What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News.

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Lead Read

“Details emerge: VinSolutions sale price was $135M” – Kansas City Business Journal’s Alyson Raletz searched the recent IPO filing of AutoTrader.com to find what it paid in May 2011 for Overland Park-based VinSolutions.

Quotable

” ‘Kansas City needs …’ A tech-startup success story. Something that starts here and stays here. It will happen.” – Ramsey Mohsen of Digital Evolution Group answering a question for The Pitch’s questionnaire feature – The Pitch

Mergers & Acquisitions

• TargetClick Marketing Solutions was acquired by Mudd Advertising, both of Cedar Falls, Iowa – Press Release and TargetClick Marketing Solution blog

Fundings

• Dundee Venture Capital of Omaha closed its second fund at $15 million – SPN

Career Moves

• Jeremiah Wingett will be joining Dwolla’s design team – Jermiah Wingett blog
• Ryan Keairns joined Cramer Dev as a product designer – cramerdev.com
• Wiley Black joined Ruxter as a summer marketing intern – Ruxter on Facebook
• Carl Zulauf, formerly with Lyconic, will be joining Bloomberg News in New York – @lyconic

New Tech

• Zapier, a Columbia, Mo.-born startup now part of Y Combinator in Mountain View, Calif., launched – zapier.com, TechCrunch, Zapier blog, SPN, Y Combinator, KBIA and Wired
• RareWire released an iPad app for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum – Press Release and iTunes

New Creative

• Phenomblue rolled out a redesigned website – phenomblue.com, Phenomblue blog, Press Release and Nebraska Creative
• Archrival worked with the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and other organizations to present a new brand for Lincoln – Archrival on Facebook, Lincoln Journal Star and lifeisright.com
• Grain & Mortar redesigned Hayneedle’s corporate website – hayneedleinc.com and Grain & Mortar blog

Product & Business Updates

• Goodsmiths rolled out guest checkout and a new profile page – Goodsmiths blog

Mentions

• RareWire – KC goes mobile to capitalize on attention of All-Star Game – KCTV
• Airport Life – Pilot Dan Stratman says his Airport Life app makes flying a little easier – The Pitch
• VinSolutions – Details emerge: VinSolutions sale price was $135M – Kansas City Business Journal
• Dwolla – Veridian offers Dwolla access, with Cedar Falls native’s help – Waterloo-Cedar Fall Courier
• Dwolla – Dwolla’s out to change the way money moves – Mobile Payments Today
• Ben Milne of Dwolla – ‘If Apple Does It First And Does It Right, They’re Going To Crush Everybody’ – Business Insider
• Matthew Nuzum – Web Geeks dad brings son along in his footsteps – Des Moines Register
• Ramsey Mohsen of Digital Evolution Group – The Pitch Questionnaire with Ramsey Mohsen, director of social media for Digital Evolution Group – The Pitch
• Innovation is Iowa’s future, economic leaders forecast – Des Moines Register
• Columbia’s tech scene searches high and low for talent – KBIA

One Week

• iKC Answers KC’s Question: How Do You Build a Startup in the Midwest? – Think Big Partners
• iKC Recap: Inspire Talks—From Teens to the Health Scene – Think Big Partners
• 8 Things to Take Away From iKC; How to Get Funded – Think Big Partners

Gig Bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

• Rosedale Wi-Fi co-op to share Google Internet hook-ups – Kansas City Star
• The State of Broadband Internet Access in Kansas City – Google Fiber Blog

Blogged

• Pipeline Innovator Update – Toby Rush of EyeVerify – Pipeline
• President of Kosovo visits StartupCity Des Moines – StartupCity Des Moines
• Raising Outside Capital? Know the Basics – Part 1 – Chris Sackett
• The BIZ was Just the Ticket for Tikly – Business Innovation Zone
• In-Depth with the Think Big i-Team: Colleen Rowley – Think Big Partners
• Why We Love Des Moines. And Iowa. – Laser Resources
• Development teams do not scale – Matt Watson
• Thursday Mojaba Showcase: Bamboo Spoon Yogurt – Torsion Mobile
• Top Ways People Use Zapier – Zapier

Misc.

• Plains Angels are now accepting applications from companies seeking investment – @plainsangels
• Hallmark gets personal with Shutterfly alliance – Kansas City Business Journal

Credits: Screenshot from bizjournals.com