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VoterTide closes seed round, readies its ‘Google Alerts for social media’
VoterTide, a social media monitoring and analysis app focused on politics, announced Tuesday that it closed a “significant seed round” led by Optimas Group, an Omaha investment company. Also participating in the round was Gordon Whitten, who was the Omaha startup’s first investor. Behind Optimas’ investment …
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Prairie Portrait: Kyle Murphy of Hudl
Bio: UNL computer engineering and Raikes School grad from Hutchinson, Kan. I’m a software tester turned designer and user experience manager. My mission is to make software work for people never the other way around. | Title: Hudl, VP – User Experience | Age: 26 | Residence: Lincoln, Neb. | Twitter: noluckmurphy.com | Twitter: @noluckmurphy…
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ActiveGrade names advisory board, co-founder confirms $200k raise
ActiveGrade, a startup established to help educators better track pupils’ development, has assembled a group of educators tasked with keeping a similarly watchful eye on the company’s own progress. Iowa City-based ActiveGrade last week unveiled a seven-member advisory board, which is made up of educators and teacher leaders from across the country. The group will…
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AgLocal chosen for minority-focused San Francisco accelerator NewME
Add NewME to the list of noteworthy accelerators helping AgLocal ramp up to full speed. Earlier this month, we …
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Stop, drop and crawl: Silicon Prairie News Job Crawl today, 5-8 p.m.
Today from 5-8 p.m. more than 180 university students and recent graduates will pack The Mastercraft building (1111 N 13th St.) to network and learn more about the startup community at the Silicon Prairie News Startup Job Crawl. If you’re planning on attending the crawl, you can find a complete rundown of everything you’ll need…