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  • Whiteboard Technologies raises $2.5 million

    Whiteboard Technologies raises $2.5 million

    Whiteboard Technologies recently announced that it has completed a raise of $2.5 million, led by i2e, an Oklahoma based venture entity. Whiteboard Technologies, creator of Whiteboard Mortgage CRM, provides customer relationship management (CRM) software for mortgage professionals – with a focus on keeping everyone in the loop during the mortgage underwriting process. The company has…

  • Engine eCommerce closes funding round

    Engine eCommerce closes funding round

    Engine eCommerce, a Fayetteville, Arkansas based eCommerce software company, closed a $3.6 million round of funding last week. The firm specializes in eCommerce solutions that help large and medium-sized firms with converting via better content integration. Engine eCommerce works with digitally native companies on their proprietary CMS (Content Management System) platform and helps integrate this…

  • IDx raises monster round in eastern Iowa

    IDx raises monster round in eastern Iowa

    IDx, a Coralville, Iowa based startup raised $33 million dollars last week from notable venture capital firms: Optum Ventures, Alpha Edison, and Heritage Provider Network. IDx is the first and only FDA-cleared autonomous AI diagnostic system in any field of medicine. The company’s first diagnostic system, IDx-DR facilitates the diagnoses of diabetic retinopathy without requiring…

  • Madison-based TCare raises $385K of convertible debt funding

    Madison-based TCare raises $385K of convertible debt funding

    TCare, founded in 2014 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, has raised $385,000 in convertible debt funding from undisclosed investors in August. The company’s co-founders are Ali Ahmadi and Rhonda Montgomery, Ph.D. At a glance…. TCARE provides evidence-based software solutions aimed at helping caregivers of elderly and disabled loved ones, by improving the overall health of…

  • Chowly raises $5.8 million for new hires and market expansion

    Chowly closed a third round of Series A venture funding in July 2018, raising $5.8 million in a deal led by Math Venture Partners. Other participants included Valor Equity Partners, M25, Chicago Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and Bluestein & Associates. Chowly is looking toward growth and mass market expansion, and the company plans to…

  • Gregor Diagnostics Raises $0.9 Million Seed Funding in July

    Gregor Diagnostics Raises $0.9 Million Seed Funding in July

    Madison startup Gregor Diagnostics raised $900,000 in seed funding in July, 2018.  The deal, led by First Round Capital and Green Park & Golf Ventures also included WARF, Health Wildcatters, Nat Turner, and Zachary Weinberg. The company plans to use the money to hire two research scientists and fund its first patient study. In its…

  • Health Myne raised $15M in series B venture capital in August

    Health Myne raised $15M in series B venture capital in August

    Health Myne raised $15 million in Series B venture capital in August, 2018.  The deal was led by Ascension Ventures, and 4490 Ventures. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Venture Investors also participated in the round. HealthMyne plans to use the funds to expand its global commercialization efforts (1). The company was founded in 2013; Arvind…

  • Beauty appointment app Booksy raises $13.2M in deal with Piton Capital

    Beauty appointment app Booksy raises $13.2M in deal with Piton Capital

    Des Plaines, Illinois startup Booksy, Inc. has raised $13.2 million in early-stage venture funding in a deal lead by Piton Capital in July 2018. Other investors in the deal include Enern Sebastian Kulczyk, Zach Coelius, Vostok New Ventures, OpenOcean and other undisclosed investors. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate global growth, new…

  • Novel Growth Partners Announces First Major Investment in DivvyHQ

    Novel Growth Partners Announces First Major Investment in DivvyHQ

    Private equity firm Novel Growth Partners of Kansas City made its first major investment of an undisclosed amount in startup DivvyHQ in August 2018. DivvyHQ specializes in software for content creation and management. Novel Growth Partners, co-founded by Keith Harrington and Carlos Antequera provides companies up to $500K in growth capital and does not take equity…

  • Fargo, ND businesses see over $21M in investments so far in 2018

    Fargo, ND businesses see over $21M in investments so far in 2018

    Fargo, North Dakota might not be the first city that comes to mind when discussing hubs for investments and venture capital. But the modestly sized town of 120,000 has put up some impressive numbers this year with several multi-million dollar deals. Botlink On April 26, 2018, Botlink received $3.36 million in individual funding – marking…