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Building the Silicon Prairie: Where we go from here
“As one of the few seed venture capital firms in the Silicon Prairie, Dundee Venture Capital has been lucky enough to see first-hand some of the incredible changes happening here the last several years, and to invest in many of the companies driving those changes. We are witnessing an era where the next Fortune 500s…
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Community support on display at Straight Shot acclerator’s demo day
OMAHA—Mark Michuda needed a T-shirt with his Call on the Go logo on it. And he needed it in less than five days, just in time for the Straight Shot demo day Wednesday night. A seemingly minor task, yes, but a big one for an out-of-towner. He posted to the Startup Nebraska Facebook group on…
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Dundee Venture Capital launches AngelList syndicate
OMAHA—Dundee Venture Capital wants everyone to be able to get in on the startup investment game. The venture capital firm announced this week it’s launching an AngelList syndicate. So far the syndicate has raised $76,000 of the $200,000 maximum from 17 backers.
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Straight Shot kickoff: Help these companies get to their goals faster
When Corey Anand, a startup founder out of Chicago, was asked to join Straight Shot, an accelerator in Omaha, he was ready to get out of his element. “I’ve never been to Omaha, but this was three months out of my life that I could be heads down and work on my company,” Anand said…
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Dundee Venture Capital shares what it’s like to be a VC with 1MC crowd
1 Million Cups was created to network and introduce entrepreneurs to other startups, but Omaha-Lincoln’s version continues to evolve, sharing others’ stories in the ecosystem. Beth Engel and Mark Hasebroock of Dundee Venture Capital presented Wednesday to a crowd of 40 at Mammel Hall on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. “The…
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Interface School wants to fill Omaha’s need for developers, programmers
Talking with the founders of Interface School, it’s no secret that Omaha and the Midwest in general has a serious lack of developers and coders. Mark Hasebroock, founder of Dundee Venture Capital and a number of other ventures—such as Hayneedle and Straight Shot—said in nearly every endeavor he’s had, finding talent has been a core…
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Straight Shot’s inaugural class uses demo day to launch forward
Thursday night more than 425 entrepreneurs, investors and members of the Omaha community gathered at the Aksarben Cinema for Straight Shot’s inaugural Demo Day. “All of the companies did such a nice job tonight,” said Dundee Venture Captial founder Mark Hasebroock …
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Before its accelerator begins, Dundee VC backs participant with $125K
Dundee Venture Capital is doubling down on Minnesota startup Cympel. After accepting the company into its Straight Shot accelerator earlier this year––the program kicks off next week––news came Monday that the Omaha VC firm has invested an additional $125,000 into the startup. …
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Straight Shot reveals inaugural class of seven startups, three from Omaha
The Omaha startup community just grew by four startups, or seven if you’re counting three local companies you’ve likely never heard of before today. The new names and faces behind them—14 founders in all—make up the inaugural class of Straight Shot, Dundee Venture Capital’s new startup accelerator. “We think we have a diverse group (and)…
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“Shark Tank” to serve up latest eCreamery scoop Friday
Omaha-based eCreamery, an online custom ice cream and gelato shop, will appear on ABC’s pitch show “Shark Tank,” once again. At 8 p.m. Friday, the company’s co-founders Abby Jordan and Becky App are set to dish up their ice cream shop’s progress since its appearance last September. Though eCreamery was unable to close a deal…