October 19, 2018

  • SPN Top 10:  Corporate Innovators that the region should know are here

    SPN Top 10: Corporate Innovators that the region should know are here

    In doing research for the Annual Report, Silicon Prairie News compiled corporate and university patent holders in each MSA. This led us to the discovery that there were a ton of innovative companies in the Midwest. Unfortunately, many in our region don’t know that these companies are doing so much research and are so innovative.…

  • EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    On October 5, Columbia, Missouri based EquipmentShare filed paperwork confirming an additional $10 million raise. This filing followed a late August filing that the firm had raised $25 million. This fund raise follows an A Round led by Romulus Capital and Insight Ventures––nationally recognized venture capital firms that don’t tend to invest frequently in the…