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02/20/2026

They've done it again. The guys behind SLC-based Jump have raised $80MM in new funding.

But why? And what does this mean? Those are the real questions.

So now, the rest of the story behind the news release headline via Utah Money Watch — "After Publishing a Proprietary Advisor Report in January, Jump closes an $80 million Series B Funding Round Led by Insight Partners."

In a nutshell, here's the summary of my writeup:

"After growing to 27,000 advisors on its platform in just two years, Jump is betting its AI-driven automation and meeting intelligence can deliver measurable ROI.

"In fact, its inaugural 'Financial Advisor Insights Report' quantified fear patterns across advisor-client meetings further boosting the firm as it pushes forward with building its 'AI operating system' model."

For my full writeup on what happened and why, please click here — https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/after-publishing-a.../ — to get my "Follow the Money" insights as to why Jump was able to raise this new round of funding.

That said, if you find my writeup useful and/or informative, I hope you'll give it a or or it, or even add a or two because doing so induces the Social Media algorithms to share Posts like this one onto more Feeds.

Bottom line — thanks for your ongoing encouragement and support with Utah Money Watch as I truly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

David Politis (aka, "Poppa P"),

Editor, Publisher & CEO of Utah Money Watch
.. AND ...

President & CEO of The David Politis Company and David Politis Event PR

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02/19/2026

Yes, the State of Utah just spent $30MM to acquire 145,000-acre-feet-of rights to Great Salt Lake water (and more).

But as Jamie Barnes explained to me, the $100MM+ costs for "Superfund site" cleanup on the western borders of the Great Salt Lake are yet to be determined.

Barnes is the Director of the within the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

And our reporting in "Utah’s $30 Million Bankruptcy Acquisition of 'Certain' US Magnesium Assets Carries a Superfund Liability Likely 3X Higher or More" for Utah Money Watch suggests that the answer about final liability is far from clear.

In fact, as we wrote in this piece,

⚫️ "penetrating the murky morass of legal liability post-bankruptcy proceedings is so convoluted that I am convinced that the decision on final financial responsibilities will ultimately fall to the U.S. Department of Justice."

And, it is NOT obvious to us that THE STATE OF UTAH will ultimately bear all, or even part, of the costs for cleaning-up and reclaiming the "Superfund Site" some 40 miles north of Salt Lake City on the western edge of the Great Salt Lake.

So who, or what, may bear that burden?

To find out, please read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/utahs-30-million-bankruptcy-acquisition-of-certain-us-magnesium-assets-carries-a-superfund-liability-likely-3x-higher-or-more/.

We suspect that when you do you may have as many questions as we did after completing my research laid it out in our story. Apologies.

Nevertheless, if you find our writeup useful and/or informative, we hope you'll give it a or or it, or even add a or two because doing so induces the Facebook algorithms to share Posts like this one onto more Feeds.

Bottom line — thanks for your ongoing encouragement and support with Utah Money Watch as we truly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

David Politis (aka, "Poppa P"),

Editor, Publisher & CEO of Utah Money Watch
.. AND ...

President & CEO of The David Politis Company and David Politis Event PR

P.S. If you're just "hearing" about this, it's clear that you're not a FREE Subscriber to Utah Money Watch. That said, you can Subscribe in under 30 seconds at www.UtahMoneyWatch.com. Thanks. DLP

P.P.S. And a BIG "Thank You" to Director Barnes for making herself available to visit with us after 5pm in the middle of the of the . 👏 👏 👏 Definitely appreciated!!! Thx. DLP

11/13/2025

Here's what we've been working on since last Sunday morning: "The Financial Fallout of Lehi's Alta Vista Apartment Fire."

Visit https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/the-financial-fallout-of-lehis-alta-vista-apartment-fire/ to get the full rundown. Thanks.

David Politis,
Editor, Publisher, CEO, + Founder

10/31/2024

NEWS & ANALYSIS: "Dan Caffee's Contrarian Approach to Sales Process Enablement Lands Sandy, Utah-based Voze $12 Million in Series A Funding."

According to Caffee, the biggest challenge the major sales app firms face is that they're a bunch of "Tech Bros" writing and selling software to mostly "Tech Bros."

That was something I was NOT expecting to hear.

Hence, I dug deeper, and in so doing, it struck me that his viewpoint might be spot-on.

So, to learn what I uncovered, I invite you to visit Utah Money Watch to read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/dan-caffees-contrarian-approach-to-sales-process-enablement-lands-sandy-utah-based-voze-12-million-dollars-in-series-a-funding/.

As always, if you find my writeup useful and/or informative, I hope you'll take a moment or two to it, it, , and/or it.

