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  • An Interview with Seth Derner, Founder of Lincoln-Based (sort of) Vivayic

    An Interview with Seth Derner, Founder of Lincoln-Based (sort of) Vivayic

    In a phone interview with Seth Derner, the founder of Vivayic, I discovered something that is truly out of the ordinary. It wasn’t the fact that Vivayic was ranked exactly number 5000 on the Inc. 5000 list for 2019.  It wasn’t that a rancher’s kid from Wheeler County, Nebraska had started a customized skill assessment/training…

  • EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    On October 5, Columbia, Missouri based EquipmentShare filed paperwork confirming an additional $10 million raise. This filing followed a late August filing that the firm had raised $25 million. This fund raise follows an A Round led by Romulus Capital and Insight Ventures––nationally recognized venture capital firms that don’t tend to invest frequently in the…