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  • Chosen by its accelerator peers, Neighbor.ly wins $50K investment

    When I talked with Neighbor.ly co-founders Jase Wilson and Sean Connolly Thursday, they were rejuvenated and relieved following their time in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator. Oddly, very little of the conversation focused on the $50,000 investment they had just won for being selected by their peers as the Accelerator’s top for-profit startup. Which…

  • Neighbor.ly to expand scope with $175K grant from Knight Foundation

    Fresh off its inclusion in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator, Kansas City-based crowdfunding startup Neighbor.ly has received a $175,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to scale its operations. “With its expansion more people will be able to get involved in decision-making in their communities, while governments and change makers…

  • Neighbor.ly earns spot in civic accelerator, opportunity for funding

    Neighbor.ly has been selected to join a community of nine other civic startups from around the country in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator. “We’re getting access to the best and brightest minds of civic technology,” Neighbor.ly CEO Jase Wilson on Tuesday told Silicon Prairie News. “We’ll emerge with a much more polished, effective product.”…