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POPULATION ACROSS UTAH
50
total firms
28
companies
15
VC / investor firms
7
schools
8
known people

FirmsUtah

15 records
Investor / VC · VC
Signal Peak Ventures
● Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City early-stage tech VC. Invests across US from SLC base. Formerly led by Canopy Ventures principals. Enterprise software focus.
Est. 2012
Investor / VC · Growth Equity
Sorenson Capital
● Lehi, UT
Lehi UT growth equity. $1B+ AUM. MP: Matt Marsh. Backs Utah tech companies at scale. Notable: SendGrid (growth rounds before Twilio $3B acq.), Guild Education (Series C-D), Vertafore.
Matt Marsh
Est. 2001
$1.0B AUM
Investor / VC · Other
Fillmore Partners, L.P.
● UT
Pooled Investment Fund
Investor / VC · Hedge Fund
Alpha Synthetic Equity Protection Fund, LP
● UT
Pooled Investment Fund
Investor / VC · Other
Brotherhood Movie a series of Craftsman Ventures, LLC
● UT
Investor / VC · VC
EPIC Ventures
● Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City software, healthcare, fintech VC since 1994. 2025: partnered with University of Utah to launch University of Utah Ventures (channeling academic innovation into startups). Key institutional player in Silicon Slopes.
Est. 1994
Investor / VC · Asset Manager
First Capital
● Provo, UT
Mid-Atlantic growth-stage investor. Focus on tech-enabled services and B2B software companies.
Est. 2002
Investor / VC · VC
Kickstart Fund
● Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City seed-stage Mountain West VC. 150+ investments since 2008. Industry agnostic: SaaS, consumer, marketplace, healthcare. Invests specifically in Mountain West founders.
Est. 2008
Investor / VC · VC
Pelion Venture Partners
● Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City early-stage technology VC. Founded 1986. Growth-stage B2B software across Mountain West. Manages Silicon Slopes Venture Fund alongside Josh James (Domo) and Ryan Smith (Qualtrics). Notable: Cloudflare, Divvy ($200M acq. Bill.com), Domo, Fusion-io, MX, RedHat, Riverbed, Weave.
Jeff Kearl
Est. 1986
Investor / VC · VC
Peterson Ventures
● Salt Lake City, UT
Multi-stage Utah VC. Backs Utah companies from seed through growth with flexible capital. Deep local ecosystem relationships.
Est. 2008
Investor / VC · Accelerator
Silicon Slopes (nonprofit)
● Salt Lake City, UT
Utah tech community nonprofit. Founded/branded by Josh James (Domo). Annual Silicon Slopes Tech Summit (25,000+ attendees). 83 VC funds in ecosystem. Promoted Utah tech globally. Receives management fees from Silicon Slopes Venture Fund.
Josh James
Est. 2012
Investor / VC · VC
Silicon Slopes Venture Fund
● Salt Lake City, UT
Utah-only VC fund. Co-founded by Josh James (Domo/Omniture), Ryan Smith (Qualtrics), and Jeff Kearl (Pelion). Invests solely in Utah-based startups. Donates most management fees to Silicon Slopes nonprofit. Mission: diversity in Utah tech, supporting next-generation entrepreneurs. Operated by Pelion Venture Partners.
Jeff Kearl, Josh James, Ryan Smith
Est. 2020
Investor / VC · Other
Spacefaring Ventures Fund
● UT
Spacefaring Ventures is an investment firm that manages multiple private funds investing in early-stage technology companies focused on space exploration, artificial intelligence, robotics, energy, and autonomy. The firm, founded in 2020, has deployed capital primarily through secondary market access to companies like SpaceX and direct investments in frontier AI firms, and currently manages over nine figures in aggregate assets across 11+ fund vehicles.
Investor / VC · Hedge Fund
Ugly Unicorn Crypto Fund I LP
● UT
Investor / VC · Accelerator
University of Utah Ventures
● Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah + EPIC Ventures partnership launched 2025. Channels UofU academic innovation ($700M research budget) into startups. Software, healthcare, fintech spinouts.
Est. 2025