Venture Capital in Utah

Utah, USA
Joined June 2021
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This was such a great session. Thanks @gavin_kickstart for everything you do for our community.
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@gavin_kickstart sat down with @siliconslopes Start School to talk non-consensus bets, why most businesses shouldn't take venture capital, and what separates founders who make it from those who don't. Watch the full session and read the recap, linked in the comments!
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Big news for Utah entrepreneurs and business owners! Leland is partnering with the State of Utah (through the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development and Silicon Slopes) to provide fully-funded access to the AI Builder Program for entrepreneurs across the state. If you are a Utah-based entrepreneur and you'd like to apply for access (typically $1,500) then please apply here: joinleland.typeform.com/to/J… Utah is an amazing place to build a business. In 2025-26, Utah has been ranked: - #1 State by the U.S. News & World Report #1 State (for the 4th consecutive year) - #2 Best State to Start a Business by WalletHub - #3 Friendliest State for Entrepreneurs by Inc.com - #1 Cheapest State to Start a Business by CNBC - #1 Best Economic Outlook (19th year in a row) by Rick States Poor States We're excited to support the State of Utah's entrepreneurial progress by helping thousands of entrepreneurs learn to build with AI to scale their businesses. Spots are limited, so please apply soon: joinleland.typeform.com/to/J…
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Tomorrow.
You should probably join us... Just saying! utahburgerclub.substack.com/…
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I've had a front-row seat to what 47G is building, and I’m excited to be a part of the first-ever Hard Tech Week. Utah has become one of the densest hard tech bases in the country. Rockets, drones, isotopes, energy, composites. The work America's future actually depends on, built right here. This October 26–30, Hard Tech Week will throw the doors open to the world. A full week of tours, demos, and a behind-the-scenes look at what we build here, anchored by the highly-anticipated Zero Gravity Summit. Monday it was announced that Olympian Shaun White will be a keynote speaker.  Watch the video below. Then come see it for yourself. 👇 47G.org/hard-tech-week Early bird tickets for the Zero Gravity Summit only last two more weeks before the price goes up, so get your tickets now. ZeroGravitySummit.com
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Well we just raised $81M at a $1.25B valuation led by Smash Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, and Cervin Ventures. Over the last 24 months we've grown working with 100 Brands to more than 4,000. Every month has broken the record from the prior month. But it's always strange to announce these things. Really we all just think about how much work is in front if us. This is a hard problem and we are excited to keep solving it for Brands. For this launch we decided that instead of spending a few 100k bragging about ourselves in a fundraising launch, we made a video in house (the actor is by far the worst I've ever seen) and we're putting the money to better use. It's going to YOU. Our Brands and their Shoppers. The only reason we were able to raise this round is because thousands of brands trust us with their business. More than 70% now trust us with multiple solutions, not just Returns. That trust means everything to us. So we asked ourselves a simple question: What if we spent the announcement budget on them instead? Here's how we're gonna do it: 1. Tag a brand that uses Redo (link to brand list in pinned comment) 2. Tell us what you love about them 3. We'll give 1 person for each Redo brand $100 to spend on their site To all our brands. Thank you.
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Utah VC retweeted
Today is Day 1 of Captain Ventures. I wrote a little more about why I started @captain_vc_ below. Here we go! 🫡 xitter.cf/thogge/status/20676522…
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🚨BREAKING NEWS. Today, we're excited to announce something we've been working on for a while. Utah has quietly become the most dense hard tech base in America. Most people have no idea. Rockets. Drones. Isotopes. Energy. Composites. The stuff America's future is actually built on. This October, we will show the world. Hard Tech Week, by @47G_Utah in partnership with @UTtechweek and Nucleus Institute. October 26–30. 👇 47g.org/hard-tech-week
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Altitude Lab Portfolio Companies Surpass $205 Million in Funding, Marking a New Era for Early-Stage Biotechs in Salt Lake City - bit.ly/altitudelab-205
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To the @AntlerGlobal team, a huge thank you. We’ve forged friendships, made incredible memories, and backed dozens of the highest quality founding teams in the country. I look forward to co-investing together in the future. And now, I am excited to announce the next phase of my investor journey: @albumvc. As an introduction, Album is a recognizable name in the Mountain West. They were early in Podium, Filevine, Weave, Divvy (BILL), Spiff, HeroDevs, MX, Route, TaxBit, Andela, Neighbor, and more. Do the math on their unicorn hit rate. It’s with the blue bloods. John, Sid, and Diogo reached out with a plan to grow their partnership for the first time in a decade. They are reloading with more capital and a broader geographic focus, but keeping what has made them special (more to come on that). It made perfect sense for me to move home and join forces with the momentum they have created. If we haven’t caught up in awhile, or you are building something new, shoot me a note!
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Human behavior is security's biggest blind spot. We've raised ~$3M in pre-seed funding from @BoweryCapital, @indievc, and angels from Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cursor, Nvidia, and Okta to fix it. 🧵
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Zanskar is one of the most compelling and interesting startups in Utah, and they just closed $40M in novel development capital financing. utah.vc/p/zanskar-closes-40m…
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Salt Lake City-based @tavahealth just raised a $40M Series C. They help employers offer mental health benefits while giving patients faster, more accessible access to treatment. Read more here - bit.ly/Tava-C
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My friend Dustin just raised $1.25M for his startup, @currentclient. He's been building in public for years, so it's awesome to see it grow. utah.vc/p/currentclient-rais…
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Utah VC retweeted
👏 Congratulations to Intactis Bio, the Digital Health & Biotechnology category winner in the 2026 Wilson Sonsini E&I Summit Pitch Competition, sponsored by SPARC Health! 🌟 Recap & Photo Gallery 👉 ow.ly/rnAt50Yv2JQ #LifeSciences #Biotech #Innovation #UtahTech #BioUtah
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Build in Utah! – at Payson, UT
In California, 1 in 59 VC-backed companies becomes a unicorn. who is second place? Utah. 1 in 73 . L F G
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This past week, Utah's tech community showed up and made history. Not for any one person. Not for any one event. Not for any one organization. They showed up for Utah. They showed up for each other. I want to thank every single person who was part of this week. The founders, the students, the executives, the engineers, the interns, the investors, the artists, the dreamers, the people who drove in from St. George and Logan and Cedar City and everywhere in between. You made this week what it was. Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who gave their time so that others could have an experience they'll never forget. To the sponsors who bet on this community year after year. To the speakers who shared their stories with honesty and vulnerability. To every organization that hosted events during Utah Tech Week and proved that this community is so much bigger than any single gathering. A decade ago, Utah's tech community was a scrappy group of builders who showed up for each other because nobody else was going to. This week proved that the spirit hasn't changed. The scale has. The spirit hasn't. That's the thing worth protecting. Thank you, Utah. This was your week.
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Big time!
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