Prairie Moves: Dwolla strives to democratize its API
Lead Read: API Evangelist and TechCrunch praise Dwolla’s new Integration Portal (above). API Evangelist’s Kin Lane wrote: “This is an approach I’ve been long advocating for, and rarely see in API areas.” Quotable: “I knew the company would change, and now it has.” – StartupCity Des Moines’ Tej Dhawan quotting a former customer on the…
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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.
API Evangelist and TechCrunch praise Dwolla’s new Integration Portal (above). API Evangelist’s Kin Lane wrote: “This is an approach I’ve been long advocating for, and rarely see in API areas.”
“I knew the company would change, and now it has.” – StartupCity Des Moines’ Tej Dhawan quoting a former customer on the topic of company culture. – Tej Dhawan blog
Fundings
LockPath, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) applications, closed a $6 million Series B round led by El Dorado Ventures with participation from Vesbridge Partners and the Webb Investment Network – Press Release, Kansas City Business Journal and SPN
Career Moves
George Jurgens, who’s from Belgium and is part of the J-1 Intern Visa program, joined Hatchlings as a marketing intern
Christina Fraser and Brett Wilson joined Hudl’s support team, and Matt Sheets joined its QA team
Karen Merrick, formerly with the Iowa Economic Development Authority, joined the Iowa Innovation Corporation as COO
New Tech
Listener Approved launched its musical web and mobile app that provides independent musicians an open platform to share their work with users – Listener Approved on Facebook and KBIA
Nebraska UX Professionals launched a website – nebraskaux.com
Product & Business Updates
SEMCAT expanded its offices, moving into the west wing of the Turbine Flats building – Turbine Flats blog
Goodsmiths CEO James Eliason said the startup is raising anywhere between $500,000 to $1 million to support the current development schedule and international rollout plans we have for Canada and the U.K. – Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Mentions
Dwolla – Dwolla’s New Developer Area is Not Just for Developers – API Evangelist
Dwolla – Dwolla Democratizing APIs With New Non-Technical Portal – TechCrunch
Goodsmiths – Iowa’s ‘marketplace for makers’ growing rapidly, setting sights on international expansion – Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
Emma Peterson of Tikly – Meet Emma Peterson, Tikly’s 22 year old CEO taking on Ticketmaster – Tech Cocktail
TEDxDesMoines – Dwolla’s Milne spreads his mobile payments message at TEDxDesMoines – Des Moines Register
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