Xplore, crash, snaps, apps and celebrate – 17 SEED SPOT Cohorts present at Demo Day

On December 11, seventeen cohorts took the stage for SEED SPOT Demo Day for a chance to win cash prizes and other resources to help build their business. The Cohorts gave three-minute pitches at the Orpheum theater to a room filled with investors, mentors, educators, CEOs and friends and family from around the state. Prizes … Read more

Desert Angels close a $517K sidecar fund 4

Desert Angels announced the closing of its sidecar fund 4 at $517,000, this will be the largest sidecar fund they’ve raised within a 12 month period. Chairman of Desert Angels Curtis Gunn tells AZTB, “We are very excited to have successfully raised the sidecar fund 4 which will prove significant for companies that seek out … Read more

GoDaddy opens 14 new domain name extensions for small businesses

GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, is offering 14 new domain name extensions for pre-registration as part of the new program to expand the Internet landscape. The new domain name extensions increase the inventory of available website addresses, giving users more opportunity to register memorable and relevant domain names. Watch our exclusive interview with … Read more

Integrate Secures $12.5M from Silicon Valley Bank

Integrate, the first closed-loop marketing software and media services provider, announced today that it has secured $12.5 million in credit facilities from Silicon Valley Bank. This funding adds to the $7M raised in October led by the Foundry Group with participation from Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures and their $11M they received in March from … Read more

Holiday JS 2013 Hackathon to take place December 14th

HolidayJS is an all-day holiday code party in the heart of the desert at the University of Advancing Technology on December 14th. It kicks off with cutting-edge JavaScript talks in the morning and progresses to a full on Hackathon where teams will compete for top of the line prizes using Node.js, HTML 5 and front-end JavaScript. Prizes, tech swag, food and drinks will … Read more

10 finalists announced for ACA Arizona Innovation Challenge

The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced its 10 finalists in the Fall 2013 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), a bi-annual business plan competition that awards the most money in the country for a technology commercialization challenge. The ACA awards $3 million annually — $1.5 million in the spring and $1.5 million in the fall — to … Read more

AZ Technology Council announces 16 startups to compete at Startup Connect AZ

AZ Technology Council’s Startup Connect AZ, a high-energy all-day conference filled with education, networking, and a discussion of a variety of topics revolving around technology and entrepreneurship, mentorship, and funding, announced today their keynote speaker, Arizona business and sport legend, Jerry Colangelo as well as their 16 startups to compete for a cash prize. Startups … Read more

Avnet IT exec among honorees at Premier 100 awards

IDG’s Computerworld, the leading IT media brand dedicated to providing insight into enterprise innovation from core to edge technologies, revealed the 2014 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders honorees, who will be recognized during the 15th annual Premier 100 IT Leadership Conference. Honorees were selected for their demonstration of positive management strategies, innovation, and effective use of … Read more

Gadgets for the Guru Gift Guide for your Pet

Pintofeed Pintofeed is an intelligent pet feeder that allows pet owners to remotely feed their pets on-the-go. With just the press of a button on your Pintofeed app, the feeder will release the preset amount of pet food into the connect bowl. The feeder features the capacity to hold up to 10 pounds of food … Read more

Venture Madness – a new kind of startup battle – applications open today

Venture Madness, presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with Arizona Commerce Authority, is a competition where 64 startups from around the southwest will go head-to-head and compete for a portion of the $25,000 prize. For the last 20 years, Invest Southwest, has been the premier capital conference in the region connecting investors with ventures and … Read more