Large Series A Round for Minnesota Based 75F
Last week, Twin Cities based 75F announced that the company had raised more than $18 million in a Series A round of financing led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Oil & Gas Climate Initiative....
View ArticleBig Omaha Veteran, David Hauser’s New Book on Sale This Week
In 2010, David Hauser, the founder of Grasshopper, joined Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson on the stage at Big Omaha. He introduced the now ubiquitous standing ovation before the talk that made Big...
View ArticleWichita Based Alyss Analytics Raises Another Round
Wichita based Knoxx filed paperwork this week with the SEC indicating that it had raised another early stage round. The company which provides the Alyss Analytics engine helps companies deliver HR...
View ArticleThe IO Summit Is Arriving Soon
The IO Summit is in Lincoln on October 20-22. The speakers are off-the-charts. They include local heroes, venture capitalists, and some insightful innovators from around the country. Here’s a quick...
View ArticleGroover Labs Opening in Wichita
Groover Labs Opening in Wichita Groover Labs is a 42,000 square foot coworking center and maker space located in Old Town in Wichita. Old Town is located on the eastern edge of Wichita’s downtown and...
View ArticleFunding Roundup: Week of September 23rd
In the interest of keeping tabs on fundings on the Silicon Prairie, this week we are providing a simple funding round-up. For this round-up, we used Form Ds, Pitchbook, and Crunchbase to provide us...
View ArticleFlywheel founder Dusty Davidson at TechBrew
Last week, Dusty Davidson visited TechBrew in Council Bluffs, Iowa. We were in attendance and taped some of what he had to say. In particular, we thought that his response to a question about growing...
View ArticleFunding Round Up: Week of September 30
The funding round up is an aggregation of a variety of sources, including Pitchbook, Form Ds, and Crunchbase. After building a list from these sources, we look for press releases and other mechanisms...
View ArticleAbilitech Medical wins MN Cup
Abilitech Medical was named startup of the year at the MN Cup this week. Abilitech Medical is a medical device company that builds medical devices that improve the lives of individuals suffering from...
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Funding Roundup: Week of Oct. 7
This was a relatively light week for funding announcements in the Silicon Prairie, but it was dominated by rounds from Chicago, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Large Rounds ($10+ million) The Milwaukee...
View ArticleZAF Energy Systems Has a Big Month
In early October, ZAF Energy Systems of Joplin, Missouri announced an agreement to deploy their next generation nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery system in a United States Air Force’s intercontinental...
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Funding Roundup for the Week of Oct. 21
It was a strong week for Minnesota. Between Total Expert and ShiraTronics, Minnesota based companies brought in more than $85 million in Venture Funding. There was a little more diversity than in...
View ArticleRyvit Builds on Success
One of the major problems in the construction industry is that information must be entered into multiple platforms. So, for example, contact information must be entered into an enterprise resource...
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Research: Talent Attraction Case Study (Nebraska)
Last summer, the Aksarben Foundation approached Chapman and Company about creating a landscape analysis on talent for Nebraska. While this analysis is about Nebraska, there are many lessons for...
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Funding Roundup for the Week of Oct. 28
Two Silicon Prairie companies will be moving to Buffalo in the upcoming weeks, thanks to a program created by 43North. The program announced seven winning companies last week – including Strayos (St....
View ArticleKC-Based Stackify Is Growing Fast, Hiring Too
Stackify has raised another round of capital. Stackify filed paperwork on November 20, 2019 that they had raised $4.132 million dollars. In conversations with the company, they revealed that they had...
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8 Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Nicka Johnson, Budget to Success
Nicka Johnson is an Omaha-based social entrepreneur working to instill financial literacy through her business, Budget to Success. In this role, the North Omaha native considers herself part financial...
View ArticleKearney-based startup technology could help shore up weaknesses in U.S....
The U.S. electrical grid is the largest interconnected machine on Earth. Over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 5.5 million miles of local distribution lines link thousands of...
View ArticleAbilitech Medical wins MN Cup
Abilitech Medical was named startup of the year at the MN Cup this week. Abilitech Medical is a medical device company that builds medical devices that improve the lives of individuals suffering from...
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Funding Roundup: Week of Oct. 7
This was a relatively light week for funding announcements in the Silicon Prairie, but it was dominated by rounds from Chicago, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Large Rounds ($10+ million) The Milwaukee...
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