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Ensmarten Saturday: What to do with unpopular or negative social situations
How to respond when something bad happens Many organizations have faced adversity because of gradual changes – reduced profits, shrinking customers, or an employee that drives the team crazy....
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G2 Crowd makes first acquisition following $100M in funding
Chicago-based G2 Crowd recently announced the acquisition of Siftery, the group’s first acquisition following a recently raised $100 million in total funding. G2 Crowd, whose also recently announced a...
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Kidney function monitor company raises more capital in St. Louis
St. Louis based Medibeacon filed paperwork with the SEC last week regarding their $1.25 million raise. This brings their total raise for the year to more than $7 million. The filing identifies these...
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St. Louis based SwipeSum raises $1 million
SwipeSum is a St. Louis based startup that uses technology to discover better merchant processing options for businesses. The technology is premised on identifying lower rates for merchant processing...
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Columbus-based Ikove debuts $10M Startup Nursery Fund
Ikove team Ikove Venture Partners, a Midwest venture development company that commercializes early-stage technologies, announced on Thursday its first venture development fund, the Startup Nursery...
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Clever Real Estate raises $1.5M for nationwide expansion of tech platform
The Clevel Real Estate team Clever Real Estate has successfully closed a bridge funding round of $1,000,000, bringing the St. Louis startup’s total financing up to $1.5 Million. The bridge round was...
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Virtual experience company Geniecast brings the speaker to you
Looking to book a thought leader for your next event? Look no further. Imagine gathering a group of friends, flipping on your flat screen, and voilà – your favorite chef greets your guests for an...
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Iowa Startups of 2018
Since the beginning of 2016, more than 150 Iowa companies have received a venture investment according to Pitchbook – totaling more than $100 million in venture activity in the state. Surprisingly,...
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Reflection Sciences raises angel funding
Reflection Sciences, based in Saint Paul, MN, and founded in 2014 raised $775,000 in angel funding from undisclosed investors on December 3. The educational software provides an executive function...
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Sprout Social closes $40.5 million deal
CHICAGO, IL – Spout Social raised $40.5 million in Series D venture funding on December 19 in a deal lead by The Future Fund. Round participants also included New Enterprise Associates and The Goldman...
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Trala raises $1.29 million in seed funding
Chicago based Trala, founded in 2016, raised $1.26 million in seed funding from Origin Ventures, Techstars, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, Luis Von Ahn (CEO at language-learning app Duolingo), Bob Meese...
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Summersalt closes $6.1 million deal and continues to scale
“Relatable, wearable, and sexy on our own terms.” When St. Louis-based startup founders Lori Coulter and Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin met over lunch in June 2016, they did not immediately envision or...
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Beth Trejo
Beth Trejo , founder and CEO of Chatterkick, took a risk when she started her social media marketing agency in 2012. Beth’s decision proved to be a great bet for the Silicon Prairie entrepreneurial...
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FactoryFix raises $1.5 million
FactoryFix, headquartered in Madison, WI has raised $1.5 million through convertible debt and a series of seed rounds. The December 1, 2018 deal was led by Capital Midwest Fund with other undisclosed...
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SonarMD lands $10 million series A deal
ELGIN, IL – SonarMD raised $10 million in Series A venture financing on December 17, 2018 from BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Arboretum Ventures. The company will use...
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Proxibid kicks off 2019 with acquisition of Wavebid
Silicon Prairie News has covered Proxibid growth and success quite often over the years, so it is never a surprise to us when we hear great news about this company – and we’re happy to share it....
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Oil and Gas data company Oseberg lands $3 million deal
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oseberg, leading innovator in the oil and gas industry has raised $3 million in Series B financing from undisclosed investors. Oseberg is a developer of a SaaS-based data...
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Applications Open for Iowa AgriTech Accelerator’s 2019 Cohort
Following a successful 2018 program, the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator recently announced that applications for its third cohort are now open. The 2019 program is scheduled to begin May 28 and conclude on...
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Gravitate Coworking on the move, continues to shape Des Moines
Geoff Wood has been a long-time champion of the Iowa entrepreneurial ecosystem. Wood started Welch Avenue, LLC back in 2013 with a vision of helping the Iowa entrepreneurial ecosystem grow and...
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Carla White
Carla White, founder of My Gratitude Journal, is celebrating ten years on Apple’s top charts. Carla White created and launched her app, My Gratitude Journal, as a one-woman shop ten years ago with...
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