Five Elms Capital

  • Appcore tops list of companies in Five Elms Capital’s first Flyover 50

    Appcore, a Des Moines-based provider of cloud computing infrastructure, topped the list of companies recognized as part of the inaugural Flyover 50, an effort by Five Elms Capital to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. All told, the Flyover 50 includes 11 companies based in the geographic area covered by…

  • Window for Flyover 50 submissions closes Friday

    Applications are due Friday for the inaugural Flyover 50. The Flyover 50 is an effort to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. As we mentioned in our March story about the Flyover 50, it’s put on by Five Elms Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm based in Prairie…

  • Summer internships, developer, social media advocate and more

    We’re excited to bring you our 101st Opportunities on The Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions …

  • Five Elms Capital seeks fastest-growing companies for Flyover 50

    Five Elms Capital today announced the launch of the inaugural Flyover 50, an effort to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. “The middle of the country has ridiculously been viewed as a flyover zone,” Fred Coulson, managing partner of Five Elms Capital, said in a release. “We think the Flyover…

  • Prairie Village coworking spot KC Cowork opens, will host happy hour

    KC Cowork, a new coworking space located at 3500 West 75th Street in Prairie Village, Kan. is hosting a happy hour tonight at 5 for entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and freelancers. Opened in 2011 by Five Elms Capital and Think Big Partners, KC Cowork is an office space with the goal of bringing talented people together…

  • Q&A: Fred Coulson on Five Elms, funding region ‘for decades to come’

    After spending years on the East Coast and overseas working stints with TH Lee Putnam Ventures, Morgan Stanley and Citibank, Fred Coulson returned to his Midwestern roots in 2006, moving back to the Kansas City area to start Five Elms Capital. Five Elms, which makes investments of $1-10 million and works heavily with Midwestern businesses,…