Mattea Gygi
Mattea Gygi studied English at BYU focusing on professional writing. In 2021 she was an intern at TechBuzz and then worked full time as a writer in 2022. Mattea is from Boise, ID.



DataBased (Lehi), a CRM-compatible sales performance management platform, raised a $3 Million seed round at the end of November 2021. Investors in this round include Sumeet Gajri, Managing Partner at Original Capital, a VC firm in San Francisco; John D'Agostino, a Utah-based angel investor and former Qualtrics global
by Mattea Gygi
Today, Pickle announced its $2.4 million seed funding round. Investors include Peak Capital (Provo), Tamarak Capital (Springville, UT), Panoramic Ventures (Atlanta) and Y Combinator (Mountain View, CA). Angel investors include Todd Pedersen (Vivint) and Alex Dunn (ENPC). Co-founded by Birch Eve and Kaumana Rindlisbacher, Pickle uses artificial intelligence to
by Mattea Gygi
The Lehi based product tracking software company, Route, has raised a $200 Million series B round, as reported by Forbes. The company is now valued at $1.25 billion and has raised a total of $339.5 million in institutional funding. The round was led by an undisclosed London-based investment
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On Thanksgiving Day Journeyfront, an American Fork hiring software company, closed a $13.4 Million Series A investment round. The round was led by Elevation Capital (India and Salt Lake City), with participation from Orchard Ventures (Utah) and Connetic Ventures (Kentucky). Several individual investors also participated in the round: Brad
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On December 9th, 2021 Tava Health, a Lehi based healthcare startup, announced it has raised a $10M series A investment. The round was led by Rose Park Advisors, based in Boston, with participation from Peterson Partners, which invested in the company's seed round. Other Series A investors include:
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Vozzi, a Salt Lake City-based mass texting platform for sports teams, has partnered with Fansaves and Dash to increase fan engagement and participation. FanSaves is a digital platform based in Ottawa, Canada, offering fans deals and discounts from sponsors of their favorite teams. Dash, based in Plano, Texas, is also
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This is part four of a series on Utah's Polynesian entrepreneurs. See parts one, two, and three. Rob Poleki, Founder and CEO of Washie, is not a conventional entrepreneur. From asking his waiter to take him to China, to wheeling a toilet seat around the CES crowds in
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Utah's population has seen enormous growth over the past decades, with much of that happening at the point of the mountain. The area encompasses parts of Lehi, Bluffdale, and Draper, at the midpoint between Utah County and Salt Lake County. As tech companies compete for talent in both
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