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NewBoCo announces teams for the Iowa Startup Accelerator and Social Good Accelerator
NewBoCo‘s investment in Iowa’s entrepreneurial and nonprofit community continues this fall with the acceptance of four new startups into Iowa Startup Accelerator’s 2018 Fall Batch. In addition, the Social Good Accelerator has accepted two nonprofits into its Inaugural Batch, after a successful pilot of the program earlier this year. Iowa Startup Accelerator is an intensive…
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Denim Summit will bring innovation thought-leaders to Des Moines
Denim®, provider of an intelligent mobile advertising automation platform for financial services companies, will host Denim Summit 2018 in downtown Des Moines on Oct. 24 and 25. The event will bring together leaders from the insurance, banking, financial services, and technology industries to experience thought-provoking speakers and out-of-the-box networking opportunities. New this year, Denim will…
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Minneapolis-based Inspectorio closes $10M deal
Inspectorio raised $10 million of Series A venture funding in July 2018. The deal, led by Techstars, with Target, Ecolab and Matchstick Ventures participating, paves the way for continued platform building for the company. At a glance… Inspectorio is a real-time dashboard solution for enhanced global supply chain performance, using mobile, web, and machine learning…
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Gregor Diagnostics Raises $0.9 Million Seed Funding in July
Madison startup Gregor Diagnostics raised $900,000 in seed funding in July, 2018. The deal, led by First Round Capital and Green Park & Golf Ventures also included WARF, Health Wildcatters, Nat Turner, and Zachary Weinberg. The company plans to use the money to hire two research scientists and fund its first patient study. In its…
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Health Myne raised $15M in series B venture capital in August
Health Myne raised $15 million in Series B venture capital in August, 2018. The deal was led by Ascension Ventures, and 4490 Ventures. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Venture Investors also participated in the round. HealthMyne plans to use the funds to expand its global commercialization efforts (1). The company was founded in 2013; Arvind…
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Summer Crenshaw
VentureOhio, an organization dedicated to improving access to capital, fostering collaboration and telling Ohio’s story of entrepreneurship, recently announced Ohio’s most promising startup companies with the inaugural Startup Showcase. Through a competitive nomination process, VentureOhio identified 50 pre-seed to growth stage companies most primed for success in 2018 and beyond. Nominees of The Watchlist will…
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Beauty appointment app Booksy raises $13.2M in deal with Piton Capital
Des Plaines, Illinois startup Booksy, Inc. has raised $13.2 million in early-stage venture funding in a deal lead by Piton Capital in July 2018. Other investors in the deal include Enern Sebastian Kulczyk, Zach Coelius, Vostok New Ventures, OpenOcean and other undisclosed investors. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate global growth, new…
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FarrPro seeks to warm pigs with safe Haven
Mother pigs and their piglets prefer two very different temperatures. Piglets like it to be in the 90s, while sows are happier with a room temperature in the 70s. This makes it difficult to regulate temperatures for the two, and can even lead to piglet deaths when they’re crushed under their mom trying to stay…
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SPN Top 10: Silicon Prairie communities from the Inc. 5000 list
Inc. Magazine does a great job of recognizing companies that are growing fast through its annual Inc. 5000. Since Silicon Prairie News supports entrepreneurs and technologists – we did a quick review of the Inc. 5000 to plaudits to communities doing well. From a raw numbers perspective, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City dominate.…
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Novel Growth Partners Announces First Major Investment in DivvyHQ
Private equity firm Novel Growth Partners of Kansas City made its first major investment of an undisclosed amount in startup DivvyHQ in August 2018. DivvyHQ specializes in software for content creation and management. Novel Growth Partners, co-founded by Keith Harrington and Carlos Antequera provides companies up to $500K in growth capital and does not take equity…