{Doing so is helpful with boosting the social media algorithms, btw.}

Last of all, if you have not yet to Utah Money Watch, I encourage you to do so today.

Simply click here - www.utahmoneywatch.com - then click on a button on any page on the website, then fill in 2 fields.

At most, it should take 30 seconds to sign-up.

Anyway ... thanks for your continued interest and support.

And "Go Team Voze."

Sincerely,

David ("Poppa P") Politis,

Publisher, Editor, & Founder,

Utah Money Watch

10/30/2024

BREAKING: "Utah's IPA is Issuing Two Bonds to Raise ~$115 Million to Install Two Gas-Fired Turbines in Place of Two Coal-Fired Turbines at its Intermountain Power Project Facilities in Delta, Utah."

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A JOURNALIST'S ASIDE:

For anyone not aware, / transactions are happening ALL THE TIME throughout ALL sectors of Utah's economy, not just in the tech sector of , the so-called "Silicon Slopes" of the state.

And some of those "deals" are actually quite large, like $100MM+ large, such as the $114+ million in soon-to-be-issued from the Intermountain Power Agency.

The problem is that such events rarely get reported on (let alone analyzed), making it almost impossible for any , , or interested in staying on top of (or tracking) such deals to do just that.

That's why Utah Money Watch was created in the first place.

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Anyway ... to learn more about the and the $114.6MM in bonds it will soon issue, please visit Utah Money Watch to read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/utahs-ipa-is-issuing-two-bonds-to-raise-115-million-dollars-to-install-two-gas-fired-turbines-in-place-of-two-coal-fired-turbines-at-its-intermountain-power-project-facilities-in-delta-2/.

Additionally, if you find my writeup useful and/or informative, I hope you'll take a moment or two to it, it, , and/or it.

{Doing so is helpful with boosting the social media algorithms, btw.}

Last of all, if you have not yet to Utah Money Watch, I encourage you to do so today.

Simply click here - www.utahmoneywatch.com - then click on a button on any page on the website, then fill in 2 fields.

At most, it should take 30 seconds to sign-up.

That said, thanks for your continued interest and support.

Sincerely,

David ("Poppa P") Politis,

Publisher, Editor, & Founder,

Utah Money Watch

P.S. The featured photo for this post was shot by me in April 2022 near the main entrance for the Intermountain Power Project near Delta, Utah.

10/29/2024

BREAKING NEWS: "A Former BYU Linebacker is Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges of $2.0 Million, Then Hindenburg Research Drops a 7,000-Word Bombshell Report to "Shed More Light on Aaron Wagner," Wags Capital, and More."

There's really too much to unpack here in a "short" social media post.

But for the full rundown, please visit Utah Money Watch and read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/a-former-byu-linebacker-is-arrested-on-wire-fraud-charges-of-2-million-dollars-then-hindenburg-research-drops-a-7000-word-bombshell-report-to-shed-more-light-on-aaron-wagner/.

Additionally, if you find my writeup useful and/or informative, I hope you'll take a moment or two to it, it, , and/or it.

{Doing so is helpful with boosting the social media algorithms, btw.}

Last of all, if you have not yet to Utah Money Watch, I encourage you to do so today.

Simply click here - www.utahmoneywatch.com - then click on a button on any page on the website, then fill in 2 fields.

At most, it should take 30 seconds to sign-up.

Anyway ... thanks for your continued interest and support.

Sincerely,

David ("Poppa P") Politis,

Publisher, Editor, & Founder,

Utah Money Watch

P.S. The featured photo for this story is a screengrab from the Wags Capital Instagram account of 14 September 2023 which was downloaded from Archive.Today on 28 September 2024.

10/27/2024

Any UofU fan looking to giveaway 2 tickets to the football game at Rice Eccles in 2 weeks, shoot me a DM.

I'd be happy to attend the game for you. Seriously.

Poppa P

The University of Utah

Utah Football

The University of Utah Athletics

10/22/2024

BREAKING NEWS: Mo' Bettahs' owners have decided it's Mo' Bettah to sell a majority equity stake to two new investors.

Early this morning, Lehi-based Savory Restaurant Fund announced it has sold a majority interest in its portfolio company, Mo' Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food, to two private equity firms,

🔹 Blue Marlin Partners, LLC, and

🔹 Thrive Capital.

Both and Salt Lake City, Utah-based Crewe Capital will retain "significant minority stakes" in , with the Co-Founder brothers, Kimo and Kalani Mack also retaining minority stakes as well.

