Investment

  • Level EX raises $4 million in venture funding

    Level EX raises $4 million in venture funding

    Level Ex closed a $4 million venture funding deal with undisclosed investors on March 22, 2019. An undisclosed portion of the raise was in the form of convertible debt. Level Ex is a creator of video games for doctors to help them sharpen their medical and surgical skills. The fully-interactive virtual platform recreates life-like medical…

  • HealthJoy closes $12.5 million series B deal

    HealthJoy closes $12.5 million series B deal

    HealthJoy raised $12.5 million Series B venture financing on March 8, 2019, in a deal led by US Venture Partners, with Chicago Ventures, Sidekick Fund, EPIC Ventures, and the HealthJoy co-founders participating. The company intends to use the funds to expand its team. HealthJoy uses AI-powered guidance to reduce healthcare cost and administrative burden on…

  • OpsCompass closes early stage round

    OpsCompass closes early stage round

    OpsCompass announced this week its receipt of $1.5 million in an early stage equity deal. Dundee Venture Capital, M25, Invest Nebraska, Nelnet, and the Nebraska Angels participated in the round. OpsCompass is a subscription service business that helps enterprises migrate workload to the public cloud. Specifically, the company has compliance, governance, operations, and cost features…

  • Capital Markets Gateway closes $7.5 million deal

    Capital Markets Gateway closes $7.5 million deal

    Capital Markets Gateway (“CMG”), founded in 2015, has closed a $7.5 million funding deal led by StagedotO. Shea Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments and Greg Ingram also participated in the March 14 Series A venture funding round. The company plans to use the funding to build an integrated capital markets platform. The company offers an integrated…

  • StoneLock raises $2.82 million in angel funding

    StoneLock raises $2.82 million in angel funding

    StoneLock, based in Olathe, Kansas, has raised $2.82 million in angel funding from undisclosed investors. The company, founded in 2011, closed the deal on March 7. The company employs 40. Co-founders are Colleen Dunlap, CEO, and David Dunlap, Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning. StoneLock’s biometric access control solution using Near-Infrared (NIR) technology is designed…

  • UPshow raises $6 million in venture funding

    UPshow raises $6 million in venture funding

    UPshow closed a $6 million Series A venture funding round on March 14. TDF Ventures and Jump Capital led the round with other undisclosed investors participating. The company plans to use the funds to fuel growth and enhance product development. The company, based in Chicago, was founded in 2015 by Adam Hirsen and Matt Gibbs.…

  • Insurtech startup BriteCo raises $2M seed round

    Insurtech startup BriteCo raises $2M seed round

    BriteCo, an Evanston, Illinois-based startup that partners with jewelers to help consumers insure fine jewelry and watches within minutes of purchase, today announced a seed-round raise of $2 million. The round’s investors include Brian Spaly, the founder of Trunk Club, and Jeff Taylor, the former chairman and CEO at Cole Taylor Bank. Available exclusively through…

  • FanFood closes $2 million Series A round

    FanFood closes $2 million Series A round

    Fret not, fans! All eyes on the game – no need to worry about missing the big play or maneuvering through rows of knees and elbows to stand in line for a hotdog. FanFood can bring it right to your seat. Iowa City-based startup FanFood has raised $2.05 million in Series A venture funding, in…

  • Evolve Additive Solutions closes $19 million equity deal

    Evolve Additive Solutions closes $19 million equity deal

    Evolve Additive Solutions raised $18.99 million in venture funding in a deal lead by Stanley Ventures and other undisclosed investors on March 4. The company is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and in 2017 spun out of Stratasys, a provider of 3D printing services, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Evolve was created to bring the Stratasys…