Mark Tullis

Today CoFi announced it has raised $7 million in seed funding as it seeks to transform the construction financing experience for all stakeholders in the construction industry.  The round was led by Blackhorn Ventures (Boulder, CO), Metaprop (New York) and Tenacity Venture Capital (Atherton, CA). It allows CoFi to process

Today Pleasant Grove, UT-based Whistic, along with founding tech companies—Okta, Airbnb, Zendesk, Asana, Atlassian, Snap, Notion, TripActions, and G2—announce the formation of the Security First Initiative. This coalition pledges "to put security first by proactively sharing security information with customers using a Whistic Profile," say the

Atomic FI, a Salt Lake City based financial services firm that facilitates payroll information in real time, has raised a “pre-emptive” $40 million Series B, the company announced on March 3, 2022. This latest round brings the total funding raised by the company at over $68 million. The $40 million

SheTech Explorer Day Brings Together 1,700 Utah High School Girls  On March 1, 2022, 1,700 high school girls from over 150 Utah high schools came together to participate in the 2022 SheTech Explorer Day. The all-day event provided the STEM-oriented girls with hands-on technology experiences from over 50

BeatBread is a pioneering music funding platform enabling artists to access growth capital, especially emerging artists, who might be less interested in paying the high legal costs associated with signing with a label. The company helps artists gain control of their careers and ownership of their music. Earlier this month

Sweater Closes $12 Million Seed Round Sweater announced on February 24, 2022 that it has closed a $12M seed round. The round was co-led by Motivate VC and Akuna Capital, with participation from Jeffrey Cruttenden (Co-founder of Acorns), Eli Broverman (Co-founder of Betterment), Litquidity, MRTNZ Ventures, Bison Venture Partners, Spacestation,

On February 22, 2022, SoFi Technologies Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Technisys in an all-stock deal amounting to $1.1 billion. Technisys is a pioneer in digital banking, developing fintech software long before the category was created. The company was founded in 1996

Epitel Raises $12.5 in Series A Funding On February 16, 2022, Epitel, Inc., a digital health company in Salt Lake City providing wearable, wireless EEG monitoring technology to detect seizures, announced it has closed a $12.5 million Series A financing. Catalyst Health Ventures (CHV) and Genoa Ventures co-led