equipifi, a fintech company that helps banks and credit unions incorporate a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) option, launches today with $3 million in seed funding. The Scottsdale-based startup is designed to help banks and credit unions offer users the chance to buy now, pay later. The cloud-based platform is “built to be launched effortlessly” … Read more
Twentyeight Health, a women’s telehealth company from New York, will launch today in Arizona, which means the platform can officially serve Arizona residents. The Brooklyn-based company aims to increase access to birth control for women in underserved communities. Twentyeight Health co-founder Amy Fan told AZ Tech Beat that there are at least 450,000 “contraceptive deserts,” … Read more
Lotus Labs Inc., a Chandler-based tech startup that helps companies integrate machine learning, launched its Padmé platform at the US Open. It seems Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu weren’t the only big winners at the tournament this year. Lotus Labs specializes in both machine learning and edge computing, and its Padmé platform utilizes machine learning … Read more
Dovly, a fintech company based in Scottsdale, has launched a free version of its automated credit repair platform as part of its strategy to make the app available to as many users as possible. Dovly’s free version includes one credit dispute a month with TransUnion. The free option comes in addition to the company’s two … Read more
Botco.ai, a HIPAA-compliant conversational marketing platform, has announced the launch of a new AI chat feature designed to transfer automated chat conversations to live agents. The feature is BotcoLive, and it works with the company’s AI chat technology to streamline the marketing engagement process. Scottsdale-based Botco.ai has also announced that American Family Care (AFC), a … Read more
University of Arizona Health Sciences has announced it will launch HealthTech Connect, a consortium designed to build opportunities for companies and organizations to pursue cutting-edge innovations in health technology. With this new event, the group hopes to support and encourage startup, corporate, higher education, health care, funding and economic development communities in improving healthtech. According … Read more
Rizing Tide Foundation, launched in 2020 by WebPT co-founder Dr. Heidi Jannenga, has announced it will grant five scholarships to aspiring physical therapists in underrepresented communities. Each of these scholarships will fall under one of two categories of physical therapy (PT) students. The Crest Scholarship will be awarded to three PT undergraduate students who are … Read more
SynSaber, a new startup setting its sights on asset and network monitoring solutions to defend critical infrastructure, officially launched last week after securing $2.5 million in seed funding. The company is working to develop an effective, low-hardware and low-hassle technology-agnostic solution that provides continuous insight into the status, vulnerabilities and threats across every point in … Read more
Arizona State University announced plans to launch a student digital record app, called Pocket, during the university’s Digital Trust Summit in June. The app is expected to launch in Spring 2022. Decentralized digital learning record platforms like Pocket are designed to give students more control of their data and records, like the ability to store … Read more
The Colorado chapter of the Founder Institute (FI), the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, launched Elevation Pitch, an online elevator pitch contest that is open to those in Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, Idaho and Nevada. The pitch competition is for applicants who have an idea or startup with less than $10,000 in … Read more