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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Alice Dittman
Alice M. Dittman began a long and successful career in banking in 1948, starting with a summer check filing job at what was then First National Bank of Lincoln, at fifty cents an hour. Alice received...
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Understory continues to grow
On October 10, 2018, Understory, the Madison, Wisconsin based weather company, filed paperwork with the SEC recording a $6.5 million dollar raise. The company which relocated from Somerville,...
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Pipeline: The Midwest’s secret weapon
In 2006, KTEC (Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation) created the Pipeline program and recruited Joni Cobb to organize and run the nascent company. The goal of the organization was to build a...
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Coolfire Solutions Lands Big Round
St. Louis startup Coolfire Solutions raised $11.5 million dollars last week from Clayton Capital, a firm closely tied to Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and IrishAngels. The firm, which provides real-time...
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iotaMotion receives $2.1M in additional round of financing
Iowa City, Iowa based medical device company, iotaMotion, filed paperwork with the SEC regarding their October 9, 2018 $2.1 million raise. The company provides cochlear implants (“CI”) to moderate...
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Omaha based Faithbox® raises capital
Subscription box company Faithbox Inc. has recently completed a $1.35 million seed round to rapidly scale their core Faithbox product, which helps Christians stay on track with their faith. The...
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SPN Top 10: Corporate Innovators that the region should know are here
In doing research for the Annual Report, Silicon Prairie News compiled corporate and university patent holders in each MSA. This led us to the discovery that there were a ton of innovative companies...
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64 startups chosen for St. Louis Startup Connection Venture Showcase coming...
Rachel Simon Lee, founder and CEO of Heartwork Videos, with BioGenerator, which granted her a $2500 cash award at Startup Connection’s 2017 Venture Showcase Startup Connection 2018, the St. Louis...
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Iowa City’s Rantizo lands $500K in seed funding
Iowa City-based Rantizo lands convertible debt funding of $500,000. The company, profiled by Silicon Prairie News in September, is part of the Iowa Startup Accelerator in Cedar Rapids and has...
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Paul Singh visits Lincoln’s startup week, offers advice to startups and...
Lincoln Startup Week is taking place this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, including visits and contributions from Paul Singh of Results Junkies. Singh has made over 2000 investments and is a nationally...
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Follow-up report: State Expected Venture Values in the Midwest
Following the publication of our article on Tuesday regarding expected values in cities, Silicon Prairie News received multiple requests for more information. There were three primary questions...
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SPN Top 10: Things you should know about OKC’s startup ecosystem
Oklahoma City’s ecosystem had a rough week from the outside looking in. Silicon Prairie News ran a story where the community underperformed its expected venture investment. The Brookings Institute and...
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LendingStandard closes fund-raising round at $2M
Olathe, Kansas based LendingStandard closed a $2 million round. The firm, formerly known as formzapper.com, provides software that facilitates commercial lending underwriting. LendingStandard is a...
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SMRxT completes $3.9M equity raise
Overland Park, Kansas based SMRxT executed a $3.9 million equity raise last week. The company has “humanized” the pill bottle to ensure that patients are taking their medicine. The company was...
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Archna Sahay
Archna Sahay is an independent urban systems consultant based in Philadelphia. Currently, she is working in Milwaukee helping the local ecosystem connect, grow, and thrive. SPN met with her during her...
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KCSourceLink awarded second grant, continues growing KC’s entrepreneurial...
KCSourceLink announced on Wednesday that they have been awarded a second grant to continue its work as a University Center Economic Development Program to spur entrepreneurship, economic growth and...
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VetMeasure raises $1.36 million in angel funding
VetMeasure raised $1.36 million in angel funding from undisclosed investors on October 26. The Ames, Iowa-based company was founded in 2015 by Kevin Maher, and uses Bluetooth technology and a web...
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Ten Missouri Companies That SPN Is Watching
Ten Missouri Companies That SPN Is Watching EquipmentShare.com – A platform for contractors to find/rent expensive equipment for unique construction jobs. (Columbia) Site 1001 – A smart building...
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Opendorse to hire 10 in 2019
In 2011, Nebraska football players Adi Kunalic and Blake Lawrence were talking with their teammate – Prince Amukamara. Prince had just been drafted in the first round of the NFL draft, but he had a...
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TruMarx closes $7.2 million deal
TruMarx Data Partners, Inc. raised $7.22 million in venture funding in a deal led by HBS Angels Alumni Association on October 25. Cornerstone Angels, Bob Green, Tom Price, and B-Con LP also...
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