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  • Wisconsin startup Dodles raised angel funding in September

    Wisconsin startup Dodles raised angel funding in September

    Wisconsin-based social animation application company Dodle has raised $446,000 angel funding in a deal led by Bruce Hawley. Mike Sanders also participated in the round. The company has raised $2.75 million to date. The company was founded in 2014 by Craig Doriot and Patti Pirkey and has 18 employees. It is located in Combined Locks,…

  • EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    EquipmentShare Continues Hot Run

    On October 5, Columbia, Missouri based EquipmentShare filed paperwork confirming an additional $10 million raise. This filing followed a late August filing that the firm had raised $25 million. This fund raise follows an A Round led by Romulus Capital and Insight Ventures––nationally recognized venture capital firms that don’t tend to invest frequently in the…

  • Omaha based Faithbox® raises capital

    Omaha based Faithbox® raises capital

    Subscription box company Faithbox Inc. has recently completed a $1.35 million seed round to rapidly scale their core Faithbox product, which helps Christians stay on track with their faith. The funding will also support the explosive growth of their new “Powered by Faithbox” line of subscription boxes created in collaboration with Christian musicians, authors and…

  • Coolfire Solutions Lands Big Round

    Coolfire Solutions Lands Big Round

    St. Louis startup Coolfire Solutions raised $11.5 million dollars last week from Clayton Capital, a firm closely tied to Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and IrishAngels. The firm, which provides real-time situational awareness via their Ronin Platform helps customers understand the environment in which they find themselves. Specifically, Ronin provides an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that can…

  • Understory continues to grow

    Understory continues to grow

    On October 10, 2018, Understory, the Madison, Wisconsin based weather company, filed paperwork with the SEC recording a $6.5 million dollar raise. The company which relocated from Somerville, Massachusetts in 2016 provides real-time weather microgrids that help provide accurate information for geo-specific places. This technology can be used by insurance carriers to better understand localized…

  • Tractor Zoom completes raise

    Tractor Zoom completes raise

    Des Moines based startup, Tractor Zoom, completed a funding raise on September 12. Innova Memphis and other undisclosed angel investors participated. Innova Memphis is an early-stage investment firm that focuses on starting and funding high-growth companies in the biosciences, technology and ag-tech fields. Approximately 70% of farm equipment auctions globally take place in the U.S.,…

  • Total Expert closes $20 million Series B deal led by Emergence Capital

    Total Expert closes $20 million Series B deal led by Emergence Capital

    Minneapolis-based Total Expert announced today that the firm has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital with participation from Rally Ventures and Arthur Ventures, bringing Total Expert’s total funding to $34 million.  The six-year old company is a marketing platform for the mortgage industry, but the firm plans…

  • St. Louis company Benson Hill Biosystems raises $60 million in venture funding

    St. Louis company Benson Hill Biosystems raises $60 million in venture funding

    Benson Hill Biosystems closed a $60 million series C venture funding deal on September 10, 2018. Participants in the deal include Alexandria Venture Investments, Activant Capital Group, S2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth), Mercury Fund, iSelect Fund, Lewis and Clark Ventures, Prolog Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Tao Capital, and Fall Line Capital. The funding will be used…

  • Omaha-based H3C raises angel round

    Omaha-based H3C raises angel round

    H3C, a company that provides chronic care management software, recently filed federal paperwork representing a $250k raise.  This raise is part of a continued effort by the company to expand its healthcare software products. Based in west Omaha, H3C provides software that helps doctor’s offices provide a variety of services, including chronic care management for…

  • Arkansas startup Cheeterz Firearm Accessories secures $300K angel investment

    Arkansas startup Cheeterz Firearm Accessories secures $300K angel investment

    Cheeterz Firearem Accessories completed a $0.3 million deal with an undisclosed angel investor in July 2018. The startup company, based in Des Arc, Arkansas and founded this year, provides firearm products for civilian shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement personnel, and military professionals. The company’s products are designed to reduce the time and effort spent with ancillary…