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Coolfire Solutions Lands Big Round
St. Louis startup Coolfire Solutions raised $11.5 million dollars last week from Clayton Capital, a firm closely tied to Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and IrishAngels. The firm, which provides real-time situational awareness via their Ronin Platform helps customers understand the environment in which they find themselves. Specifically, Ronin provides an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that can…
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Understory continues to grow
On October 10, 2018, Understory, the Madison, Wisconsin based weather company, filed paperwork with the SEC recording a $6.5 million dollar raise. The company which relocated from Somerville, Massachusetts in 2016 provides real-time weather microgrids that help provide accurate information for geo-specific places. This technology can be used by insurance carriers to better understand localized…
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Tractor Zoom completes raise
Des Moines based startup, Tractor Zoom, completed a funding raise on September 12. Innova Memphis and other undisclosed angel investors participated. Innova Memphis is an early-stage investment firm that focuses on starting and funding high-growth companies in the biosciences, technology and ag-tech fields. Approximately 70% of farm equipment auctions globally take place in the U.S.,…
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Total Expert closes $20 million Series B deal led by Emergence Capital
Minneapolis-based Total Expert announced today that the firm has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital with participation from Rally Ventures and Arthur Ventures, bringing Total Expert’s total funding to $34 million. The six-year old company is a marketing platform for the mortgage industry, but the firm plans…
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Omaha-based H3C raises angel round
H3C, a company that provides chronic care management software, recently filed federal paperwork representing a $250k raise. This raise is part of a continued effort by the company to expand its healthcare software products. Based in west Omaha, H3C provides software that helps doctor’s offices provide a variety of services, including chronic care management for…
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Arkansas startup Cheeterz Firearm Accessories secures $300K angel investment
Cheeterz Firearem Accessories completed a $0.3 million deal with an undisclosed angel investor in July 2018. The startup company, based in Des Arc, Arkansas and founded this year, provides firearm products for civilian shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement personnel, and military professionals. The company’s products are designed to reduce the time and effort spent with ancillary…
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Whiteboard Technologies raises $2.5 million
Whiteboard Technologies recently announced that it has completed a raise of $2.5 million, led by i2e, an Oklahoma based venture entity. Whiteboard Technologies, creator of Whiteboard Mortgage CRM, provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for mortgage professionals – with a focus on keeping everyone in the loop during the mortgage underwriting process. The company has…
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Engine eCommerce closes funding round
Engine eCommerce, a Fayetteville, Arkansas based eCommerce software company, closed a $3.6 million round of funding last week. The firm specializes in eCommerce solutions that help large and medium-sized firms with converting via better content integration. Engine eCommerce works with digitally native companies on their proprietary CMS (Content Management System) platform and helps integrate this…
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IDx raises monster round in eastern Iowa
IDx, a Coralville, Iowa based startup raised $33 million dollars last week from notable venture capital firms: Optum Ventures, Alpha Edison, and Heritage Provider Network. IDx is the first and only FDA-cleared autonomous AI diagnostic system in any field of medicine. The company’s first diagnostic system, IDx-DR facilitates the diagnoses of diabetic retinopathy without requiring…
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Silicon Prairie students make investment decisions
Dr. Dale Eesley is seeing his vision of a student-led investment fund become a reality as students learn the ropes of venture capital investing. Dr. Eesley, Director of the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Franchising at the University of Nebraska – Omaha (UNO), had heard about student-led venture firms for years. Dr. Eesley had not really…