April 4, 2012

  • MindMixer raises $1.9m seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital

    MindMixer, a web-based platform billed as a “virtual town hall,” announced today it closed a $1.9 million seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based venture capital firm whose founder, Mark Hasebroock, is also a co-founder and executive of the startup. The round was led but not fully funded by Dundee VC and brings…

  • Prairie Portrait: Austin Brown of Hurrdat Social Media

    Silicon Prairie News: What’s the latest with Hurrdat’s Athlete Engagement Platform, and what about that software excites you most? | Austin Brown: Right now we have some awesome endorsement campaigns running with our athletes that have shown outstanding results. We currently have 85 brands registered on our platform and are excited to gain national recognition…

  • Join us for a SPN Meetup with Startup Weekend KC on April 12

    Silicon Prairie News will pair up with Startup Weekend Kansas City for the first SPN Meetup on April 12 in Kansas City. We’re inviting those in the startup community to join us for drink and an opportunity to meet face-to-face to discuss the happenings on The Prairie. The Cashew, located in the Crossroads Arts District,…

  • Q&A: Hack Omaha organizer on data, design and a 125-year-old newspaper

    The Omaha World-Herald, Nebraska’s oldest and most-read newspaper, is doing something innovative. But don’t go looking for it in the World-Herald’s print product or on its website. Instead, to see it, you’ll need to visit the World-Herald’s offices in downtown Omaha later this month. From April 13-15, the World-Herald will host Hack Omaha, the area’s…

  • Views of Startup Weekend from 30,000 feet and ground level

    From KC to IC, and from CoMo to the Big O, we do our best to provide thorough coverage of Startup Weekend when the event takes place in the region (and, sometimes, when it takes place outside the region). We’d like to think that press provides readers who aren’t familiar with the event a good…

  • Startup Job Crawl returns to Des Moines tonight from 5-8:30

    From 5-8:30 tonight, the Silicon Prairie News Startup Job Crawl will take its second loop down Silicon Sixth, the heart of the startup community in downtown Des Moines, starting at StartupCity Des Moines (317 6th Ave., 5th floor). Nearly 120 students have already signed up to meet more than 25 internet startups, web development shops…

  • PrairieCast video: WebFilings, i2iowa & last episode announcement

    Our guest this week was Drew Larson, attorney at BrownWinick, who joined in for a discussion of Ames-based WebFilings, next week’s i2iowa event, tomorrow’s Startup Job Crawl and the Big Omaha 2012 speaker lineup. We also announced that our next episode on Tuesday, April 10 would be our last regularly …