Homie, the peer-to-peer real estate marketplace headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, has announced its intention to hire 1,000 more real estate agents in 2021 across all of its markets, including Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Denver, and now Boise. The announcement comes on the heels of already-rapid growth. Homie has extended

VidAngel, the Provo-based startup offering family-friendly entertainment, is rebranding with a focus on original content. It’s also raising capital in an open round of equity crowdfunding that has already raised over $1.3 million in the first 24 hours of funding. The round is capped at $5 million.  In

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,

Pickle, the AI conversation intelligence software startup born in Sandy, Utah, has been accepted into the famed Y Combinator accelerator program as part of their Winter 2021 cohort. Y Combinator (YC) is arguably the premier startup accelerator program in the world. The combined valuation of the top YC companies was

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/

Lehi Utah-based technical recruiting firm Alta Scout has merged with executive recruiting firm IsoTalent of Lindon, Utah. The new company aims “to create Utah’s premier recruiting firm and redefine the recruiting model” according to Robb Lifferth, co-founder at Alta Scout and COO at the combined firm. The company will

Vaporsens, founded at the University of Utah through the PIVOT Center, has been acquired by Gentex, an electronics manufacturer based in Michigan. Vaporsens has developed a proprietary nanofiber technology capable of detecting chemicals, explosives, and many kinds of drugs. Till now, Gentex has focused on microelectronics, vision systems, and software

PrinterLogic 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