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A thank you to our April blog sponsors
It’s once again a great opportunity to thank the following organizations who have sponsored our news blog this month. | New sponsors starting this month: CoSentry …
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Volunteering app The GiveBack takes top prize at first Hack of the Sexes
The women won, in a way, at the Hack of the Sexes hackathon last Friday and Saturday. But it was much more about the two sexes coming together to create tech solutions for civic problems. Kelly Tomlinson, a web designer at Cremalab, led the grand-prize winning team …
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New video answers question, “What is the Kansas City Startup Village?”
True to form, individuals volunteering their time and talent made the first video to highlight the Kansas City Startup Village. Matthew Marcus, co-founder of the Startup Village, thanked the “give first, get later” actions of those involved in creating “the first KCSV video helping outsiders (and insiders) better understand just what is happening in this…
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Behind the Cowhide: Big Omaha designer breaks down the brand
Oxide is honored to have had the opportunity to work with the fine people over at Silicon Prairie News for all five years of Big Omaha. During this time, the Giant Cow has taken on a variety of forms. From the literal Giant Cow illustrations of year one and two, to the completely conceptual letters…
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Dwolla raises $16.5m round led by Andreessen Horowitz, adds SF office
Des Moines-based Dwolla today announced it closed a $16.5 million Series C round led by Andreessen Horowitz, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm whose portfolio includes Airbnb, Pinterest and Stripe, another payments startup. Three of Dwolla’s previous investors, Village Ventures, Thrive Capital and Union Square Ventures, also participated …
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Sprint, Hallmark back KC native’s Google Glass-enabled “Tech Trek”
Kansas City native and Think Big Partners entrepreneur-in-residence Chris Shaw has secured the support of two local corporate titans, Hallmark Cards and Sprint, as he prepares to embark on a cross-country adventure to produce a documentary—through …
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Leap2 closes $1.6m round led by Dundee VC, launches new apps
In its quest to reinvent the mobile search experience, Kansas City, Mo., startup Leap2 today announced it closed a $1.6 million round of funding and launched the latest version of its iOS and Android apps. Since its start more than two years ago, Leap2’s interface and functionality has evolved as the team tries “to reimagine…