# BoomStartup

> BoomStartup is a VC fund in Salt Lake City backing Software and Education. See 72 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Salt Lake City, United States
- Total investments: 72
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/boomstartup
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/boomstartup
- Website: http://boomstartup.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoomStartup

BoomStartup is an Utah-based mentorship-driven seed Accelerator focusing its efforts on providing money, mentors, and markets for its energetic tech entrepreneur participants. In 2014, we were rated the #12 Accelerator in the USA

## Contacts

5 contacts available for BoomStartup. Shizune tracks 8 team members at BoomStartup. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/boomstartup?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 32% |
| Education | 12 | 17% |
| Internet | 9 | 13% |
| Apps | 8 | 11% |
| Mobile | 8 | 11% |

137 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 65 | 90% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 3% |
| Series C | 1 | 1% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 64 | 89% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Haney | Partner | 0 | — |
| Rob Gallup | Managing Director & Partner | 1 | — |
| Roger Andrus | Mentor | 0 | — |
| Ryan Smith | Partner | 0 | — |
| Shaun Cunningham | Managing Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Whiz Tutor | Whiz Tutor is scalabe marketplace that connects parents and students to experienced and individually assessed academic tutors in their area. Parents and/or students, can book a tutor using our simple app, by text, or online. They simply select a subject, choose a location, then select a tutor that works with their schedule for an in-persontutoring session. Whiz Tutor has virtual tutoring as well as sms tutoring that will be launching by the end of 2017. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2017 | https://www.whiztutorapp.com/ |
| Purpose Portfolio | Helping companies give back to build better cultures and brands. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 | https://www.purposeportfolio.org/ |
| Trace.com | Trace provides family research by matching the genealogists on the planet with research objectives. Trace offers 4,000 professional genealogists, private investigators, researchers, archivists, and historians. Trace.com searches its network of vetted researchers for the ideal candidate with the necessary skills and experience to work on clientprojects. | $895K | Seed | Aug 31, 2016 | https://www.trace.com/ |
| JRNL | JRNL is a private journaling application designed for both web and mobile use | $750K | Seed | Jun 27, 2016 | http://jrnl.com |
| Vutility | Vutility is the leading provider of real-time, high-resolution, energy monitoring solutions - enabling businesses to optimize their energy consumption and improve operational efficiencies. Using its innovative and affordable proprietary HotDrop™ technology, companies across a range of retail and commercial industries gain relevant and timelyinsights into their energy usage. | $110K | Seed | Apr 16, 2016 | https://vutility.co |
| Known Factors | Known Factors make it easy – hand us your various data sources and they do the dirty work for you. Your data is repaired, enhanced, cleaned, and intelligently structured.They make it fast – implementation times for many of their competitors is 6-18 months. With Known Factors it happens in days, not months.They make it useful – actionablebusiness intelligence, beautifully visualized in dashboards, reports, and emailed summaries – all just a mouse click away. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | http://www.knownfactors.com/ |
| Cleverywhere | Cleverywhere combines vetted and proven assessment questions with talent from the world of online gaming to create experiences that students want to complete- rather than are forced to complete. Parents can easily see how their child is performing, and educators can see how individual students and entire classrooms are doing, prior to a test.Cleverywhere delivers mobile and desktop access for a play anywhere experience. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | http://www.cleverywhere.com/ |
| Zizzle | Zizzle App is the first mobile app for learning Chinese that does not primarily focus on rote repetition. Instead, Zizzle is based on proven memorization techniques: visualization, the keyword method and association. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | http://www.zizzle.io/ |
| RoviTracker | In their combined pasts, they’ve created mobile virtual reality games, configured remote wired/wireless networks, and systems integration. They’re a team of top-notch developers and tech addicts who’ve also been in the heavy equipment industry for decades. They work closely with Manufacturers, rental and fleet companies and gather crucial datato improve their business.They understand you have Millions of dollars in capital investments and you want to exceed your ROI. Their technology provides real time access to all of your heavy equipment no matter the brand. With the advancement in technology, no company should have to log onto multiple sites, work with multiple support teams, and pay multiple companies just because you have different brands of equipment. Their solution offers one dashboard, their proprietary device is versatile. They built a powerful platform that can handle third party API and hardware. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | http://www.rovitracker.com/ |
| SALES BRIDGE | They give salespeople more time to spend with customers and leads while recording and analyzing those critical activities. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | https://www.salesbridge.io/ |

10 of 72 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Amasia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amasia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Breyer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breyer-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Campus Founders Fund — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BoomStartup invest in?

BoomStartup invests primarily in Software, Education and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 72 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BoomStartup?

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### Who are the partners at BoomStartup?

The team at BoomStartup includes Matthew Haney (Partner), Rob Gallup (Managing Director & Partner) and Roger Andrus (Mentor), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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