Pete Ricketts

  • Prairie Moves: Tim Banks, Andrew Heuback, AgLocal and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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…

  • Omaha Steaks senior VP, former TD Ameritrade COO invest in NY startup

    Two Omahans are among a list of investors named as participants in a $2.5 million Series A round by Artspace, an online marketplace for contemporary art. On Jan. 31, the New York-based startup sent out the announcement, naming 12 investors. Four of them are institutional investors and eight are individuals, including Todd Simon, senior …

  • Upcoming events: Startup Weekend KC, MVF with Pete Ricketts and more

    Here’s a rundown of upcoming events around the Prairie. Make sure to check out our events page weekly as we’re constantly adding new ones. Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner (Omaha) – April 22, 5:30-8 p.m. Featured Speaker: Pete Ricketts (left), founder of Drakon, LLC, an asset management company in Omaha. He previously served as a…