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Highlander Code Camp graduates ten students, ushering in new wave of tech talent
Last Friday, 10 students graduated from the Highlander Code Camp, a joint venture between the AIM Institute and the community revitalization organization Seventy Five North. For 7 weeks, students living in or attending school in North Omaha and receiving free or reduced lunch took intensive classes in the fundamentals of web design and development. They…
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Lincoln’s Powderhook game-changing for outdoor aficionados
Eric Dinger, enthusiastic entrepreneur and outdoorsman, sought to solve a problem he personally faced – finding enough time to pursue his fondness for hunting and fishing. He discovered that many others in his community of outdoor enthusiasts experience the same problem. He also found another problem compounding the lack of time – that is, the…
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Funding news from last week
Last week was an active week in the Silicon Prairie with a variety of companies receiving outside investment. Some noteworthy companies continue to raise money: • Understory, the Madison based weather technology startup, raised a $7.25 million Series B round. In an interview in May, Alex Kubicek (the company’s CEO) said that the plan is…
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FarrPro – making the world a better place for one piglet at a time
FarrPro is innovating in the swine industry to keep piglets warm and healthy, while improving the bottom line for producers. Pork is a $30 billion industry and the meat is the most consumed protein in the world; it continues to hold steady in popularity, according to FarrPro. As a result, farmers are increasing their reliance…
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NowSecure closes large series B round
NowSecure, a mobile security company based out of Chicago, Illinois, received $15 million in funding last month in a series B round led by ForgePoint Capital, an early stage tech-company investment firm from the San Francisco Area. NowSecure is a company that provides automated security for mobile apps. The company identifies security threats, compliance gaps,…
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LegacyBook helps financial planners grow book of business
LegacyBook, a Wichita-based startup, is innovating financial advisor-client relationships and collaboration with a secure and new convenient mobile app available currently on iOS devices (with plans to make it available for Android). LegacyBook is the solution for the aging clients of financial planners to memorialize and secure their legacy. The company projects that 120…
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VIDA Diagnostics secures debt financing for pulmonary precision informatics platform
The Iowa Innovation Acceleration Fund has loaned Coralville, Iowa medtech company VIDA Diagnostics $500,000 to further develop its innovative AI-driven imaging and analytics platform for radiologists. This is the second contribution from the state fund to the company. Previous, financing has also been received from Delaware-based Chartline Capital Partners and Iowa’s Next Level Ventures. This…
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Synerfuse secures venture funding for its novel opioid-free solution for chronic back pain
Minnesota-based therapeutic device startup Synerfuse secured $2.64M in equity financing from an undisclosed angel investor, last month. This is the first round of venture funding for this Gener8tor alumnus. The funds will be used to support the first clinical trial of their long-term pain management system. This first phase is scheduled to begin this summer…
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Higher Learning Technologies helps test-takers ace the exam
Higher Learning Technologies (HLT) is helping healthcare students learn efficiently and is providing practitioners a platform to master clinical competence. The company is based in Coralville, Iowa, and was founded in 2012. The company provides a mobile and online learning tool for exam preparation and quick and easy clinical reference. The platform offers engaging study…
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Monetery Tech Summit 2019: Setting the bar for ecosystem building advocacy in the Midwest
May 21, 2019, was not just another rainy Spring day in Iowa’s capital city of Des Moines, but also Day One of the highly anticipated Monetery conference where hundreds of tech entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem builders gathered to exchange ideas in the historical downtown space of the Temple of Performing Arts. Monetery was first launched…