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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…
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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…
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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,…