Local startup Infusionsoft took $7.9 million in series B funding to fund it's next stage of growth.  The software company is located in Gilbert and continues to expand.  Infusionsoft, congratulations on another round.  Everyone else, this is proof that things in Phoenix do get funded and despite a down economy money is still out there.

I'll do a full post soon, but for now. Local phoenix awesome makes TechCrunch homepage.

Wasn't PHX! Hello Boulder.. I hope soon the obscene amounts of money that is in Phoenix, figures out there are big wins in tech, web, and smart people that are NOT in real estate.

I met 7foot 2in (kidding.. he's only 6'10 or somthin)  Sean Tierney 3-4 years ago at a local meetup.  Over the years he has impressed me with his big ideas, networking ability, real life guitar skillz, and all around awesome.  Besides that fluff, he has managed to take his Tempe based virtualization startup, jumpbox.com, through two angel/seed investment rounds and ...

I know quite a few shop owners in town.. and the seeming scarcity of quality labor is a topic that comes up a lot.  Check out what startups in Boulder CO did. Should PHX follow suit.. could PHX pull it off?

The guys over at Tempe based jumpbox.com announced today an exclusive distribution deal with blogging company Six Apart. Six Apart, the world's leading blogging software and services company, and JumpBox, a developer of virtual appliances that simplify server software deployment, today announced the availability of Virtual Movable Type. With Virtual Movable Type, new customers can get a quicker start using a ...

Double the space, double the fun! Lots of great projects happening down @gangplank, so many that they need to move into a bigger building! Exciting times for startups in Phoenix. P.S. If you haven't been coming to hacknight at gangplank, you've been missing out!

DateDesigner, one of the first companies to come out of the Gangplank incubator, is looking for people to test out it's new web app. DateDesigner is a way to create (from scratch) and/or browse through pre-designed dates to take the hassle and repitition out of dating. Apparently it's not that easy to put together the right date, so if you would ...

They guys over at fortyagency (previously fortymedia) have announced via their tumblr that front man Aaron Post has "moved onto other projects". Without Aaron’s diligence, strategy, and hard work, Forty wouldn’t be anywhere close to where we are now. We give heartfelt thanks for what he’s given to this company, and we wish him nothing but the best of luck in ...

According to, AzCentral.com Phoenix based AFS Technologies inc acquires Texas-based IRM Corp. and Beverly Hills and Calif.-based Motek Information Systems Inc. To help fund its growth, AFS raised $13 million in private equity and closed on a $25 million credit facility. The firm used some of the money to buy IRM and Motek, and to pay off existing debt. Signs of life ...