Prairie Moves

  • Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Provides Funds

    Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Provides Funds

    The Iowa Economic Development Authority (“IEDA”) announced that five companies had received demonstration funds from IEDA last week The five companies funded by the IEDA are:  Home Painter received a proof of concept loan of $25,000,  Lender Close received a Propel Loan of $250,000 from the Iowa Acceleration Fund,  MakuSafe received a…

  • Dwolla announces strategic $9.7M investment led by CME Group

    Dwolla announces strategic $9.7M investment led by CME Group

    Dwolla founder and CEO Ben Milne took the stage at Sibos in Boston Tuesday morning and announced that the company has raised $9.7 million in funding led by strategic investor, the CME Group.

  • AIM, Interface and Omaha Code School host “Build the Pipeline” mixer

    AIM, Interface and Omaha Code School host “Build the Pipeline” mixer

    AIM, a nonprofit dedicated to furthering tech in the community, is sponsoring a “Build the Pipeline” mixer co-hosted by Interface Web School and Omaha Code School to introduce students, grads and staff of both programs to the corporate tech community, community leaders and others in the community.

  • Nominations for AIM tech awards due Friday

    Nominations for AIM tech awards due Friday

    AIM, a Nebraska nonprofit dedicated to furthering tech, is seeking nominations for its Tech Celebration awards in six categories: tech student, tech educator, tech innovator, tech leader, exemplary emerging business and exemplary enterprise business.

  • Join KC Digital Drive for digital health innovation forum on Aug. 20

    Join KC Digital Drive for digital health innovation forum on Aug. 20

    Join KC Digital Drive the evening before mHIT2014—the Midwest Health Informatics and Telemedicine Conference at Children’s Mercy—to talk about three of the Google Fiber-enabled telemedicine pilot projects being built in Kansas City.

  • TelePharm raises $2.5M from John Pappajohn, Bruce Rastetter

    TelePharm raises $2.5M from John Pappajohn, Bruce Rastetter

    The Des Moines Register reported Friday that Iowa City-based startup TelePharm received an investment of $2.5 million from noted Iowa entrepreneur John Pappajohn and state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter…

  • Congressman Yoder visits KCSV Tuesday for Startup Day roundtable

    This Tuesday, Kansas City startups will have a chance to lend their voice to the national entrepreneurial conversation in a roundtable with Kansas Congressman Kevin Yoder as part of Startup Day Across America…

  • Pack, the social media site for dog lovers, releases iOS app

    Pack’s new iOS app is perfectly described in the App Store title: “Pack: Cute dog photos in your pocket.” The social media site for dog lovers has had a mini app before (read more about Pack Snack, the app that sends push notifications of dog pics) but the new app, released Monday, allows you to…

  • Small Business Innovation Research grants seminar at UNL July 31

    A USDA official will be in Lincoln July 31 for a seminar on Small Business Innovation Research federal grants. The event is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus Union. USDA program leader Mary Ann Rozum will talk about projects the USDA wants to support and the rules and…

  • IEDA awards Demonstration Fund capital to Bawte, Pear Deck

    Last week the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) awarded five startups grants or loans from the Demonstration Fund, including two Iowa tech startups.