Mark Kendall
Angel Investors play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Utah Angel Investors. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Utah Angel Investors
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Jeremy Andrus
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeremy Andrus joined Traeger Wood Pellet Grills as President & CEO in January, 2014 and acquired the business alongside private equity fund …
Ryan Smith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ryan Smith is founder and executive chairman of Qualtrics, the leader in customer experience and creator of the experience management (XM) c…
Josh James
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joshua G. James is the founder and CEO of Domo, a software-as-a-service company he launched to fix the fundamental problems he saw in the tr…
Jared Smith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jared Smith is a Co-Founder at Qualtrics.
Davis Smith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Davis is the CEO of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear brand with a social mission at its core. Davis was named CEO of the Year 2016 by Silicon Valle…
Greg Warnock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Greg Warnock, PhD is a co-founder and managing director of Mercato Partners where he is involved on the boards of Altitude Digital, Cymphoni…
Jim Dreyfous
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jim Dreyfous co-founded Pelion Venture Partners in 1986 and has been a managing director since its formation. After more than 25 years, his …
Dave Jensen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Venture
Dave is the Founder & Managing Partner of Sandlot Partners, an independent private investment firm.
Mick Hagen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mick is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor & philanthropist. Mick is currently CEO of Genesis Block — a digital bank powered by blockchain …
John Pestana
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Pestana is the co-founder and CEO at ObservePoint, the leader in marketing technology governance. John’s goal is to enable enterprises …
Todd Pedersen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Todd Pedersen is the CEO and founder of Vivint Smart Home. He founded the company because he saw an opportunity to sell high-quality product…
Chris Gibson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chris completed his PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Utah in the fall of 2013 before taking a leave of absence from medical school…
Jeff Burningham
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeff is a Founder and Chairman of Peak Capital Partners, a $2B+ real estate investment firm located in Provo, UT, which was named the 2nd fa…
Steven Boal
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
A former Wall Street executive, Steven Boal founded Quotient, formerly Coupons.com Incorporated, in 1998 and is responsible for its strategi…
Elliott Bisnow
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Elliott Bisnow is the Founder of Summit Series. He is also the co-founder of Bisnow Media Corporation and the Get Well Soon Tour; and a foun…
Sid Krommenhoek
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Sid is a Founder and General Partner of Album VC. He is an Investor, Board member, and Observer to multiple companies. In 2006, he co-founde…
Karl Sun
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Karl Sun Prior to Lucidchart, Karl spent several years at Google in a variety of roles, including starting Google’s China office and leading…
Scott Cunningham
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Scott Cunningham – Member, Board of Directors @ DisputeSuite
Michael Levinthal
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Levinthal has over 26 years of venture capital investing experience and currently lives in Park City, Utah where he works as an inde…
Aaron Skonnard
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Aaron is a co-founder of Pluralsight where he serves as the Chief Executive Officer. Aaron has spent years developing course materials an…
John Richards
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Richards – CEO / Founder @ Startup Ignition
Dennis Steele
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Dennis Steele – Co-Founder @ Podium
Warren Osborn
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Warren Osborn is the Founder & CEO at Osborn Companies.
Greg Butterfield
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mr. Butterfield is a highly regarded software industry veteran with more than 23 years of executive-level experience.He is well known for hi…
Josh Coates
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Josh Coates began his career in distributed systems research at the University of California, Berkeley and Microsoft’s Bay Area Research Cen…
David Elkington
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
David Elkington is the CEO and Founder of InsideSales.com. Dave has a rich background in technology, venture capital and corporate develo…
Steven Barlow
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mr. Barlow is a co-founder of Health Catalyst. He oversees all technical client operations. Mr. Barlow is a founding member and former chair…
Joel Peterson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Joel Peterson is the Founding Partner of Whitman Peterson.
Robb Kunz
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Robb Kunz is the CEO, Glassboard Technology.
Brandon Dewitt
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Chief Technology Officer Brandon Dewitt uses his passion for helping people relieve financial stress to lead the MX engineering team. He has…
Jonathan Johnson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jonathan Johnson has been the chairman of Overstock’s board of directors since April 2014, transitioning to the position after five years as…
Caleb Hicks
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Caleb Hicks – Cofounder, President @ Lambda School
Chris Klomp
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed, Venture
Chris is Partner at Endurance
Brian Bedol
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brian Bedol
Taysom Hill
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Venture
Taysom Hill
Casey Baugh
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Casey Baugh
Bryce Johnson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Bryce Johnson is a Co-Founder of LooLoo, a Homemation product.
Jared Rodman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jared Rodman
Fraser Bullock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Fraser Bullock – Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Sorenson Capital
Paul Ahlstrom
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mr. Ahlstrom is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Director at Alta Ventures Mexico. Mr. Ahlstrom co-founded the firm in 2010. He was emp…
Alan Hall
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Alan Hall – Partner @ Mercato Partners
Kirk Ririe
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kirk Ririe founded BioFire Diagnostics, Inc. (BFDX) in 1990 and has made key inventive contributions to its products. At BioFire, he has est…
Kevin Samuelson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kevin Samuelson guides the company’s aggressive growth strategy in the $12.8 billion sales acceleration technology market. He joined InsideS…
Jan Newman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jan Newman is the VP of Business Development at Vivint Solar, the second leading residential solar integrator in the United States. In this …
Greg Schenk
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Greg F. Schenk is co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Cookietree Bakeries. Following graduation from Harvard Business School, Mr. Schenk was a …
Eric Rea
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Eric Rea is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Podium.