{NOTE: That's Kalani on the left in the photo shared with this post.}

To get the in-depth report you've come to expect from Utah Money Watch, please visit https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/mo-bettahs-owners-decide-its-mo-bettah-to-sell-a-majority-equity-stake-to-two-new-investors-blue-marlin-partners-and-thrive-capital/.

Additionally, if you find my writeup useful and/or informative, I hope you'll take a moment or two to it, it, , and/or it.

{Doing so is helpful with boosting the social media algorithms, btw.}

Last of all, if you have not yet to Utah Money Watch, I encourage you to do so today.

Simply click here - www.utahmoneywatch.com - then click on a button on any page on the website, then fill in 2 fields.

At most, it should take 30 seconds to sign-up.

Anyway ... thanks for your continued interest and support.

And ... hope you have a great day, as it's certainly a great day for Savory Fund, Crewe Capital, and the Mack brothers!!! 💰 💰 💰

David Politis,

Publisher, Editor, and Founder,

Utah Money Watch

10/21/2024

BREAKING NEWS: "Salt Lake City-based Vanilla has Landed $35 Million in a New Investment Round."

And, "Yes," is an investor, although his investment came in a prior round, something I uncovered in my reporting.

For readers who had not heard of the company before ... ahem, I had not ... Vanilla "... helps wealth advisors, planners, and attorneys (and their firms) manage and maximize their estate planning efforts with a purpose-built SaaS platform ...."

Please visit https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/salt-lake-city-based-vanilla-lands-35-million-dollars-in-new-investment-round/ at Utah Money Watch to see the full writeup.

And should you find news, insights, and analyses like this one useful / helpful, we hope you will , , , and/or this post.

Additionally, if you're not a yet - tsk, tsk - it's super simple to do.

Just hit one of the buttons on any page on the Utah Money Watch website (www.utahmoneywatch.com), then take 30 seconds or less to sign-up.

It's free (at least for now), and doing so will mean you're getting Utah-focused / news that many of your colleagues & competitors are not getting.

Yet.

In the meantime, thanks for your ongoing support and interest.

Sincerely,

David Politis (aka, "Poppa P"),

Founder, Editor & Publisher,

Utah Money Watch

P.S. Please DM me if you've got insight into a Utah-focused story you feel needs telling that hasn't been shared yet. Thx. DLP

P.P.S. The Michael Jordan photo used in this post, and within the story, was found on his Wikipedia Page, downloaded, then cropped.

10/17/2024

BREAKING NEWS: "Salt Lake City-based MARAbio has Raised $19 Million in a Series A Round of Funding."

The company is currently focused on developing 2 blood tests to identify genetic markers signifying a higher propensity for a type of , Maternal Autoantibody Related Autism (MARA), that affects up to 20% of those with ASD (an Autism Spectrum Disorder).

These tests will target

🔹 Women considering pregnancy before they conceive, and

🔹 Children before they have been diagnosed with a form of autism.

To get the overview, please visit Utah Money Watch to read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/salt-lake-city-based-marabio-has-raised-19-million-dollars-in-a-series-a-round-of-funding/.

As always, please feel free to , , , and/or ; doing so helps "spread the love" for Utah Money Watch.

Thanks.

David "Poppa P" Politis,

Founder, Editor, & Publisher

Utah Money Watch

10/16/2024

NEWS BRIEF: Approximately $292 Million of a New $2.1 Billion Lockheed Martin Space Contract is Slated to be Completed in Magna, Utah.

The five-year contract supports the US Navy's work with its Trident II D5 nuclear missiles that are launched from submarines.

To get the snapshot on this news, please visit Utah Money Watch to read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/news-brief-approximately-292-million-dollars-of-a-new-2-point-1-billion-dollar-lockheed-martin-space-contract-is-slated-to-be-completed-in-magna-utah/.

Thanks.

David Politis,

Editor, Publisher, & Founder

Utah Money Watch

10/15/2024

NEWS & ANALYSIS: "In Roughly 45 Days, the LDS Church Will Have Spent Nearly $500 Million to Buy over 105,000 Total Acres of Farm Land in Australia and the U.S."

Here's the rest of the story, a story that other Utah-based media either got wrong or did not tell in full.

I also provide some context as to why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invests at all, let alone into .

So, for the full report, please turn to Utah Money Watch to read https://www.utahmoneywatch.com/in-roughly-45-days-the-lds-church-will-have-spent-nearly-500-million-dollars-to-buy-over-105-thousand-total-acres-of-farm-land-in-australia-and-the-u-s/.

As always, if you find this writeup / report useful and/or informative, I hope you'll take a moment to / it to your own feed, as well as leave a and a .

Thanks.

David Politis,

Editor, Publisher, and Founder

Utah Money Watch

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