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Four investors back Briefcase’s mission to find careers for grads
It’s no secret the first months after graduation typically are a grind for college students eager to land a career that puts their degree to good use …
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Watch pitches from Straight Shot’s inaugural Demo Day live at 7 p.m.
Even though registration is full, you can watch as seven startups give their pitches—live at 7 p.m.—during Straight Shot’s inaugural Demo Day. The event, which will be held at Omaha’s Aksarben Cinema, will host an audience of investors, mentors, media and community members …
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InfoChimps acquisition marks Dundee Venture Capital’s first exit
With the acquisition of big data platform InfoChimps, Omaha’s Dundee Venture Capital announced earlier this week that the organization experienced its first exit from Fund II …
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DivvyHQ finds right fit with Dundee Venture Capital, closes seed round
Kansas City-based DivvyHQ has been accelerating and streamlining processes for content teams around the world since its launch in September 2011, but “needed a little bit of rocket fuel” to see its full potential. That boost has arrived, in the form of a seed round from Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital. Co-founders Brody Dorland and Brock…
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Before its accelerator begins, Dundee VC backs participant with $125K
Dundee Venture Capital is doubling down on Minnesota startup Cympel. After accepting the company into its Straight Shot accelerator earlier this year––the program kicks off next week––news came Monday that the Omaha VC firm has invested an additional $125,000 into the startup. …
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Straight Shot reveals inaugural class of seven startups, three from Omaha
The Omaha startup community just grew by four startups, or seven if you’re counting three local companies you’ve likely never heard of before today. The new names and faces behind them—14 founders in all—make up the inaugural class of Straight Shot, Dundee Venture Capital’s new startup accelerator. “We think we have a diverse group (and)…
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MindMixer nabs $4 million from Nelnet, Dundee, Optimas and others
It’s shaping up to be quite the year for MindMixer. Last month, the Omaha startup revealed it acquired a social media analytics company. Today, it announced it closed a $4 million Series B round led by Lincoln, Neb.-based Nelnet, a publicly traded company. Omaha-based …
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Leap2 closes $1.6m round led by Dundee VC, launches new apps
In its quest to reinvent the mobile search experience, Kansas City, Mo., startup Leap2 today announced it closed a $1.6 million round of funding and launched the latest version of its iOS and Android apps. Since its start more than two years ago, Leap2’s interface and functionality has evolved as the team tries “to reimagine…
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Four points for a productive pitch to investors
(Guest post written by Mark Hasebroock.) Frequently, we are asked, “What should I present to you when I pitch my business?” I’ve heard and read a number of different ways to pitch and they all have merit. There isn’t one specific right answer. But there are some guidelines. From our standpoint, as capital providers and…