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Business Insider sources: Ashton Kutcher part of Dwolla’s Series B
Citing unnamed sources, Business Insider today reported that Iowa native and Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher participated in Dwolla’s $5 million Series B round that the startup announced earlier this month. “Sources tell us Ashton Kutcher, an Iowa native, is the mystery investor,” Insider’s Alyson Shontell, who also covered Dwolla’s Series B, wrote. When reached by…
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Dwolla Instant goes live on mobile. Milne gives demo (Video)
Dwolla, the online cash transfer startup based in Des Moines, rolled out mobile access today to Instant, its most popular feature release yet, on its iOS (left) and Android apps. Announced in December and made available to a limited amount of users through its website, Instant takes the wait time out of adding cash to…
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PrairieCast Video: Dwolla funding rumor, SOPA Blackout Day
This week on PrairieCast our guests were Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. It was great timing, as we chatted with Lampe and the rest of the panel about the rumors of a Union Square Ventures-led Series B funding round for Dwolla and also looked back at how the SOPA Blackout…
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Sayer Martin and Jordan Lampe
Join us live at 2 p.m. for this week’s PrairieCast. Our guests include first-timer Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc. and returning guest Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. We’ll be discussing the week’s biggest stories including the SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day and the rumors that broke on Friday of an upcoming Union Square Ventures …
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PrairieCast with Nathan T. Wright and Jordan Lampe (Video)
This week on PrairieCast, we trotted out our favorite ugly Christmas sweaters. Rather, Andy brought his out, our guests Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla donned very shiny Christmas vests and I went with the more conservative ugly Christmas sweater T-shirt. We covered a lot of Dwolla …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Jordan Lampe and Nathan T. Wright
Join us today at 2 p.m. for the last PrairieCast of 2011! Episode 67 will feature Dwolla’s Jordan Lampe and Lava Row’s Nathan T. Wright. We’ll be talking about Dwolla’s big announcement last week, Forbes.com’s roundup of startup scenes around the U.S., Sean Blanda’s guest post on pitching your startup to the media and more.…
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Dwolla Meetup wrap-up: ‘Instant’ photos, videos and articles abound
On Thursday, Dwolla, a payments startup based in Des Moines, closed out one of its most eventful days yet with a meetup to show off its new product feature and bring together its users, supporters and members of the city’s tech community. According the Des Moines Register, more than 250 people came out for the…
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Watch Ben Milne introduce Instant: Dwolla Meetup live-stream at 6:30
If you can’t make it to Dwolla’s meetup and formal introduction of “Instant” tonight at Vaudeville Mews (212 4th Street) in Des Moines, be sure to join us here to watch it all streamed live. The livestream will begin at 6:30 p.m., when Dwolla’s director of communications, Jordan Lampe, takes the stage. He’ll be followed…
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PrairieCast with Scott Case, Emma Peterson and Jordan Lampe (Video)
One of the best TV shows of all time began each episode with one of the series regulars doing a voice over “Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience,” (in my head, it’s Cliff Clavin saying it) and for the first time we can claim the same for PrairieCast! In addition to the audience,…