Linseed Capital

  • Linseed Capital buys central Omaha building to house its companies

    Linseed Capital buys central Omaha building to house its companies

    Angel investment group Linseed Capital has a new home in Central Omaha at 719 S. 75th Street. James and Karen Linder bought the almost 10,000-square-foot building and an adjoining home next door in August.

  • WordPress hosting startup Flywheel raises $1.2M from Linseed, others

    WordPress hosting startup Flywheel raises $1.2M from Linseed, others

    OMAHA—Flywheel, the WordPress hosting and management service for designers, freelancers and creative agencies, has landed a $1.2 million seed round.

  • Get to know the five finalists for Investor of the Year

    They don’t just provide funding. They brag about their companies and connect them to the people who will make things happen. And the finalists are…

  • Big Omaha insight from veteran attendees Jim and Karen Linder

    Jim and Karen Linder are the founders and managing directors at Linseed Capital. Through that fund they’ve invested in companies like Bulu Box, Flywheel, Eye Verify, SkyVu and Travefy—just one piece of how they support our community. We recently asked the Linders to share their Big Omaha experience to provide insight on both the conference…

  • Startup investor James Linder to serve as NU interim president

    Dr. James Linder will serve as interim president of the University of Nebraska system, replacing outgoing president J.B. Milliken. Linder is a long-time supporter of Midwest startups. He and his wife, Karen, head Linseed Capital, which has invested in several startups, including Bulu Box, EyeVerify, Flywheel, Nobl, SkyVu and Travefy, among others …

  • Flywheel leaves private beta, rolls out hosting services to the public

    Flywheel’s WordPress web hosting services are ready to fully get rolling. Focused on premium offerings for designers, freelancers and agencies, the Omaha-based startup today opened its site to public signups …

  • “Hosting for designers” startup Flywheel lands funding, opens beta

    Flywheel, the Omaha startup on a mission to make web hosting easy for designers, is in month two of its private beta, with more than 150 design firms and freelancers using its product. “We’re a hosting company, but we also look at ourselves as a software company,” co-founder Rick Knudtson said. “We’re trying to solve…

  • Leap2 closes $1.6m round led by Dundee VC, launches new apps

    In its quest to reinvent the mobile search experience, Kansas City, Mo., startup Leap2 today announced it closed a $1.6 million round of funding and launched the latest version of its iOS and Android apps. Since its start more than two years ago, Leap2’s interface and functionality has evolved as the team tries “to reimagine…