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Hayneedle co-founder to launch ecommerce, SaaS startup accelerator
A little more than 10 years ago, Mark Hasebroock teamed up with two other Omaha entrepreneurs to buy and turn Hammocks.com into a viable business. Today, that company is known as Hayneedle, and it’s one of the internet’s largest retailers. Hasebroock (left), who now manages a venture capital fund, has a new goal in the…
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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…
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Omaha ad agency, VC firm launch “idea incubator” Drop Kick Ventures
Omaha digital advertising agency Phenomblue and venture capital firm Dundee Venture Capital today unveiled Drop Kick Ventures, an “idea incubator” that aims to commercialize products developed inside creative, marketing and communication agencies. Its model brings together three entities – agencies, investors and entrepreneurs – to launch startups. “We were brainstorming one …
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InvenQuery gets $650k from Dundee to enhance tech, customer outreach
InvenQuery, a Prairie Village, Kan. startup that provides technology to help retailers of unique merchandise handle inventory, point-of-sale and e-commerce, today announced $650,000 in Series A funding from Dundee Venture Capital of Omaha. That investment, coupled with $450,000 in angel funding …
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With $400k round led by Dundee VC, Bulu Box set to hire, push marketing
Bulu Box continues to find fertile ground for raising funds in Nebraska. Paul and Stephanie Jarrett, Bulu Box’s husband and wife co-founders, moved their young company from San Francisco to Lincoln earlier this year, thanks in part to the lure of $100,000 in financing from a group of investors that included Dr. Jim and Karen…
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AgLocal raises additional $500K with backing from Dundee VC, Marc Ecko
AgLocal has closed part of a seed round featuring a mix of Midwestern money and high-profile coastal investment. Is there an echo in here? Nope. But there is an Eckō. AgLocal co-founder and CEO Naithan Jones confirmed that his startup has closed on an additional $500,000 in seed funding, bringing total capital raised in the…
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Dundee Venture Capital closes $15m fund, moves to Mastercraft
Dundee Venture Capital has closed its second fund at $15 million, Mark Hasebroock, founder of the Omaha venture capital firm, confirmed Wednesday. To kick activity in gear, the year and half old firm began June by bringing on three full-time employees and moving its office from the Dundee neighborhood to The Mastercraft building in North…
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MindMixer raises $1.9m seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital
MindMixer, a web-based platform billed as a “virtual town hall,” announced today it closed a $1.9 million seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based venture capital firm whose founder, Mark Hasebroock, is also a co-founder and executive of the startup. The round was led but not fully funded by Dundee VC and brings…
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Dundee VC participates in TechStars founder’s new $28m fund
Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based firm founded by Hayneedle co-founder Mark Hasebroock, announced Thursday that it invested in TechStars founder David Cohen’s new $28 million fund, Bullet Time Ventures II, a fund independent of the Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator. “While we normally focus on specific companies,” Hasebroock said on Dundee VC’s blog, “as a TechStars…
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Mark Hasebroock on missteps helping him find the right path
“I think I’ve actually learned more from my mistakes,” Mark Hasebroock says, “than I have from my successes.” It’s a common refrain echoed by many who have been through the entrepreneurial wringer. But what’s uncommon about Hasebroock is the wide array of people, places and opportunities that have provided the learning experiences. …