Mattea Gygi

In 2007, Tim Ferriss published his first and most well-known book, The 4-Hour Work Week. The book is set against the backdrop of Ferriss’ journey as a founder working 14-hour days to build his nutritional supplements business. Ferriss’ startup took over every aspect of his life, causing crippling stress and

This is part two of a series on Utah's Polynesian entrepreneurs. See parts one, three, and four at the links. In this second part of our Polynesian tech and entrepreneurs series, we sat down with Sione Havilli. Havili is a Polynesian mentor, sitting on the board of Utah

This is part one of a series on Utah's Polynesian entrepreneurs. See parts two, three, and four at the links. The Polynesian community is known for music, dancing, and performance in sports, even pursuing and succeeding in professional opportunities that are typically incredibly competitive. Pacific Islanders only make

At the beginning of July 2021, Clientbook, a CRM startup for high-end retailers, raised a $4.5 Million Series A. Aries Capital Partners from Salt Lake City led the round, along with Kickstart, also from Salt Lake City, and Florida Funders of Tampa.  Clientbook based in Lehi is a platform

LoanPro, a cloud-based loan software company based in Farmington, UT, announced on July 7, 2021 it has raised $100 Million in a Series A Investment. FTV Capital, a fintech investor from San Francisco, CA, was the sole investor.  CEO Rhett Roberts said the funding would go towards company growth, with

BookClub, a startup based in Salt Lake City, Utah, announced in June it had raised $20 million in a Series A round. Investors include Signal Peak Ventures leading with Pelion Venture Partners (both of Salt Lake City), along with Maveron, GSV Ventures, and Backstage Capital (all from California). Otis Chandler,

ShopHero, a software platform providing white-labeled grocery e-commerce services to small grocery businesses, was acquired by Dot Foods for an undisclosed amount in June. CEO, CTO, and co-founder of ShopHero Matt Garner and most of his team will continue to build ShopHero as part of Dot Foods. “We’re going

On June 24, 2021, Lucid received $500M+ in a secondary investment round. Investors included Alkeon Capital, Tiger Global Management, and STEADFAST Venture Capital (all from New York City). The South Jordan-based company is now valued at $3 billion.  Lucid has had seven funding rounds since 2011, accumulating $670.5 million