March 1, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
San Francisco Wednesday morning, we broke news that Omaha startup Bloom.com closed a $5.4m Series A round led by Capricorn Investment Group, an investment arm of eBay founding president Jeff Skoll and other entities. Capricorn's co-founder and chief information officer is Stephen George, a native Nebraskan … read more
February 29, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha 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 Jeff Skoll and other entities, will soon open an Omaha office under … read more
August 23, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha 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 interaction to change the way that women shop for beauty products," Nick Hudson, CMO of Bloom, said in an email last week. "We have a lot of plans … read more
January 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha At tonight's Xuba launch event, the social commerce startup's founder, Julie Mahloch, took the stage around 6:10 p.m. to a crowd of over 80 people. "We have our first site out in beta and it's called Bloom Circle, and it's social beauty," announced Mahloch halfway through her eight-minute talk. "We're about women helping women find the perfect beauty… read more
January 10, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Xuba: What's known is that it's a social commerce startup co-founded by two of the three co-founders of Hayneedle, which is today one of the largest niche ecommerce retailers. What's unknown, however, is what exactly they're building. Whatever their… read more
January 5, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Xuba, an Omaha-based startup that plans to roll out products over the next six months, has a lofty goal: “Google became a verb, Facebook became a movie, and Xuba will become synonymous with social commerce." The company's co-founders, Doug Nielsen and Julie Mahloch, have good reason… read more
June 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Over the past few years, Hayneedle has been stacking up on talent. The Omaha-founded and still 100 percent Omaha-based online retailer of home furnishings and lifestyle products… read more
Omaha This morning, Omaha-based online retailer, NetShops, launched what they call a "revolutionary online retail experience: hayneedle.com." Besides changing their look and feel, the new site introduces shoppers to a universal shopping cart that works across all stores as ... read more
Omaha The Midlands Venture Forum is holding an Entrepreneur & Investor Networking Reception on Thursday, January 29th @ 4:30pm. If you're interested in the MVF, this could be a good opportunity to mingle with the members in a relaxed environment, ... read more