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FarmLink closes $40M Series B round led by OpenAir Equity Partners
On Wednesday KansasCity-based company FarmLink announced a $40 million Series B round of equity funding led by OpenAir Equity Partners. The funding will help the company expand its TrueHarvest services to farmers in several other states.
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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…
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C2FO closes $18M round led by Peter Thiel’s Mithril, more from OpenAir
C2FO, “a global market for working capital” headquartered in Fairway, Kan., today announced it closed an $18 million growth round led by an investment firm founded by one of the world’s most …
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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…
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AgLocal raises $1m led by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAir EP
AgLocal has raised the first $1 million of a potentially larger seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAir Equity Partners, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones said in a phone interview Thursday. The seed round also involves a variety of angel investors based in Kansas City and in Silicon Valley. The Kansas City contingent includes AgLocal…
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On verge of new platform launch, Gift Card Impressions announces funding
Gift Card Impressions, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company that makes personalization solutions for the gift card industry, on Monday announced it has secured an undisclosed amount of capital investment and formed a board of directors. Both steps are aimed at accelerating the company’s plans for growth, which include the impending launch of a new online…
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Kansas City’s Tech ESP sets all six dates, first three speakers for 2012
Kansas City’s Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program is back for 2012, and the first three of the program’s six speakers for the year have been confirmed. Maria Flynn, the president and CEO of Orbis Biosciences, will present at the first …
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Chris Snider and Thad Langford
Join us at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Chris Snider and Thad Langford
Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. …
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Company with KC ties raises $35M to ramp up e-recycling efforts
A Dallas-area company with a Kansas City co-founder and Kansas City funding just got big backing from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm for its solution to the problem of e-waste. The company, eRecycling …