Clint Betts, known in the Utah business and technology scene as the founder of Beehive Startups and CEO of Silicon Slopes, launched a new venture last week. Betts is now the CEO of CEO.com. “We’ve created CEO.com to explore the journey of a leader, an entrepreneur, or

Mastercard announced yesterday that the Justice Department has cleared their acquisition of Salt Lake City-based Finicity for $825 million. The acquisition was first announced on June 23. With regulatory hurdles behind them, Mastercard and Finicity will finalize in the next few days, according to Finicity co-founder and CEO Steven Smith.

GuideCX, based in Draper, announced today it has completed a $10 million Series A round of financing. The round is led by Sorenson Ventures, with previous investors Album VC and Prelude joining (Prelude is Mercato Partners’ venture fund). The round also has new investment from Epic Ventures and Orchard Ventures,

Adobe announced Monday its intent to acquire Lehi-based Workfront for $1.5 billion. The deal is expected to finalize in the beginning of 2021 assuming no problems with regulatory scrutiny.  Workfront founder and Chairman of the Board Scott Johnson had this to say of the acquisition: “I’m thrilled to

A Wizard, a Gamer, and a Robot Walk Into A Tavern 🧙‍♂️🤓🤖 You’re WeirdBeard, a sorcerer living in the kingdom of Larion. You have a staff and a spellbook. You finish your long journey and finally arrive at the ruin you’ve been looking for. You’ve come here searching

Can VR pioneer James Jensen, co-founder of The VOID, reinvent location-based VR again? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted some more than others. One industry hardest hit is location based entertainment, including Disney, who just a year ago was considered unstoppable. For only the third time in history, Disney unexpectedly closed

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

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, disperse in the