Christine McGuigan

  • Graduates of St. Louis’s Capital Innovators preparing for annual Demo Day

    Graduates of St. Louis’s Capital Innovators preparing for annual Demo Day

    Graduates of St. Louis’s Capital Innovators are preparing for the accelerator’s annual Demo Day on May 16. 10 startups from the graduating class will present their investor pitches to an audience of over 700 potential investors, customers and supporting members of the Midwest and St. Louis’s startup scene. AEGIS and Atomic Revenue are sponsoring a…

  • Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to KC

    Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to KC

    The Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to Kansas City on May 15-16. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), in collaboration with the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), are hosting the fifth annual Symposium aimed towards offering a forum to continue the advancement of social…

  • Dundee Venture Capital adds new partner John Jenkins, raises $31M

    Dundee Venture Capital adds new partner John Jenkins, raises $31M

    John Jenkins joined Dundee Venture Capital as a member of the general partnership in March, just as the company was setting out to begin investing its $31 million, third (and largest ever) fund. “It’s going to be super exciting to now move out of the fundraising part of this third fund and into actually deploying…

  • Lincoln accelerator NMotion announces 2017 cohorts

    Lincoln accelerator NMotion announces 2017 cohorts

    Lincoln, Nebraska accelerator NMotion announced today the five teams selected to participate in their 2017 Program. The teams from Lincoln, Omaha, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis were selected after a months-long interviewing process. “This year, we were very intentional about recruiting startups at the right stage for our accelerator,” said Beth McKeon, Managing Director of NMotion. We…

  • CattleXpert prepares for launch of overhauled agTech software

    CattleXpert prepares for launch of overhauled agTech software

    CattleXpert has been building software for the cattle industry since the 1990s, but the company’s flagship software recently underwent a complete overhaul and is now set for a summer re-release. CattleXpert, located just west of Omaha in Elkhorn, Nebraska, is a modestly sized software company that provides optimum technology, support and service for managing feed…

  • And the 2017 Silicon Prairie Award Winners Are…

    And the 2017 Silicon Prairie Award Winners Are…

    Last night, over 300 entrepreneurs and business leaders from around the Silicon Prairie came together for the 5th annual Silicon Prairie Awards. Shonna Dorsey and Keith Fix emceed the awards show on stage at the Omaha Design Center. Nine businesses and individuals were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to the Midwest startup community. Winners…

  • GBBC and Greater Omaha Chamber bring Blockchain to the Heartland

    GBBC and Greater Omaha Chamber bring Blockchain to the Heartland

    The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) and Greater Omaha Chamber have teamed up to bring an afternoon of curated conversations and presentations on blockchain to Omaha. The New Kids on the Blockchain conference will take place Friday, May 5 at KANEKO and coincides with both Berkshire Hathaway Week and Omaha Startup Week. Organizers wanted to…

  • Proxibid shares the ups and downs with SPN Startup Story Social [Video]

    Proxibid shares the ups and downs with SPN Startup Story Social [Video]

    Last night, Silicon Prairie News hosted the third Startup Story Social, an event series highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. Startup Story Social is aimed at helping to ensure the future of Silicon Prairie’s tech startup scene by building the community through social events that combine founders, creative types, investors, engineers, designers, marketers,…

  • What to wear to the 2017 Silicon Prairie Awards

    What to wear to the 2017 Silicon Prairie Awards

    The Silicon Prairie Awards are right around the corner on May 2. The SPAwards is a formal affair, but black tie doesn’t have to mean boring. We checked in with Heather Hooton, half of the duo behind fashion photographers Heather and Jameson and portrait photographers Hooton Images, for her take on black tie. As the…

  • Rivet Ventures founding partner Christina Brodbeck to speak at Big Omaha 2017

    Rivet Ventures founding partner Christina Brodbeck to speak at Big Omaha 2017

    Big Omaha features speakers from across the globe who bring a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to the Silicon Prairie. As Big Omaha announces their speakers, we’ll be featuring them on SPN so you can get to know them and find out how they’re helping to shape the startup ecosystem prior to the conference…