ServiceTitan, which develops software used by home service providers and tradespeople to manage appointments and other aspects of their business, says it has opened up a new customer service offi...
http://www.techrockies.com/servicetitan-opens-office-in-salt-lake/s-0081281.html
Jason Mendelson, co-founder of Boulder-based venture capital firm Foundry Group, is retiring from the firm, and intends to focus full time on his music career, according to reports today. Mendels...
http://www.techrockies.com/foundry-group-s-mendelson-hangs-up-hat-switches-to-music/s-0079601.html
The acquisition of Salt Lake City-based Instructure is reportedly at risk, according to a report from Bloomberg, as a result of lack of support from Instructure shareholders. Thomas Bravo had off...
http://www.techrockies.com/instructure-private-equity-deal-at-risk/s-0079520.html
Salt Lake City-based Simplus, the developer of sales quoting software for Salesforce, has bee acquired by Indian technology giant Infosys, in a deal worth $250M. Infosys said it will use the acqu...
http://www.techrockies.com/simplus-acquired-by-infosys-for-m/s-0079501.html
Lehi, Utah-based Ancestry said this week that it has chopped 6 percent of its staff, or approximately 100 people, as a result of a slowdown in interest in DNA testing. The layoffs--and slowdown--...
http://www.techrockies.com/ancestry-chops-6-percent-of-staff-as-dna-interest-wanes/s-0079494.html
SpinLaumch, a space startup working on oribal launch systems which use a kinetic launch system to deliver payloads into space from the ground using a mass acceleration system, has raised $35M mor...
http://www.techrockies.com/spinlaunch-gets-3-m-for-spaceport-america-expansion/s-0079400.html
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Lehi, Utah-based Avii, the Silicon Slopes startup developing tax, audit, advisory, and compliance management software for accounting firms, said on Monday that it has received new funding from Bl...
http://www.techrockies.com/avii-finds-new-funding/s-0079344.html
Geoforce, a developer of Internet-of-Things (IoT) equipment used for field asset tracking in the oil and gas market which has its research and development offices in Bozeman, Montana, has been ac...
http://www.techrockies.com/geoforce-with-r-amp-d-in-montana-acquired-by-lrr-partners/s-0079295.html
Westminster-based Coalfire, which provides cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, has been acquired by private equity investor Apax Partners. Coalfire had previously been owned by two ot...
http://www.techrockies.com/coalfire-acquired-by-apax-partners/s-0079286.html
Denver-based Crusoe Energy Systems, a startup which uses excess flare gas from shale drilling sites to power Bitcoin mining equipment, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company said last we...
Boulder-based Zayo Group, the provider of colocation and bandwidth services, is reportedly looking to unload its colocation business, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report--citing "peo...
http://www.techrockies.com/report-zayo-group-looks-to-sell-colocation-division/s-0079173.html
Lyft is cutting pulling its on-demand scooter service in Phoenix, according to a note to employees, in a shift for the company's approach to tackling the "last mile" mobility market. Lyft, which ...
http://www.techrockies.com/lyft-pulls-scooters-from-phoenix/s-0079165.html
Salt Lake City-based SimpleCitizen, which provides an online service to help streamline immigration paperwork and visas, has reportedly raised $5.8M more in a seed funding round. The funding was ...
http://www.techrockies.com/simplecitizen-finds-8m-more/s-0079157.html
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Broomfield, Colorado-based Liqid, a developer of technology that allows for dynamically configured, data center connections for servers, storage, and other resource management, has raised $28M in...
Provo, Utah-based FileShadow rolled out a new feature on Monday, called FileShadow Publish, which the company said allows its users to publish curated collections of files or images. According to...
http://www.techrockies.com/fileshadow-rolls-out-new-publishing-feature/s-0079097.html
Lehi, Utah-based Peak Ventures has raised a new, $75M venture capital fund, and renamed itself Album VC, the firm said this week, as it continues to build out its reputation for investing both in...
http://www.techrockies.com/peak-ventures-becomes-album-vc-raises-third-fund-worth-7-m/s-0079085.html
Waymo, the Google/Alphabet unit that has been running various tests on its self-driving vehicles in Phoenix since 2017, says that it is expanding the number of "rider-only" self driving vehicles ...
Salt Lake City-based Galileo Financial, which develops application programming interfaces (APIs) which help power banking transactions, has raised $77M in a Series A funding, the company said tod...
http://www.techrockies.com/galileo-financial-finds-77m-for-banking-apis/s-0079020.html
Denver-based Havenly, which provides an online interior design service, has raised $32M more in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Foundry Group, Lerer Hippeau, Kickstart Ventures, a...
http://www.techrockies.com/havenly-finds-3-m-more-for-online-interior-design/s-0079010.html
Salt Lake City-based CloudCherry, the developer of software used for predictive analytics and other contact center analytics, is now officially part of Cisco, Cisco said on Friday. Cisco had anno...
http://www.techrockies.com/cloudcherry-now-part-of-cisco/s-0078996.html
Erin Valenti, the missing entrepreneur and CEO of Salt Lake City-based Tinker Ventures, was confirmed dead by her family and police in San Jose over the weekend. Valenti--who had been missing at ...
http://www.techrockies.com/utah-technology-ceo-confirmed-dead/s-0078995.html
Salt Lake City-based Pelion Venture Partners is expanding its efforts into Southern California, and has named Jeff Kearl as Managing Director in the region for the company. Kearl was most recentl...
http://www.techrockies.com/pelion-ventures-expands-efforts-in-california/s-0078994.html
Salt Lake City-based Nearmap, the provider of high resolution, aerial imaging, has linked up with solar planning software provider OpenSolar, the provide its imagery within OpenSolar's tools, the...
http://www.techrockies.com/nearmap-links-with-opensolar-for-solar-planning/s-0078893.html
Matchstick Ventures, an early-stage, venture capital firm that invests in software companies, has raised $30M for its second fund, Matchstick Ventures Fund II, the firm said today. The startup in...
Boulder-based startup accelerator operator, and investor, Techstars is boosting its investment team in Europe, saying today that it has added Declan Kelly as Head of Investor Platforms, EMEA. Acc...
http://www.techrockies.com/techstars-boosts-global-investment-team/s-0078858.html
Denver-based identity management software Ping Identity is expected to have its IPO this week, one of five companies expected to hit the public markets this week. Ping Identity filed for its IPO ...
http://www.techrockies.com/ping-identity-expected-to-ipo-this-week/s-0078851.html
Netherlands-based Ingka Group--which owns a massive portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on IKEA stores--says it has acquired a 49 percent stake in a set of solar PV projects in Utah and T...
http://www.techrockies.com/ikea-partner-invests-in-utah-solar-project/s-0078848.html
Boulder-based Advanced Space, a developer of space systems, has been awarded a $13.7M in a contract from NASA, for developing and operating a CubeSat mission. According to NASA, the CubeSat will ...
http://www.techrockies.com/advanced-space-gets-3-7m-for-cubesat-mission/s-0078847.html