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  • Leap.it closes $1.1M round with Brad Feld, AngelList syndicate as investors

    Leap.it founder and CEO Mike Farmer first got to know Brad Feld by driving him to and from the airport for meetings at the Kauffman Foundation, where Feld was a board member. Now Leap.it has closed a $1.1 million convertible note…

  • 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…

  • Grassroots KC Startup Village fuels high hopes amid uncertain outcomes

    Mike Farmer has spent time in Silicon Valley and New York, but he says he hasn’t seen anything quite like what’s springing up along State Line Road in Kansas City. Farmer is the founder and CEO of Kansas City, Kan.-based mobile search startup Leap2, and his company is part of Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV),…

  • With “Living Search,” updated Leap2 looks to satisfy ongoing curiosities

    Leap2 today released a new version of its mobile app, marking a shift in the startup’s mission to reinvent mobile search. Now in its third version since a November 2011 launch, the app scales back Leap2’s original search verticals – removing categories like social buzz and maps – and puts more focus on a new…

  • America, the startup

    Amazing day yesterday. Leap2 was one of 10 startups from across America that were invited to be a part of the signing of the JOBS Act. During my day, I walked to the White House with the CEO of the Startup America Partnership, Scott Case, and it was during my walk that Scott and I…

  • Prairie Moves: Josh Harbert, Erica Birkman, Jim Howard 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…

  • Leap2 adds Android app, raises $280K to rethink mobile search

    Leap2, a Kanas City, Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to its new take on searching the web on mobile devices. Leap2, a Kanas City,Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to…