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Social beauty store Bloom.com closes $5.4m Series A led by Capricorn
Xuba, the Omaha-based social commerce startup behind social beauty store and network Bloom.com, closed a $5.4 million Series A round, the company’s co-founder and CEO Julie Mahloch (above) confirmed in an interview on Monday. Capricorn Investment Group led the round with a $5 million investment. Capricorn, which is the investment arm of eBay founding president…
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Bloom.com expects to hit 100K members within six months of launch
By month’s end, social beauty store Bloom.com expects to hit an early member milestone: 100,000 signups. Bloom had about 20,000 members at the time of its national launch in August. “From really a standing start basically in August to 100,000 is fantastic,” Nick Hudson, Bloom.com’s chief marketing officer, said in an phone interview this week.…
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Hudsons moving on from Nomad Lounge, focusing on other ventures
In an email on Friday to Nomad Lounge newsletter subscribers, Nick and Brook Hudson, a husband-and-wife business duo, announced the sale of Nomad Lounge, the bar, lounge, art gallery and event venue Nick was a part of opening in late 2006 in Omaha’s Old Market district. “Nomad has had five wonderful years of events and…
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For social beauty store Bloom, New York launch sets off busy stretch
An Aug. 10 national launch in New York City was just part of what figures to be a whirlwind few weeks for the team from Bloom, the Omaha-based online social beauty store that’s looking to revolutionize the way women buy beauty products. “We are just at the very beginning of our mission to use social…
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Pics from last week: Omaha 10-10-10, Big O! Show, TEDxOmaha & more
Part of the Omaha Silicon Prairie News team – Jeff, Dusty and I – made the rounds last week to three events in Omaha. Kicking off Monday morning with Omaha 10-10-10 and then closing it out on Saturday with TEDxOmaha. Learn about the events in our “Out & About” post and check out the pictures…
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Halo Institute relocates to Creighton University
Since opening its doors last October, Halo Institute, a nonprofit business incubator, has been a joint venture between Creighton University College of Business and Halo Creative Capital. Now, Halo Institute is calling Creighton “home,” as well. Halo has moved from 11th & Leavenworth Streets in Omaha’s Old Market district to in the Brandies Building on…
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Public invited to Halo Institute open house
Reflecting on the creation of the Halo Institute, Jim Esch said that he and his business partner, Nick Hudson, had a feeling that there was quite a bit of talent in Omaha. If they could provide these aspiring entrepreneurs with work space and guidance, it would increase their chances of success. Born this past summer:…
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The Halo Institute opens in Omaha to help nurture aspiring entrepreneurs
We’re excited to hear an endeavor led by a couple familiar faces in Omaha, Nick Hudson and Jim Esch, officially began its operations earlier this week. Partnering with Creighton University’s business school, they’ve founded The Halo Institute, a non-profit dedicated to nurturing Nebraska’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Although we don’t have a report of our own to…
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Omaha Fashion Week at Nomad Lounge
*Updated: Silicon Prairie News has received some VIP passes for Saturday night’s event. Please contact jeffslobotski@gmail.com if interested. The monies raised go to local designers and the American Heart Association.* Nick Hudson, Rachel and the crew at Nomad Lounge have put together an outstanding week of events closing out with a runway show on Jones…