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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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Twenty-six companies are scheduled to make three-minute investor pitches on Thursday, Sept. 3 during the 43rd annual Investors Choice Conference produced by Salt Lake City-based nonprofit Kinect Capital. ✅ The field stretches across AgTech, AI, biocomputing, ClimateTech, consumer products, energy storage, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, robotics, VR,

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

Domo, Chapter 2: Behind Its $400 Million Asset Sale, Domo Was Preparing for a Possible Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

Domo, Chapter 2: Behind Its $400 Million Asset Sale, Domo Was Preparing for a Possible Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

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

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

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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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Carlyle Group has acquired Centerville, Utah-based defense-technology firm Secturion Systems, making the Utah company the first investment by Carlyle's new dedicated middle-market Aerospace, Defense / Government and Industrials platform; ✅ Brigham Young University Athletics and Lehi-based Entrata have signed a multi-year agreement making

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

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

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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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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

Five Months After a $490 Million Refinancing, Utah’s Varex Imaging Agrees to be Acquired by Teledyne in a $1.1 Billion Deal

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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

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