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GlobalSTL and AgrOnov connect agtech markets in St. Louis and France
GlobalSTL, the international company attraction initiative of BioSTL, formalized a business development agreement with French agTech accelerator AgrOnov this spring, to help businesses in both countries access U.S. and French agriculture markets. The signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established a new business relationship focused on agtech and foodtech between St. Louis and Dijon, France, through…
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Kansas City-based PatientsVoices receives $150K innovation grant from Nashville’s Jumpstart Foundry
Kansas City-based healthcare technology company, PatientsVoices, was recently awarded an innovation grant totaling $150,000 from Nashville’s Jumpstart Foundry. Jumpstart Foundry’s seed-stage healthcare innovation fund offers capital investments as well as access to customers, follow-on capital and an advisory community of like-minded professionals. “We are thrilled to join the Jumpstart Foundry community,” says Mary Kay O’Connor,…
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Tigerpaw Software knows the secret to long-lasting success is the willingness to change
Large corporations inspiring spin-off tech startups might seem like a relatively new concept, but one Midwest software company found their roots on the corporate-to-startup path long before “startups” were even a concept. James Foxall, President and CEO at Bellevue, Nebraska-based Tigerpaw Software, is a second-generation leader at the end-to-end software solution provider. His father was…
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SixThirty announces four new investments out of SixThirty 2.0 fund
SixThirty, a global financial technology seed fund and business development program, announced on Tuesday the first set of investments out of their second fund, SixThirty 2.0. The portfolio of fintech companies leverage AI, mobile wallet technology, computational genomics, and predictive analytics to address opportunities across payments, asset management, commercial banking, life insurance, customer loyalty, and…
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California-based Glint grows its presence in Lincoln’s Haymarket
Glint, a software company and people success platform based out of Redwood City, California, moved to Lincoln in late 2016. Since then, the Nebraska office has seen rapid growth and recently moved to a new and larger location. Glint was built on a new approach that helps organizations increase employee engagement, develop their people, and…
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Big Omaha announces second batch of speakers for tenth annual conference
A second wave of speakers for the 10th annual Big Omaha conference presented by Buildertrend was announced on Thursday. New speakers joining the conference lineup are: Nonny de la Peña, Founder of Emblematic. Renowned for using cutting-edge technologies to tell immersive stories that create intense, empathic engagement, Nonny is widely credited with having invented the…
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Never Idle announces acquisition of Lincoln-based FleetRight, Inc.
Never Idle, a Wisconsin-based equipment marketplace designed by contractors, for contractors, recently announced the acquisition of FleetRight, Inc., which is now operating under that company name. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2015 by Zach Schreiber, FleetRight, Inc. was established as Lincoln’s first trusted online community marketplace and auction platform dedicated…
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Kansas City’s nbkc bank announces Fountain City Fintech accelerator
nbkc bank announced on Wednesday the launch of Fountain City Fintech, an accelerator program for early-stage financial technology startups from around the world. Five companies will be chosen from a pool of international applicants to receive a minimum $50,000 investment and join the initial program this fall. Fountain City Fintech will provide capital, mentorship and…
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Eclipse Rx takes high tech approach to preventing sun damage and skin cancer
Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Brian Matthys is passionate about raising awareness of sun exposure and reducing the number of skin cancer cases. Now, he’s taken that passion and more than 20 years of patient experience and launched a Kansas City startup, Eclipse Rx. Developed over the course of four years, Eclipse Rx is a combination device…
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iDentalSoft moves from Bay Area to Kansas City with new HQ
iDentalSoft, a cloud-based dental practice management platform, was formed in the Bay Area but established business headquarters in Kansas City earlier this year. The tech startup also announced on Wednesday that it has received a new round of funding led by FCA Venture Partners in Nashville. Bay Area Roots iDentalSoft was born in California when…