Ashton Kutcher

  • In new investor Kutcher, Dwolla sees an A-plus pitch and product man

    Dwolla today put an end to the speculation about its secret star investor. The Des Moines-based online cash transfer startup confirmed that Ashton Kutcher did, in fact, contribute to the $5 million Series B round it announced in February. And as that news rippled out across the internet, Kutcher and Dwolla CEO Ben Milne explained…

  • Ashton Kutcher, Dwolla confirm star’s involvement in Series B round

    When reports of Ashton Kutcher’s involvement in Dwolla’s $5 million Series B round surfaced in late February and set the rumor mill in motion, the team behind Dwolla, an online cash transfer startup, remained mum on the subject. But today, Dwolla and Kutcher are going public with their relationship. Kutcher, an Iowa native, Hollywood star…

  • Prairie Moves: Internet Solver, PeggyBank, Jordan Lampe and more

    Published Tuesdays and Fridays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Business Insider sources: Ashton Kutcher part of Dwolla’s Series B

    Citing unnamed sources, Business Insider today reported that Iowa native and Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher participated in Dwolla’s $5 million Series B round that the startup announced earlier this month. “Sources tell us Ashton Kutcher, an Iowa native, is the mystery investor,” Insider’s Alyson Shontell, who also covered Dwolla’s Series B, wrote. When reached by…

  • Zaarly closes $1 million seed round, Bo Fishback going full-time

    Remember that startup we first wrote about less than two weeks ago? The one that launched at Startup Weekend Los Angeles on February 20 with a pitch by Kansas Citian Bo Fishback? The one that had celebrities Demi Moore and LeVar Burton tweeting about it the night it launched? Yeah, that one: Zaarly. Earlier today,…