Doug Wilwerding

  • MindMixer nabs $4 million from Nelnet, Dundee, Optimas and others

    MindMixer nabs $4 million from Nelnet, Dundee, Optimas and others

    It’s shaping up to be quite the year for MindMixer. Last month, the Omaha startup revealed it acquired a social media analytics company. Today, it announced it closed a $4 million Series B round led by Lincoln, Neb.-based Nelnet, a publicly traded company. Omaha-based …

  • VoterTide closes seed round, readies its ‘Google Alerts for social media’

    VoterTide, a social media monitoring and analysis app focused on politics, announced Tuesday that it closed a “significant seed round” led by Optimas Group, an Omaha investment company. Also participating in the round was Gordon Whitten, who was the Omaha startup’s first investor. Behind Optimas’ investment …