Mark Tullis

Xenter announces new Therapeutics Business Unit; taps David Bearss to lead On June 23, 2021, following the close of $12 million in Series A funding, Xenter announced the launch of the Xenter Therapeutics business unit. This new unit will be led by David J. Bearss PhD, Xenter’s president and

Gabb Wireless launches Gabb Watch On June 15, 2021, Lehi-based Gabb Wireless announced the launch of its news Gabb Watch. It joins the award-winning Gabb Z2 “smart for kids” phone.  Existing Gabb customers who pre-order will receive a 30% discount. The Gabb Watch will be available to the public for

On June 16, 2021, process analytics software provider Cardagraph announced it has raised a pre-seed round from prolific investor, Jeff Burningham, Founder of Peak Capital Partners and Peak Ventures. They have funded over 20 start-up teams since Burningham ran for Governor in Utah last year. Burningham and his partners at

Mercato Announces Close of $100 Million Savory Fund II Salt Lake City investment firm, Mercato Partners, announced last week the closing of Savory II with $100 million. Savory is one of four funds managed by Mercato; it focuses on scaling restaurant brands, including local (and TechBuzz) favorites R&R,

Chargeback Announces Acquisition by Sift Salt Lake City-based Chargeback, a producer a SaaS-based dispute management platform that helps merchants prevent and manage chargeback fraud, announced on May 25, 2021 an agreement to be acquired by Sift. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, Sift produces software to detect and prevent fraud.

Today Spiff announced it has raised a $46 million Series B investment from new and existing investors. Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners of Menlo Park, CA, the new round includes investments from Salesforce Ventures and Stripes, a Manhattan-based growth equity firm. This latest funding brings Spiff’s total funding to

New Investment for NetDocuments On May 25, 2021, NetDocuments announced a pending investment from Warburg Pincus and an existing investor, Cove Hill Partners. Warburg Pincus, founded in 1966, is acquiring Clearlake Capital Group, LP’s interest in NetDocuments. TechBuzz reached out to the company for details on the investment. However,

On May 21, 2021, The Women Tech Council hosted a 90 minute webinar that discussed post-pandemic changes in the job market. WTC’s founder and President, Cydni Tetro, kicked off the webinar by framing the discussion around the idea that the population of workers who went home to work remotely