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Tillable closes $8.25 million in Series A venture funding
Tillable has raised $8.25 million in a February 21 deal led by The Production Board, with First Round Capital participating. The company intends to use the funds to hire and accelerate growth. The Chicago-based company was founded in 2017 by Corbett Kull, CEO. “Over 40 percent of all U.S. farmland is rented, and while landowners…
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Visualize your space transformed with Cambrian
Thinking about updating your paint colors or flooring? Can’t decide among all the hues of blue or the shades of chartreuse? In a quandary over terracotta tiles or luxury laminates? Cambrian may be the solution to your renovation ruminations. Cambrian co-founder, Heather Spalding, is a 2019 Pipeline Fellow. She and her co-founder and…
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SecureSky closes $6.5 million funding round
SecureSky raised $6.5 million in seed funding from undisclosed investors on February 26, 2019. The company intends to use the funds to expand its market reach and continue development of its platform. SecureSky is headquartered in Omaha and was founded in 2018. The company is a developer of services and technology designed to mitigate security…
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FUSE introduces new scholarship program for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students
FUSE has introduced a new scholarship program that is eligible to any student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who is passionate about accelerating their business or idea. The FUSE scholarship program provides a full-time dedicated desk membership at FUSE Coworking for one semester, where the student will be surrounded by other innovative entrepreneurs, startups, remote…
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Nitride Solutions – producing material in Wichita for the world
Wichita-based Nitride Solutions is a manufacturer of materials used in electronics. Sounds simple, but it’s much more complex. Founder Jeremy Jones explained that Nitride Solutions essentially grows crystals, in specially designed reactors at very high temperatures (4000 °F) to produce a material called aluminum nitride. The resulting material is used for applications in electronics, refrigeration,…
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Lincoln’s JumpStart Challenge returns on March 2
JumpStart Challenge is back. For the fifth time in recent years, a major Lincoln corporation will reverse-pitch a business problem to entrepreneurs. The challenge starts with a kickoff event on March 2nd. On March 14, teams will pitch their solutions to a group of judges. “The JumpStart Challenge is about innovation and creating opportunities for…
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LenderClose offers ‘lending heaven’ for refinance and home equity lenders
LenderClose, founded in 2015, and headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is equipping local community financial institutions to compete with national lending brands. LenderClose is a developer of products and services for lenders with the mission of saving local lenders time and money, and ultimately lowering costs for borrowers, all with an exponentially faster turn-around. LenderClose’s…
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Lincoln’s gWorks acquires Omaha-based Data Technologies, Inc
Watching a local government official struggle with paper maps and deeds in 1999 illustrated a pain point that led to the founding of Lincoln’s gWorks (formerly GIS Workshop). Now gWorks has acquired Omaha-based Data Technologies, Inc. The result is a company that will operate under the gWorks brand and provide a comprehensive suite of software…
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EntreFEST announces Ben and Jerry’s co-founder as 2019 keynote speaker
EntreFEST announced on Friday that Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, will keynote EntreFEST on May 16-17 in Cedar Rapids. A press release from EntreFEST states, “Greenfield is one of the entrepreneurial and innovative minds behind one of the most talked-about and least conventional success stories in American…
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SPN Community Survey: Wichita survey report
The Wichita community answered the call and completed more SPN community surveys than any other city. We think that is fantastic and to show our gratitude we wanted to share the love. The following report is the compilation and tidbits of information that the citizens of Wichita were so gracious to share about their ecosystem.…