Just weeks after its 40th anniversary celebration, Micron is shedding some employees, but the company said it wasn’t a layoff. A number of people identifying themselves as Micron employees have been posting anonymously in recent days to employee websites such ...

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A Salt Lake City private equity firm has decided to scrap plans to develop an Idaho-only venture capital fund. Banyan Ventures had mentioned its plans for such a fund in April at the Idaho Technology Council’s (ITC) Capital Conference, and ...

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A new combination of venture capital and incubator space is opening in Boise. The company is Aspatore Ventures, funded by Jonathan Aspatore, a serial entrepreneur from Novato, California. P. Simon Mahler, Aspatore’s startup director, said that while Aspatore now has ...

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The Boise Angel Alliance (BAA), an organization intended to help fund early-stage startups in Idaho, has retooled its investment fund to support larger projects. The BAA Board went through a process of strategic reassessment, beginning with a strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats analysis, said ...

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