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Show Me the Money. Then Show Me the Wins. With an Estimated $50 Million Going to FBS Players in Utah this Season, How Many Football Games Will BYU, Utah, and Utah State Win this Year?

Show Me the Money. Then Show Me the Wins. With an Estimated $50 Million Going to FBS Players in Utah this Season, How Many Football Games Will BYU, Utah, and Utah State Win this Year?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ The University of Utah, Utah State University, and Brigham Young University enter the 2026 football season with dramatically different economics, ranging from Utah's $101.8 million in FY2025 football revenue to Utah State's $9.6 million. ✅ Player economics have changed, too. Utah Money Watch

NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

26 Startups, Three Minutes Each, Pitching for Dollars at Kinect Capital’s 43rd Investors Choice Conference this Thursday, September 3rd

26 Startups, Three Minutes Each, Pitching for Dollars at Kinect Capital’s 43rd Investors Choice Conference this Thursday, September 3rd

With this Week's "Blessing" by the U.S. DOE (plus its Recent $1 Billion Funding), California-based Valar Atomics is Poised to Make Emery County, Utah a Critical Nuclear Energy Hub

With this Week's "Blessing" by the U.S. DOE (plus its Recent $1 Billion Funding), California-based Valar Atomics is Poised to Make Emery County, Utah a Critical Nuclear Energy Hub

In Just Over 60 Days, $562 Million in Financing was Secured by Lehi, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners for Two Major Luxury Real Estate Resort Projects

In Just Over 60 Days, $562 Million in Financing was Secured by Lehi, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners for Two Major Luxury Real Estate Resort Projects

With its $58.25 Million Series B Funding, Utah-based Xenter Plans a Diagnostics Business Launch and Continued Work on Advancing AI-Empowered Medical Devices

With its $58.25 Million Series B Funding, Utah-based Xenter Plans a Diagnostics Business Launch and Continued Work on Advancing AI-Empowered Medical Devices

Mariana Minerals Raises $310 Million as Utah Becomes Proving Ground for Autonomous Mining

Mariana Minerals Raises $310 Million as Utah Becomes Proving Ground for Autonomous Mining

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NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ University of Utah Health has secured a $30 million federal research grant to lead a multi-center study about Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome; ✅ Salt Lake City-based IntelliPay has been bought for up to $15 million by Priority Technology; ✅ Park City, Utah-based Quantizr has raised $5 million Seed

NEWS OF NOTE No. 5 — Carlyle Acquires a Utah Defense-Tech Firm, College Football, a National Bank Moves its Headquarters to Utah, Plus Executive Moves Across Higher Education, Manufacturing, Venture Capital and More

NEWS OF NOTE No. 5 — Carlyle Acquires a Utah Defense-Tech Firm, College Football, a National Bank Moves its Headquarters to Utah, Plus Executive Moves Across Higher Education, Manufacturing, Venture Capital and More

NEWS BRIEF: Utah "Wins" Best State in America for 4th Year in a Row, a New Record from U.S. News & World Report

NEWS BRIEF: Utah "Wins" Best State in America for 4th Year in a Row, a New Record from U.S. News & World Report

Nearly $40 Million in Utah-focused Deals, Announcements Regarding 14 Utah Entities, Including 7 Executive Changes — Say Hello to NEWS OF NOTE No. 3

Nearly $40 Million in Utah-focused Deals, Announcements Regarding 14 Utah Entities, Including 7 Executive Changes — Say Hello to NEWS OF NOTE No. 3

NEWS OF NOTE: Lunar Resources Plans $85 Million Utah Factory, HealthEquity and the Utah Jazz Enter Sponsorship Deal, a $44 Million Refinancing, and Five Other Newsworthy Items Comprise this Week's Writeup

NEWS OF NOTE: Lunar Resources Plans $85 Million Utah Factory, HealthEquity and the Utah Jazz Enter Sponsorship Deal, a $44 Million Refinancing, and Five Other Newsworthy Items Comprise this Week's Writeup

NEWS OF NOTE: A Utah Billionaire’s Bold Push to Buy Park City Mountain Resort, Crewe Advisors’ Growth-Capital Deal, and Other Recent Money Signals Across Utah

NEWS OF NOTE: A Utah Billionaire’s Bold Push to Buy Park City Mountain Resort, Crewe Advisors’ Growth-Capital Deal, and Other Recent Money Signals Across Utah

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

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26 Startups, Three Minutes Each, Pitching for Dollars at Kinect Capital’s 43rd Investors Choice Conference this Thursday, September 3rd

With this Week's "Blessing" by the U.S. DOE (plus its Recent $1 Billion Funding), California-based Valar Atomics is Poised to Make Emery County, Utah a Critical Nuclear Energy Hub

In Just Over 60 Days, $562 Million in Financing was Secured by Lehi, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners for Two Major Luxury Real Estate Resort Projects

NEWS OF NOTE No. 5 — Carlyle Acquires a Utah Defense-Tech Firm, College Football, a National Bank Moves its Headquarters to Utah, Plus Executive Moves Across Higher Education, Manufacturing, Venture Capital and More

Ogden, Utah-Based Highland Partners Makes Its Largest Acquisition Yet with $119 Million Purchase of a Chicago Apartment Tower

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Show Me the Money. Then Show Me the Wins. With an Estimated $50 Million Going to FBS Players in Utah this Season, How Many Football Games Will BYU, Utah, and Utah State Win this Year?

NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

26 Startups, Three Minutes Each, Pitching for Dollars at Kinect Capital’s 43rd Investors Choice Conference this Thursday, September 3rd

With this Week's "Blessing" by the U.S. DOE (plus its Recent $1 Billion Funding), California-based Valar Atomics is Poised to Make Emery County, Utah a Critical Nuclear Energy Hub

In Just Over 60 Days, $562 Million in Financing was Secured by Lehi, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners for Two Major Luxury Real Estate Resort Projects

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NEWS OF NOTE No. 6: University of Utah Health Wins a $30 Million R&D Grant; Utah-based IntelliPay is Acquired for up to $15 Million; Quantizr Raised $5 Million; Murphy Door Acquired MHD; Plus Broad Higher Education Tightening and Major C-Suite Shifts

26 Startups, Three Minutes Each, Pitching for Dollars at Kinect Capital’s 43rd Investors Choice Conference this Thursday, September 3rd

With its $58.25 Million Series B Funding, Utah-based Xenter Plans a Diagnostics Business Launch and Continued Work on Advancing AI-Empowered Medical Devices

Utah’s Weave Agrees to $650 Million Sale to Francisco Partners, Five Months After Activist Investors Won Two Seats on Weave's Board of Directors

NEWS OF NOTE No. 5 — Carlyle Acquires a Utah Defense-Tech Firm, College Football, a National Bank Moves its Headquarters to Utah, Plus Executive Moves Across Higher Education, Manufacturing, Venture Capital and More