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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
David Politis
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
David Politis
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,
David Politis
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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅  Valar Atomics was selected this week by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative, giving the advanced nuclear company a prioritized federal pathway and technical, regulatory, and deployment support as it moves from demonstration toward commercialization.
David Politis
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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Two projects under development by Lehi-based Reef Capital Partners secured approximately $562 million in new financing between June 23 and now: ▪️ $431 million for Coco Palms in Kauaʻi, Hawaii; and ▪️ Another $131 million for Marcella Landing at Deer Valley East Village. ✅ Including the $182.2 million in
David Politis
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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Draper-based Xenter has raised $58.25 million in Series B funding, apparently the largest Life Sciences disclosed funding by a Utah-headquartered firm so far in 2026. ✅ The company plans to use the capital to commercially launch Xenter Diagnostics, while continuing development of its investigational medical devices
David Politis