Rick Alden
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rick Alden is the Co-Founder at Stance Socks.
Thomas Burton
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mr. Burton is a co-founder of Health Catalyst and former President of the company. He brings 14 years of process improvement and IT experien…
Paul Proctor
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Paul Proctor
Dustin Robertson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dustin Robertson is a Co-Founder of Caddis.
Bernard F. Brennan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bernard F. Brennan Also Bernie has been actively involved with Tomax for several years as investor and in guiding development of the Demand-…
Martha Liggett, Esq.
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Martha Liggett, Esq. – Executive Director @ American Society of Hematology
Fraser Smith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dr. Fraser Smith serves as the President of Sarcos Robotics, where he oversees product development and manages company operations. He is als…
Rob Gallup
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Rob Gallup – Managing Director & Partner @ BoomStartup
Steve Shillingford
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Steve Shillingford is the President & CEO at DeepSee.ai.
Scott Petersen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Scott Petersen is the Chief Academic Officer at RevRoad
Derek Mercer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Derek Mercer is the Founder and former CEO [Vurv](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vurv-technology), (formerly known as Recruitmax), …
Taft Price
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Taft Price is the Assistant Professor – David Eccles School of Business at University of Utah.
Jeff Danley
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Peak Capital, a real estate private equity firm in Utah. Co-Founder at Peak Ventures (now Album Ventures)…
Michael Margolies
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Michael Margolies is the Board Director HiConversion Inc . He is mostly known for owning and operating old world “forever” businesses. He h…
Paul Fletcher
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Paul has always had a thirst for travel and an intense curiosity about foreign lands. He and his family spent several years living in Tokyo …
Ralph Yarro
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Utah based Entrepreneur/Venture Capitalist that runs a high tech incubator called AtuaVentures.
Gary Kennedy
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Gary Kennedy
Drew Major
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Drew Major – CTO @ DishWorld
James Endicott
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
James is a seasoned digital executive, leader and strategist. He’s an expert in business communications, product and process development, op…
Gene Scheck
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Gene Scheck joined Nutrien Ag Solutions as Senior Manager of Software Engineering in 2020.
Ryan Sanders
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Ryan Sanders is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of BambooHR company.
Josh Weiner
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Josh Weiner is CEO at Solutionreach.
Bruce Schechinger
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Bruce Schechinger is a Member of Precision Aviation Drones LL.
Eric Morgan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Eric Morgan
Ari Monkarsh
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ari Monkarsh is a highly experienced entrepreneur and businessman based in Utah. He served as CEO of an e-learning company. Previously, Ari …
Bert Roberts
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Bert Roberts focuses on deal origination for Sorenson Capital. Previously, he was a Vice President of Institutional Client Services at Wasat…
Patrick Oborn
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Patrick Oborn is a co-founder of Telarus, Inc. and a driver in marketing and communication efforts. “What’s next“ is what Patrick does, an…
Kent Thomas
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Kent L Thomas is the founder of Advanced CFO Solutions, a firm dedicated to providing the accounting for and financial and operational infor…
Wayne Sleight
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Wayne Sleight
John McEntire
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John McEntire – Corporate Advisor @ Okland Construction
Rick Meeves
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rick Meeves comes from the private sector of Health Services. After completing a Ph.D. in 1997, he began working for some small private comp…
Daniel Sampson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Daniel Sampson is the COO at Marketecture Inc. Dan, 34, is the creative force behind Marketecture Inc. With talents in both software design …
Stephen Day
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
With 30 years’ experience as a tax executive, in both industry (Tax Director for both a public company and a significant operating partnersh…
Rob McMillen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rob is currently Managing Director of Kickstart Peru and CEO of Alta El-Dorado Emprendimiento. Previously Rob was a Principal at Alta Ventu…
Brent Beckley
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brent Beckley – Founder @ Beckley & Company
Mike Bishop
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Mike Bishop
Terry Pitts
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Terry Pitts has over 30 years of healthcare technology industry experience working with payers, providers, and some of the largest HCIT soft…
Darby Smith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Darby Smith
Mike Vargas
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Mike Vargas – Consultant / Adviser / Investor @ Travelzoo
Mark van Hartesvelt
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Investor at cityspark.
Evan Richmond
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
A product launch specialist with a knack for recognizing the untapped opportunities within a marketplace. With my experience of having cr…
Deborah Parks
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Deborah Parks
Jason Waldron
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Enterprise SaaS Director, B2B Sales Leader, Sales and Marketer of the Year, Investor Master presenter with a wealth of knowledge about on…
Rod Watson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rod Watson – Requirements Analyst @ HP
JD Campbell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
JD Campbell
Jeff Donovan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeff Donovan
John Russell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
John Russell is the Director of Human Resources and Founder of Marketecture John, 51, is the man behind the scenes at Marketecture Inc. J…
Andrew Spencer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Andrew Spencer – Founder @ Fivers
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