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C2FO closes $18M round led by Peter Thiel’s Mithril, more from OpenAir
C2FO, “a global market for working capital” headquartered in Fairway, Kan., today announced it closed an $18 million growth round led by an investment firm founded by one of the world’s most …
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Pollenware CEO Kemper talks $9.1M round, company’s model (Video)
On the heels of last week’s news that his company raised a $9.1 million round led by Union Square Ventures, Pollenware CEO Sandy Kemper sat down with Bloomberg TV for an interview that aired Wednesday. During the course of a three-minute clip from that interview, Kemper touched on topics that include the USV funding, the…
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Pollenware raises $9.1 million round led by Union Square Ventures
Pollenware (C2FO), a Mission Woods, Kan. company that calls itself the “global market for working capital,” on Wednesday announced it has raised a $9.1 …
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Ashton Kutcher, Dwolla confirm star’s involvement in Series B round
When reports of Ashton Kutcher’s involvement in Dwolla’s $5 million Series B round surfaced in late February and set the rumor mill in motion, the team behind Dwolla, an online cash transfer startup, remained mum on the subject. But today, Dwolla and Kutcher are going public with their relationship. Kutcher, an Iowa native, Hollywood star…
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Dwolla’s Series B: Three things it means for Des Moines (Part 2)
On Thursday, I offered three reasons why I believe Dwolla chose Fred Wilson’s Union Square Ventures to lead its Series B round, which was announced on Tuesday. In this post, I look at how the Des Moines startup community could be affected by Dwolla’s milestone. 1. They’ll continue to ‘Dwolla in DSM’ Dwolla co-founder Ben…
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Dwolla’s Series B: Three things it means for Dwolla (Part 1)
As you may be aware, the anticipated and recently rumored Series B funding news broke this week for the good folks at Dwolla in Des Moines. This round totalled $5 million and was not only raised out-of-Iowa but out-of-Silicon Prairie, with money coming in from both coasts. As rumored, the round was led by New…
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Dwolla raises $5m Series B round led by Union Square Ventures (Video)
Dwolla, an online and mobile payments network based in Des Moines, announced today it raised $5 million in a series B round led by Union Square Ventures of New York, with participation from Village Ventures and Thrive Capital, also of New York, Artists & Instigators of West Conshohocken, Penn. (Marc Eckō’s venture innovation company) and…
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Sunday Video: The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we’ll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week’s video features Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and the talk which he shared a month ago at…
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Sunday Video Series: Fred Wilson talks trends, advice for startups
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we’ll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures talks about some of the trends he sees in the startup space.…