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Chicago-based Avail raises $2.5M in funding round led by Cultivation Capital
Avail, an end-to-end online platform that streamlines the rental process for do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords and their tenants, announced on Tuesday a $2.5 million funding round led by Cultivation Capital, a St. Louis-based venture capital firm. Avail has raised $5.4 million in funding to date. The funding comes on the heels of a period of significant…
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More than 600 attend Heartland Shark Tank casting call
The first step in getting on Shark Tank, the reality TV startup pitch competition, is a casting call. On April 6, 150 teams got their chance to pitch to one of five casting producers in Lincoln. The event was organized by the Engler Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “This is the time of…