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Instructure today announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kimono, a cloud-based data integration and interoperability platform for education. Details about acquisition terms were unavailable. Kimono is a long-time partner and preferred integration solution of Instructure’s Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). Kimono will be rebranded as “Elevate

Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation (MPRA) announced yesterday the pricing of its IPO of 20,000,000 shares at $10.00 per share. The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) is aiming to raise $200 million for the purposes of “effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or

On Tuesday, November 2nd 2021, Utah lost one of its greatest entrepreneurs, investors, and business champions. Warren Osborn passed away at the age of 57 after a four year battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. And what a battle it was. Osborn has posted on

Inc. Magazine has published a list of 250 of the best-led companies in the United States, with eight Utah companies on the list; Health Catalyst, Domo, Owlet, Overstock, Pattern, HealthEquity, Lucid, and Vivint Smart Home. To compile the list, Inc. evaluated private and public U.S.-based companies using a

Awardco, the Provo-based employee recognition company, today announced that it has raised a $65 million Series A. According to Awardco, this is the largest Series A in HR SaaS history and the second largest Series A in HR tech history. The raise is led by General Catalyst of Cambridge, Mass.

Brite, a Salt Lake City-based software software startup, has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Elevation Capital. Several Utah and Bay Area angels also joined the raise. The company will use the funds to strengthen the software platform, hire talent, and drive sales and marketing.

On Wednesday, the Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp. announced it was pricing its initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) is aiming to raise $200 million for the purposes of “effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase,

Volley announces today it has successfully raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Silicon Valley-based Shasta Ventures. Joining the raise is Peterson Ventures of Salt Lake City, along with angel investors Godard Abel (CEO of G2 Crowd), Todd Pedersen (CEO of Vivint), Austen Allred (CEO of Lambda School)