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Two Chances to Accelerate Your Nebraska Startup in 2024
High-growth founders in Nebraska may be eligible to apply for funding and mentorship through two different programs happening in 2024. Keep reading to learn more about applying for the LaunchLNK grant and NMotion Growth Accelerator.
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Workshop secures $12M funding round — among the largest Series A raised by a Nebraska company
Omaha-based Workshop raised a $12M Series A round 18 months after securing $5M in seed funding. The startup plans to use the latest investment to innovate its internal communications platform and scale the team.
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Cameo Secures Massive Series B Round
Cameo is a Chicago-based startup that makes it possible to buy personalized shout-outs from celebrities and influencers. In June 2019 they received $50 million in a round of series B funding led by American venture capitalist firm, Kleiner Perkins. After the injection of funds, the company has increased its valuation from $250 million to $300 million. …
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3E Software Raise Late-Stage VC
In June 2019, 3E Software, a Fayetteville, Arkansas company that simplifies and improves financial systems through the use of their online platform, received $300 thousand in a round of late-stage venture capitalist funding sponsored by Community Bank Investors of America and Cadron Capital Partners. 3E Software provides its financial software through its platform, Teslar. Teslar is based…
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Live Undiscovered Music (LÜM) closes seed funding round
In May, Live Undiscovered Music, or LÜM received $750,000 in seed round funding. LÜM is a music streaming service that is based in Madison, Wisconsin. This platform is different than Spotify or Pandora because as the name suggests, it features music of artists who are undiscovered. LÜM’s steaming service is unique because its platform…
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SimpleRose secures $13 million in funding
SimpleRose Inc., a St. Louis-based company closed a $13 million deal on October 15 with undisclosed investors. The company, founded in 2018 by Xiaolin Gong, Marti Martindale and Carl Ledbetter provides an optimization platform for decision-making. The company’s platform is intended for proliferation of data. The platform enables clients to leverage algorithmic innovation for parallelism,…
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VetMeasure raises $1.36 million in angel funding
VetMeasure raised $1.36 million in angel funding from undisclosed investors on October 26. The Ames, Iowa-based company was founded in 2015 by Kevin Maher, and uses Bluetooth technology and a web application to track health and physiological conditions of dogs in real time. The company has developed a dog harness it calls MeasureON! that detects…
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Iowa City’s Rantizo lands $500K in seed funding
Iowa City-based Rantizo lands convertible debt funding of $500,000. The company, profiled by Silicon Prairie News in September, is part of the Iowa Startup Accelerator in Cedar Rapids and has developed a unique drone technology that delivers targeted spraying, primarily in agricultural applications. In an article written by Clay & Milk following the induction of the…
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Cedar Rapids-based SwineTech raises a new round for planned expansion
In a recent SEC filing, SwineTech disclosed the raising of a $1.5 million debt round to begin its expansion into other states and countries. The company, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the provider of unique technologies that facilitate piglet safety during pork production. Using multiple proprietary technologies including acoustics and artificial intelligence algorithms, the…
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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…