Early stage EdTech startup raises $1.9 million in seed money

ActiveClass, an early stage education technology company designed to help increase student engagement, has raised $1.9 million in seed money. The Scottsdale-based startup will use the money to hire more employees to support  growth, improve customer service and speed up product development.  “We are beyond excited for what this means not just for us at … Read more

July roundup: Arizona tech stayed hot in the heat of the summer

July

July proved to be another big month for Arizona tech, with local companies raising millions, out-of-towners relocating to the Valley, and plenty of events and cohorts popping up to support startups. This month, we put a spotlight on diversity and talked to leaders from around Phoenix to give founders tips on how to diversify your … Read more

Galvanize and WebPT to be neighbors in 120,000 sq. ft. Warehouse District tech campus

Tech companies looking for an urban feel and a buzzing downtown are gravitating to Phoenix’s Warehouse District. Yesterday civic leaders, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, WebPT and Galvanize announced the upcoming redevelopment of the 515 Grant Street building, a former produce distribution warehouse, that will be turned into a 120,000-square-foot tech campus.   Galvanize, a Denver-based education … Read more

Infusionsoft attracts new CPO from Silicon Valley

Infusionsoft, the leading sales and marketing software for small businesses, added Chief Product Officer (CPO) to their executive team and attracted former executive of Intuit Terry Hicks to fill its shoes. “One of the reason I joined Infusionsoft is because the team here is so passionate about small businesses and uses this passion to help … Read more

Ipro tech hires new vp of client strategy

Phoenix based software solution provider of litigation data, Ipro Tech, hired a new vice president of client strategy, according to a statement from the company. Paul Armbruster took the helm of client strategy at Ipro where he will maximize the firm’s return on investment (ROI) and maximize the current workflows, the statement said. Prior to ipro, … Read more

Anita Borg Institute ranks GoDaddy as top company for women in tech

Co-written with Tishin Donkersley The Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, announced the Top Companies for Women Technologists Leadership Index and Arizona’s own GoDaddy was listed amongst the likes of Rackspace Hosting and Salesforce. BNY Mellon took home the overall win. ABI evaluated 35 technology companies, 435,000 technical employees and … Read more

Integrate raises $5M from Trinity Capital

Integrate, a marketing software and media service provider and known for connecting marketing-and-sales dependent business with media partners, raised money again and secured $5M in new financing from Chandler-based Trinity Capital Investment. In 2013, we saw a big push for capital and bringing in talent. Between October and December 2013, the company pulled in $7M in … Read more

Scottsdale's AppointmentPlus expand into a new 12,000 sq ft pad

AppointmentPlus, a worldwide leader in online and mobile scheduling solutions, is exploding with growth as they have experienced a consistent revenue growth at 35 percent year over year throughout the past five years, hit a milestone of more than 7K customers, 50 of which are Fortune 500 companies, have over 40 million appointments scheduled each … 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

Breaking News- Terralever merges with E.B. Lane to create a marketing powerhouse

Announced today, digital firm, Terralever, and advertising and public relations agency, E.B. Lane, merge to form a new marketing powerhouse simply named, LaneTerralever. This merger is a bold move in response to market trends, and rivals the size, talent and capabilities found among marketing firms in the largest markets, east to west coast-and we’ll have … Read more