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Drone Amplified growth ignited by Invest Nebraska seed funding
Lincoln-based Drone Amplified completed its second round of $460,000 in seed financing. Invest Nebraska led the round with $80,000. Co-investors included various Nebraska angels and Nelnet. The November 8, 2018 financing round comes only a year after the first round with Invest Nebraska and various Nebraska angels – the same year Drone Amplified was founded.…
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Omaha Area’s 2018 capital investment exceeded $1.4 billion
The Greater Omaha Chamber announced on Thursday that regional capital investment exceeded $1.4 billion in 2018, bolstered by economic development projects that included 33 new-to-market companies and business expansions. The investment total includes capital investments, angel capital, new-to-market businesses and additional six-county accomplishments. More than 101 startups, fueled by angel/venture capital investment in excess of…
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KC-based Mylo raises $28 million in Series A financing
Independent digital insurance broker Mylo has announced a $28 million investment led by Guggenheim Partners. Kansas City-based Mylo intends to leverage the investment and its partnerships to scale and expand its influence in the insurance marketplace. The company has enjoyed steady revenue growth since it’s launch by Global professional services firm Lockton in 2015. The…
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Tallyfy standardizes workflows and helps businesses scale their operations
The story of Tallyfy begins in London, England but brings us to St. Louis, MO. Amit Kothari spent a decade at various companies in London after graduating from the University of Bath with a degree in Computer Science. He noticed that organizations invested a lot of time and resources documenting processes. However, the many diagrams,…
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Truss closes $15M in Series A2 financing
Deerfield, IL startup Truss, founded in 2016, raised $15 million in Series A2 financing. General Catalyst led the January 17 deal, with Navitas Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels, and Jeff Boyd, former CEO of Priceline and managing director of Brothers Brook, participating. The company plans to use the money to expand its…
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Stackify raises $2.74M
Leawood, Kansas-based Stackify raised $2.74 million in convertible debt financing from undisclosed investors on January 4. The company, founded in 2012, is a provider of an application performance management solution (APM) designed specifically for developers. The company’s products are used in more than 1000 organizations in nearly 50 countries. Put simply, the platform helps developers…
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Silicon Prairie companies showcase at CES 2019
CES is the world’s gathering place for all things consumer technology with over 180,000 attendees and 4,500 exhibiting companies including 1,500 startups from 50 countries. It’s the place where trends like artificial intelligence, connected devices, VR/AR, smart cities, 5G and more get center stage. While there certainly were some showstopping debuts, like LG’s rollable Signature…
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Lean Media CEO nominated for Pipeline Innovator Member Growth Award
Beth Handrigan, CEO of St. Louis-based Lean Media, has been nominated for the Pipeline Innovator Member Growth Award. The Pipeline Innovator Awards gala is coming up this month on January 24 and 25, right here in Omaha. Handrigan was a Pipeline Fellow in 2017 and a member in 2018. Her husband Brian (CEO of…
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Chicago-based G2 Crowd announces winners of Best Software Awards 2019
G2 Crowd, a leading marketplace for business software based out of Chicago, unveiled its annual rankings based on reviews by hundreds of thousands of users from all kinds of businesses. G2 Crowd determined their rankings of the best software products by collecting business user reviews––270,000 in total––left at G2Crowd.com between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31,…
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Carla White
Carla White, founder of My Gratitude Journal, is celebrating ten years on Apple’s top charts. Carla White created and launched her app, My Gratitude Journal, as a one-woman shop ten years ago with zero funding. When she launched, she had to explain what both an app and a gratitude journal were, as neither were mainstream…