• Prairie Cloudware

  Participated · Equity · Dec 2014

  Prairie Cloudware, based in Omaha, Neb., offers the Digital Payments Guardian, a cloud-based platform that enables financial institutions to centrally store customers' payment accounts and cards and serve them across laptops, smartphones, tablets and wearables. The platform routes tokenized payment information through existing payment rails and integrates with financial institutions' digital banking services to centralize and secure consumer payment data. The company positions its service to help banks reinforce their role as trusted payment providers while decreasing the cost of fraud and improving return on investment. CEO Kevin Kammer said the solution provides safe, convenient ways for customers to make digital payments online and in stores. Prairie Cloudware completed a $3.2 million capital raise from Invest Nebraska and several local investors to fund commercialization. About a year earlier the company raised a first round of capital, mainly from local investors, which allowed it to hire a team of payments veterans. Prairie Cloudware develops mobile payment solutions aimed at allowing bank and credit union customers to make payments safely and conveniently. The company is early stage and is building a prototype and team in the Omaha/Lincoln area. Kevin Kammer is CEO and the company emphasizes serving financial institutions that wish to protect their payment franchise. Management cites market opportunity projections for mobile payments to underscore demand for its solutions. The recent capital raise will fund research and development and prototyping of key components of its solution set. Prairie Cloudware positions itself as focused solely on mobile payment solutions for banks and credit unions.

• D3 Banking Technology

  Led · Debt Financing · Nov 2013

  D3 Banking offers a single hosted platform that delivers data-driven digital banking services across laptops, smartphones, tablets and wearables. The company leverages an analytics engine to provide financial management tools to consumers and small businesses while enabling financial institutions to personalize product and service offerings. Led by CEO Mark Vipond, D3 targets regional and midsized banks with an integrated solution. The recent financing will support strengthening the team, investing in research and development, and continued expansion of its hosted platform. The company received capital and secured rights to additional equity funding and borrowing capacity as part of the deal. D3 Banking offers a single omnichannel platform that delivers digital banking services across computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices. Its Data Driven Digital™ solution includes a analytics engine that enables financial institutions to personalize product and service offerings for each customer. More than 225 financial institutions in the United States use D3 Banking’s products and solutions. Last year the company introduced a comprehensive digital banking solution; the first customer deploying that new solution is scheduled to go live in the next 30 days and D3 is in competitive sales situations with additional institutions. The company plans to use new capital to expand its sales and marketing team, invest in product innovations and deploy a SaaS-based managed option for institutions that prefer managed over on‑premise deployments. D3 is positioned to accelerate growth while reducing the cost and complexity of digital banking for its clients. Lodo Software is an Omaha, Nebraska-based provider of digital banking solutions led by CEO Mark Vipond. Its flagship product, D3 Banking, is an omni-channel digital banking solution accessible from smartphones, tablets, or computers. The platform enables financial institutions to deliver integrated financial services to their customers. The company received $3M in mezzanine financing. Lodo plans to use the funds for sales and marketing, development of new product features, and working capital.

• HuntForce

  Participated · Equity · Sep 2013

  HuntForce provides a web-based application that allows deer hunters to sort and store their trail camera photos. The software was developed in partnership with computer scientists at the Peter Kiewitt Institute at the University of Nebraska. The company was co-founded by Jim and Ryan White and joined the Straight Shot SaaS and e-commerce accelerator. HuntForce is currently in beta. It is based in Omaha, Neb. The company has raised $400K in funding.

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