A public discussion hosted by the Future of Tech Commission last week focused on one of the biggest issues facing Arizona right now: internet equity. The Covid-19 pandemic shined a thousand lights on digital equity and access. Rural schools, especially, faced major challenges while attempting to teach online during the pandemic. Connect Arizona reports that … Read more
Thurmon Lockhart, a biomechanics professor at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, hopes to predict and prevent dangerous falls, especially in older populations or those recovering from orthopedic surgeries. Lockhart was recently named the first Musculoskeletal Orthopedic Research and Education, or MORE, Foundation Professor of Life in Motion, which will help him … Read more
Arizona startup funding continues to increase, allowing businesses to grow. Phoenix-based Hammoq and Mesa-based Better Agency recently announced seed round raises. Hammoq raises $3 million Hammoq announced a $3 million seed round late last month. The startup known as “the Shopify for e-commerce businesses” uses its platform to automate time-consuming tasks, including auto-listing products, cross-listing … Read more
WynnBET, the New Jersey-based casino and sports betting app from luxury hospitality leader Wynn Resorts, announced a partnership with the San Carlos Apache Tribe to pursue an online sports betting license in Arizona. Arizona is the 16th state added to a growing list of places where WynnBET operates or plans to launch. WynnBET will work … Read more
June was another big month for tech in Arizona — everything from partnerships and grants to business milestones and expansions. Arizona Technology Council praises AZ’s 2022 fiscal year budget proposal The Council’s president and CEO Steven G. Zylstra said the proposal includes funding to keep Arizona competitive in tech. The proposed budget includes many of … Read more
Anuncia, a medical device company and innovator in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) management, announced its plan to move its headquarters to Scottsdale. The headquarters will be at SkySong, the Arizona State University Scottsdale Innovation Center. This location provides the company with access to research and development opportunities, as well as bioscience and healthcare talent. It also … Read more
Social Leverage, a Scottsdale-based venture capital firm, raised $99 million for its fourth venture fund. The VC group, made up of managing partners Howard Lindzon, Gary Benitt and Tom Peterson, are looking to invest in early-stage SaaS, fintech and consumer startups. Peterson told the Phoenix Business Journal that the partners look for companies on the … Read more
Offerpad, the Chandler-based home selling and buying platform, announced a plan to expand its digital platform and Real Estate Solutions Center to four more markets: Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis; and Columbia, South Carolina. By operating in these new markets, Offerpad will open its operations in over 450 additional cities and towns in … Read more
Arizona is quickly becoming a hub for electric vehicle manufacturing and the rest of the country is taking note. There’s so much going on with major EV companies here, including Lucid Motor Company, Nikola and Atlis Motor Vehicles, that it’s hard to keep up. Thankfully, we’ve done the work so you can get up to … Read more
Qwick, the Phoenix-based on-demand staffing platform for the food and beverage industry, will add more than 100 new employees this year — further evidence that Arizona continues to stand out as an up and coming tech ecosystem coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. To say that Qwick struggled in 2020 would be an understatement. The … Read more