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.
On April 20, 2021, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Salt Lake City announced the closing of its initial public offering of 27,878,787 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public at $18.00 per share, a price at the top end of its expected
Angel Studios (Apparently) Acquires Angel.com for $2 Million
It appears the domain name Angel.com has been transferred to Angel Studios, according to Domaininvesting.com, which says its purchase price was $2 million. The domain had been owned by a California telecommunications company Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories. Angel.com had
The Wall Street Journal Shines a Light on Utah's Robust Job Market
On April 9, 2021, The Wall Street Journal highlighted the attractiveness of Utah as a great place to find a new job. About Utah, WSJ reporters Hannah Lang and Kim Mackrael said “Salt Lake City has
Utah's Economy Ranked #1 by US News and World Report
In March 2021, US News and World Report ranked Utah’s Economy #1 in their latest rankings. The Beehive State ranked #3 in the report’s overall rankings, up from #4 of the previous year. The report’s
Pactsafe Acquired by Ironclad
On March 25, 2021 PactSafe announced that it has been acquired by Ironclad. Pactsafe is a portfolio company of Signal Peak Ventures. Signal Peak, pictured left, participated in Pactsafe’s $5.5 million Series A investment in July 2018, along with Vulpes Innovative Technologies, Mercury Fund
Cardagraph, makers of business productivity analytics software, announced today the public beta launch of its SaaS platform, after two years of development and beta testing. The Cardagraph Platform uniquely bridges the gap of data visibility plaguing business leaders by extracting data across popular software tools such as SalesForce, HubSpot, Trello,
Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group has hired John Torrey as a Venture Partner to source new deals for the firm’s new Acceleration Fund II that was announced on December 30, 2020. Madrona has raised over $2.2 billion over 10 funds. The company is known for its seed and early-stage
Divvy, a Utah-based payment and expense management platform for businesses, secured a $165 million Series D funding on January 5, 2021 from Salt Lake City-based Pelion Venture Partners. Other investors in this round include New Enterprise Associates, Insight Partners, PayPal Ventures, and Jonathan Wiener, a venture partner at Oak FT/
