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ClaimKit raises $560K round, with $360K from Mid-America Angels
A document management startup that helps surety claim professionals collect information for and manage investigations just received a dose of certainty. ClaimKit, led by co-founder and CEO Chris Cheatham, just closed $360,000 in syndicated investment from Mid-America Angels—with participation from Women’s Capital Connection—and $200,000 from SeedStep Angels in Oklahoma.
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Which startup has the Best Culture? Vote now!
It’s our first year taking note of the vibrant, talented teams in our midst. The ones that somehow have an abundance of fun while also getting results. They made it this far, now they need your vote to deem them the best place to joyfully lug long hours.
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Weekly Recap: Custom EliteForm racks, Medicast and Iowa Accelerator
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…
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UberX launches in Omaha despite legal scrutiny, potential for tickets
UberX drivers are now on the road, despite cease-and-desist orders from state regulatory agencies. The ridesharing service, which uses an app to connect private vehicles and drivers with those needing a ride, launched Tuesday, after a soft opening over the weekend.
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Prairie Portrait: Ari Kern of UP Global
Quote I might have said: “They ought to take chances. Not taking chances will lead to a life of colorless mediocrity. They’ll be comfortable. But something in their spirit will be missing.” — Carlos Hortas, Dean of Yale University (So I didn’t say it, but sounds like me.)
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Techstars, Sprint have 10 teams ready to alter the mobile health landscape
Ollo Mobile has been building its smart-care phone in Brisbane, Australia, for the past two years. Until now. They landed in Kansas City for the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars and didn’t book a return flight. Their wives will follow them soon, and though they don’t know if they’ll stay in KC or…
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Powderhook expands to 11 states, lists 20K hunting, fishing locations
Lincoln-based startup Powderhook—a free web and mobile service that connects hunters and anglers with places to hunt and fish—has now expanded to 11 states, stretching from Texas to North Dakota and more in the middle of America.…
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Prairie Portrait: Katie Condon of MindMixer
Prairie Portraits is a weekly set of questions intended to help the community get to know someone from the Silicon Prairie startup scene a little bit better. Prairie Portraits feature a fixed set of questions ranging from career background and personal perferences to, perhaps, off-the-wall questions on YouTube videos and entrance music.
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Prairie Portrait: Emily Leeper of Think Big Partners
Celebrity doppelgänger: During the 2008 Summer Olympics people would think I was Shawn Johnson, especially since I was attending Iowa State at the time and she was from Des Moines…
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ClusterFlunk surpasses 10K users, reveals 54 schools for January launch
Less than a year after its official launch, Iowa startup ClusterFlunk—a virtual meeting place that allows college students to collaborate on assignments and prepare for exams—has grown its user base exponentially and is preparing for a national launch come January…