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
HiringSolved the only global social recruiting tool that delivers candidates across all skill sets and industries announced the completion of a $1 million raise from a group of Arizona-based business leaders and angel investors. The raise will be used to continue development of HiringSolved’s proprietary SaaS-based platform, make additional engineering-side hires and expand the company’s … Read more
Future Is Games or (FIG) is an organization dedicated to promoting educational and cultural growth using games as a medium. FIG will take place October 9th through 11th at Phoenix Convention Center and strives to expand and reach business ideals. Zachary Snader, Director of Future Is Games, shares, “We will be hosting a showcase of local products related … Read more
Page.ly, a managed WordPress hosting site, announced the appointment of Joshua Eichorn to Chief Technology Officer. For the past five years Eichorn was the Director of Engineering at StumbleUpon in San Francisco. Previous to that he was a consultant for the Cisco Learning Institute, VP at open-source project PEAR and built the original Page.ly prototype … Read more
Arizona-based digital marketing firm Vuurr has launched into the realm of data prediction with their latest platform, Levers. Levers Feeds, one of two products within Levers, allows customers to sync cost and conversion data from paid sources to an analytics destination like Google AdWords, bing Ads, Google Analytics, and mixpanel. All Feeds automatically update data … Read more
As more companies try to capture customers through their mobile phones using banner, pop-up and video ads, one Scottsdale-based company, IQzone, has technology that can identify when a user leaves an app and automatically displays a large-format advertisement. Through their patent-pending product Postitial, Android developers and publishers can work in synergy to embed the smart … Read more
Founder Brett Heising developed the first travel booking site and review platform for individuals with permanent disabilities and mobility impairment. Heising, who lives with a permanent disability, explains that brettapproved came out of a “final straw” scenario. While finalizing his plans to San Francisco, he had double and triple checked a hotel to make sure … Read more
Infusionsoft announced the appointment of Brent Stumme to its executive team. Stumme will serve as the company’s chief financial officer, bringing strategic financial leadership to the growing market leader. He will oversee corporate finance, accounting, investor relations and real estate functions, and will report to Infusionsoft CEO and co-founder, Clate Mask. Stumme has more than … Read more
Curtis Gunn, Chairman of Desert Angels, is the first Arizona investor to be appointed to the Angel Capital Association Board, and will serve for three years. The Angel Capital Association is the leading professional and trade association supporting the success of angel investors in high-growth, early-stage ventures. “I look forward to raising the awareness of Arizona companies, … Read more
Entrepreneur magazine named Arizona one of the top 10 places to start a business — hailing our startup community, innovation and investment resources. So in case you were wondering, or debating a move, Arizona is the place to be for high-tech businesses. What they raved about: “The Southwestern state hosts the Arizona Innovation Challenge each year … Read more