May 2, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Prairie Village Kansas City area tech company Netchemia today announced that San Francisco-based growth-equity firm Mainsail Partners is behind the company's recent $6.5 million round of financing. The 12-year-old company company last month closed the round and now it plans to continue expanding through a partnership with Mainsail. Aside from an undisclosed number of angel investors, this round is the first time … read more
April 19, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Prairie Village Kansas City area tech company Netchemia recently closed a $6.5 million round of financing, according to … read more
Prairie Village Prairie Village, Kan.-based Netchemia's report card would make any parent proud. The 12-year-old education software company is a finalist for Best K-12 Enterprise Solution at the SIIA Education CODiE Awards, which will be announced May 6 at the Ed Tech Industry Summit … read more
March 5, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Prairie Village After more than a year in development and a seed round of $1.5 million, AgLocal last week launched into private beta with 20 notable New York City chefs. The Kansas City area startup aims to improve its restaurant industry offering as it recruits top-tier chefs from the coasts—San Francisco is next—to test … read more
November 1, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village InvenQuery, a Prairie Village, Kan. startup that provides technology to help retailers of unique merchandise handle inventory, point-of-sale and e-commerce, today announced $650,000 in Series A funding from Dundee Venture Capital of Omaha. That investment, coupled with $450,000 in angel funding … read more
August 1, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village AgLocal has closed part of a seed round featuring a mix of Midwestern money and high-profile coastal investment. Is there an echo in here? Nope. But there is an Eckō. AgLocal co-founder and CEO Naithan Jones confirmed that his startup has closed on an additional $500,000 in seed funding, bringing total capital raised in the round to $1.5 million. The second portion of the round includes investment from Dundee … read more
July 31, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village You snag front-row seats to a concert, but what's on stage soon takes a backseat to what's on your phone. Somewhere in between tweeting, taking photos, and searching for lyrics to the song that just played, you look up. The show's over, and you just spent the bulk of it glued to your phone. Steven Revare of Prairie Village, Kan. has been there before, and he knows … read more
June 29, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village AgLocal has raised the first $1 million of a potentially larger seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAir Equity Partners, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones said in a phone interview Thursday. The seed round also involves a variety of angel investors based in Kansas City and in Silicon Valley. The Kansas City contingent includes AgLocal advisors Thad Langford, Sarah Gambach and Dan Carroll, VinSolutions and Stackify founder Matt Watson and Tradebot Ventures partner Andy O’Hara. Based in Prairie Village, Kan., and co-founded by Jones and Jacob … read more
June 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village Silicon Prairie News: AgLocal wrapped up 12 weeks at the NewMe Accelerator last month. What were a few of the team's main takeaways from that experience? | Josh Coleman: That access to networks of influence are key to startups and having the resources they provided are so valuable to young startups like ours. | SPN: You spent 10 years at Batts before making the jump to Zaarly in 2011. What compelled you to make that big career change? | JC: I had become frustrated throughout the last couple of years at Batts and knew I needed to make a change in my career. I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do, but I had been researching and talking to people about startups for several years and was fascinated with what I was finding. … read more
May 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village Applications are due Friday for the inaugural Flyover 50. The Flyover 50 is an effort to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. As we mentioned in our March story about the Flyover 50, it's put on by Five Elms Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm based in Prairie Village, Kan. All companies that apply for the contest will be ranked according to percentage of revenue growth, and the 50 fastest-growing will be deemed The Flyover 50. To apply, companies must … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.