Arthur Ventures

  • New $45M fund to make “concerted effort” on Omaha, KC and Des Moines

    Nebraska startups could soon get a boost from their neighbors from the north––more specifically, North Dakota. “With the second fund, we are making a concerted effort to add Omaha, KC, Des Moines…

  • Arthur Ventures’ Tadd Tobkin talks investment strategy (Video)

    When we talked to Tadd Tobkin of Arthur Ventures for the story published Monday about the Fargo, N.D.-based venture capital firm, Tobkin was so generous with his insights that we couldn’t squeeze everything into one post. So, we’ve compiled a collection of noteworthy excerpts from our interview with Tobkin that didn’t quite make the cut…

  • Arthur Ventures looks to provide capital lift to local innovation

    As the chairman and CEO of Great Plains Software, Doug Burgum helped transform the company from a small software shop in Fargo, N.D. in the early 80s into a booming business that Microsoft bought for $1.1 billion in 2001. But what ended with a billion-dollar exit started as an idea that Burgum had to bet…