April 19, 2012

  • Announcing Big Omaha 2012 speakers Best, Cohen and Goldstein

    With less than one month away from our fourth annual Big Omaha, we want to share with you three more amazing entrepreneurs who will make their way to the Silicon Prairie in May! Help us welcome Charles Best of DonorsChoose.org, Yael Cohen of F Cancer movement and Seth Goldstein of turntable.fm to the Big Omaha…

  • With $1m seed round, brothers’ agriculture tech startup takes root

    The Gerlock brothers’ grandfather started JBG Farms in the ’50s. It’s now a multi-million dollar business on 3,000 acres with operational costs upward of $2 million per year. But, perhaps surprisingly to the farming outsider, the average salary of a farmer is $47,000. That means a lot of money is coming and going without staying…

  • Prairie Portrait: Fredrick Galoso, senior at the University of Iowa

    Silicon Prairie News: What does your typical schedule look like when you’re juggling school, Stackd, KRUI, Bridgestone and — if there’s any time left — enjoying your waning time as a college student? | Fredrick Galoso: Believe it or not, it’s not too bad. I schedule my classes to be as one big block as…

  • Infographic shows high VC spending growth in Midwest

    The Midwest outpaced every part of the country except the South in terms of percentage growth of venture capital investment during the second half of the last decade. And, in most cases, it wasn’t even close. So says an infographic on regional VC funding and startup growth published this week. Venture 51, an early-stage venture…

  • As press piles up, AgLocal announces board, eyes investment

    AgLocal, one of Kansas City’s most talked-about tech startups of 2012, has teamed with Thad Langford, the executive behind one of Kansas City’s most ballyhooed tech acquisitions of 2011. And — no surprise here — the startup continues to garner plenty of attention from investors and media outlets alike. More on that alliance and those…

  • RareWire realizing ‘grand vision’ of platform for building native apps

    RareWire is nearly ready to introduce its “secret weapon” to a broader audience. The Kansas City, Mo.-based mobile app creation studio and software provider, founded in March 2010 by former Saepio colleagues Matt Angell (below left) and Kirk Hasenzahl (left), saw the potential with the launch of the iPad for a platform that would make…