SPN Team

  • Exodus Biosciences advancing its vision to defeat MS

    Exodus Biosciences advancing its vision to defeat MS

    From a high school physics class to biology, and from Maryland to the Midwest…Danny Griffin’s path to biotech company founder is full of “right” turns. Danny Griffin is a graduate student at Kansas University, a bio-engineering researcher, and a startup founder. His company, Exodus Biosciences, is attempting to solve a very big problem. That problem…

  • Haute Hijab raises $2.3 million in seed funding

    Haute Hijab raises $2.3 million in seed funding

    Haute Hijab closed a $2.3 million seed funding on February 11 in a deal led by Cue Ball, with Sinai Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Maveron, the Helm, Muse Capital, and AngelList participating. The Chicago-based company intends to use the funds to increase global scale through marketing and sales efforts. Haute Hijab sells hijabs online in a…

  • DoveMed raises $1.10 million in angel funding

    DoveMed raises $1.10 million in angel funding

    DoveMed, developer of a health technology portal, raised $1.10 million in angel funding from undisclosed investors on February 13. The company’s health information platform is designed to help users make informed and better healthcare decisions. The platform connects users, healthcare professionals, and hospitals, and is owned independently of any pharmaceutical, medical, or media companies. Users…

  • MākuSafe closes $3 million seed round

    MākuSafe closes $3 million seed round

    Des Moines, IA-based MākuSafe announced on February 6 that it has raised $3 million in seed money. Investors include EMC Insurance Companies, Next Level Ventures, and The Best of the Midwest. The company plans to use the funds to hire and to scale the manufacturing of its technology. MākuSafe provides a cloud platform called MākuSafe…

  • EBSCO Health acquires Madison-based HealthDecision

    EBSCO Health acquires Madison-based HealthDecision

    EBSCO Health acquired Madison-based HealthDecision, a health care decision support platform, on January 24 for an undisclosed amount. The HealthDecision software platform provides decision support tools for clinicians and patients. The platform combines patient-specific medical data with medical guidelines and generates a patient’s health risk analysis. The platform integrates directly into electronic health records (EHR)…

  • ImageMoverMD raises $4 million in capital

    ImageMoverMD raises $4 million in capital

    MADISON, WI – ImageMoverMD has raised $4 million in Series B financing. HealthX Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Cultivation led the February 11 deal, with Colle Capital Partners and Wisconsin Investment Partners participating. The company will use the investment to expand its customer network and technology offering. ImageMoverMD medical imaging software is designed to improve…

  • 8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Mikayla Sullivan

    8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Mikayla Sullivan

    Mikayla Sullivan is a social good entrepreneur, agriculture specialist, and world traveler, from Ames, IA. She holds degrees from Iowa State University in Global Resource Systems and Public Service and Administration in Agriculture. While at Iowa State, Mikayla co-founded KinoSol, and leads a growing team of passionate individuals who are all focused on decreasing global…

  • Fasetto closes $6 million venture funding deal

    Fasetto closes $6 million venture funding deal

      Wisconsin-based technology startup Fasetto raised $6 million in venture funding from an undisclosed investor on February 4. The company’s real time cloud storage and file sharing platform is intended to provide users easy access to their online content across any platform, device, and connection type. Fasetto’s storage and file-sharing platform is enhanced with a…

  • Rural Kansas company raises $6.5 million in venture funding

    Rural Kansas company raises $6.5 million in venture funding

    Green Dot Bioplastics closed a $6.5 million Series A financing deal led by Fulcrum Global Capital on February 7, with participation from iiM (Innovations in Motion) and Open Prairie Ventures through its Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund. The company will use the investment to accelerate organic growth, develop and commercialize new bioplastics products and uses,…

  • Rantizo Wins AgTech Innovation Competition in Des Moines

    Rantizo Wins AgTech Innovation Competition in Des Moines

    Iowa City agritech startup Rantizo won the $20,000 Grand Prize, sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America, at last month’s AgTech Innovation Competition in Des Moines. Rantizo is an Iowa based agricultural tech startup creating a targeted drone spraying platform that utilizes electrostatic technology to safely and precisely deliver cartridge dispensed agrichemicals when and where…