Great Work — Utah

Furnace

venture active confidence: Medium status: Draft updated 2026-08-11

Type
venture
Status
Draft
Confidence
Medium
Tier
D
Builder-tier
B
Activity-signal
2025-04 · https://luma.com/bxbetln7
Activity-checked
2026-08-14
Focus
outbound sales, email infrastructure, campaign operations
Domain
computing, capital-programs
Primary Location
St. George, UT
Utah Location
St. George, UT
Region
St. George
Website
https://www.getfurnace.io/
Ownership
founder-led private
Updated
2026-08-11
Needs-reviewed
2026-08-11

Summary

Furnace builds and operates outbound-sales systems for companies. Furnace provides a bounded benefit: Early companies often need customer discovery and repeatable sales before they can support a specialized growth team.

Impact

Early companies often need customer discovery and repeatable sales before they can support a specialized growth team. Furnace's bet is that a managed, instrumented outbound system can supply that capability earlier. The public evidence supports an active service with published plans and named client examples, while its reported campaign performance remains self-reported.

Utah Context

Furnace emerged from Utah Tech University's Sandbox program. A November 2025 St. George startup event identified co-founders Porter Gardiner and Kyle Nelson and reported that the company had performed outreach to more than 100,000 prospects for clients; that figure is an event-organizer statement, not an audited company record.

What They Need Now

Furnace is actively soliciting customers and offers a free outbound consultation. No current public jobs page was found.

Open Questions

  • What share of Furnace's campaigns produce retained customers rather than positive replies?
  • How does the team manage consent, deliverability, and legal compliance across jurisdictions?
  • How many people currently work on the managed service?

Evidence