Mark Tullis
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.
KLYP based in Salt Lake City has launched their app for stylists of all kinds. Steven Sylvester, founder and CEO, describes KLYP as “a cosmetology services app that connects beauty service professionals to clients on an easy-to-use platform.” The app launched on the App Store and Google Play store in
by Mark TullisKiln, the Utah-based premium coworking company, is expanding its operation with new locations in Park City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado. This brings its total coworking sites to four, joining their Lehi and the Salt Lake City locations. CEO and Cofounder Arian Lewis says the company is just beginning their western
by Mark TullisThis week Epic Ventures, a VC firm in Salt Lake City, closed its 2013 investment of Volta Industries through a purchase of Volta by Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). SPACs are an increasingly popular way to acquire, merge, purchase, or take a company public. SPAC
by Mark TullisPrinterLogic has a new name—Vasion. It also has a beautiful new building atop the airport bluff in St. George known as Tech Ridge— a sophisticated mixed-use development. It’s home to Dixie Technical College and technology companies, which now includes Vasion as a ground-breaking new entrant, Intergalactic (later this
by Mark TullisVant4ge is a Utah-based criminal justice tech company that is revolutionizing corrections care. Having partnered with more than 100 correctional departments, agencies, and prisons in the United States, the company is now helping prisons manage the coronavirus pandemic. The company has grown by 23% in the past year and expects
by Mark TullisBeny raised $1 million seed investment from strategic investor, Magellan HCM. Will launch this month a SaaS platform giving employees choice and freedom over the benefits they want. "Benefits don’t benefit anymore; everyone’s got essentially the same plan," so says Chad Ingram, Founder and CEO of
by Mark TullisFor Mercato Partners, the Cottonwood Heights, Utah-based investment firm, 2020 has been a heckuva year. Since its founding in 2007 it has made 28 investments. This year six of them have had exits, four of which with valuations over $1 billion: Venafi, Workfront, Cradlepoint and Galileo. Mercato’s 2020 wins
by Mark TullisNearing the end of an already record-breaking year for Utah’s technology sector, yesterday Qualtrics filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which would set the company's valuation on a fully diluted basis of between $12 billion and $14.4 billion—yet another Utah landmark.
by Mark Tullis