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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…
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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,…
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LandscapeHub raises $5.16 million in venture funding
LandscapeHub, founded in 2017 and based in Prairie View, Illinois, closed a $5.16 million venture deal with undisclosed investors on February 1. The company provides a B2Bmarketplace for the nursery and landscape industry aimed at solving procurement inefficiencies. The platform offers computer and mobile access to a large network of wholesale suppliers across the country…
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How Opportunity Zones could bring Kimmy Schmidt’s sweet Netflix cash back to Middle America
There is an innovative new program created by recent changes to federal tax law that could incentivize investment in startups across the middle of America. That program is called Opportunity Zones, and it’s piqued the interest of economic developers and startup ecosystems in several cities. The new law allows governors to create Opportunity Zones by…
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RAYGUN raises $582 K in angel funding
RAYGUN, raised $582,000 in angel funding from undisclosed investors on January 15. The company is a Des Moines, Iowa-based e-commerce platform selling printed apparel, home, and kitchen items. In addition to printed t-shirts, the RAYGUN’s online products include drinkware, paper products such as postcards, notebooks,…
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ThreeKit raises $10 million in seed funding
3D product configuration and immersive visualization company ThreeKit raised $10 million in capital on January 10. Godard Abel led the deal with undisclosed investors participating. Ben Houston founded Chicago-based ThreeKit in 2005. The company’s dynamic platform is designed to enable users to create enhanced online product presentations to scale their brands. The ThreeKit solution includes…
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iiM angel group invests $2.3M in 9 early-stage companies
Overland Park, KS-based iiM, LLC, has recently completed funding for nine early stage companies in the animal health, ag-tech and human health verticals with commitments to two additional companies, for a total investment of $2,372,000. iiM (Innovation in Motion), was launched in 2013 as an angel investment platform by principals of Cohen-Esrey, LLC. During the…
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Plastomics raises convertible debt financing
St. Louis-based biotechnology firm Plastomics raised $900k+ from St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, Missouri Technology and St. Louis Arch Angels on December 28, with other undisclosed investors also participating. The company is a developer of seed technology designed to produce higher yielding crops through chloroplast engineering. Plastomics’ technology entails placing crop traits in a plant’s…
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RiskGenius raises funding
RiskGenius, based in Overland Park, Kansas closed a $500k+ Series A-1 funding round from undisclosed investors on December 26, 2018. RiskGenius is an insurance policy automation engine that rose out of ClaimKit, Inc. ClaimKit was co-founded in 2012 by insurance attorneys, Christopher Cheatham and Douglas Reiser, as a solution for collecting, organizing, and delivering claim…
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BenchPrep raises $20 million in venture funding
Chicago-based BenchPrep secured $20 million in Series C venture funding from Revolution, Jump Capital, and Owl Ventures in a January 15 deal. The company, founded by Ashish Rangnekar and Ujjwal Gupta in 2009, is a developer of an online learning platform. With more than four million users, the company will use the funds to fuel…