Mark is Co-founder/Editor of TechBuzz News. From Ogden, UT, Mark attended WSU, BYU, and Tufts. He has been involved in tech, media, publishing since the 80s.
LVT to Expand Orem Headquarters
LiveView Technologies, Inc. (LVT) plans to expand its Orem headquarters, bringing up to 3,400 new high-paying jobs over the next 10 years, announced The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah) on January 11, 2022. LVT is a cloud-based software platform that
On January 11, 2022, PassiveLogic (Holladay, Utah) announced it has raised a $34 Million Series B round. The round was led by Addition (New York) and Keyframe Capital Partners. Other investors include RET Ventures (Park City), Era Ventures (New York), Brookfield Growth (Menlo Park); and A/O Prop Tech (London)
Continuing our Investor Mindset series, we sat down with Kent Madsen and Nick Efstratis, co-founders of EPIC Ventures, to get to know one of the earliest venture firms in the state, what they focus on, and talk about some of their recent wins.
Some of EPIC Ventures’ recent high-profile investments
Co-Diagnostics Acquires Idaho Molecular and Advanced Conceptions
Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Salt Lake City) announced late last month it has acquired Idaho Molecular Inc. and Advanced Conceptions, Inc. (both South Salt Lake) for 4.72 million shares of the Company's stock, plus additional common warrants totaling 465,000. The acquisition
Angel Studios (Provo) announced on January 5, 2021, it has raised $47 million in a financing round led by Gigafund (Austin) and Uncorrelated Ventures (San Francisco).
Gigafund may be best known for being one of the largest investors in SpaceX. It has also invested in innovative companies in energy, healthcare,
Last October we posted a survey asking members of Utah's tech community to respond to a short list of questions about mathematics. The survey was created by state math specialist Lindsey Henderson and her team at the Utah State Board of Education. The idea behind the survey was
Immigrating to a new country is never easy. Immigrating as a refugee to a country with an entirely different language is even harder. And immigrating as a refugee with a different native language during an unfamiliar holiday season in the middle of winter without any employment can be exceptionally hard.
Arena to be Acquired by Pfizer for $6.7 Billion
On December 13, 2021 Pfizer Inc. and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced an agreement whereby Pfizer will acquire Arena for $6.7 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the merger. Pfizer will acquire all outstanding shares
