FUELING THE FUTURE: Built Technologies lands $125M | $10M for Iowa startups | Tech in OKC
October 14, 2021
NASHVILLE, TN—Construction finance platform Built Technologies announced $125 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Lead investor TCV, along with Brookfield Technology Partners, 9Yards Capital, XYZ Venture Capital and HighSage Ventures, will join existing investors.
COLUMBUS, OH—Software startup Aware has raised an additional $50.5 million, just nine months after a $12 million round. Aware develops software that analyzes waves of communication, such as Slack, Facebook Workplace and Microsoft Teams to detect security risks and analyze employee productivity and sentiment in real-time. Investors won’t be named until the fund closes.
DES MOINES, IA—John and Mary Pappajohn have committed $10 million for John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers across Iowa. The centers, located on campuses of five colleges and universities across the state, support and foster entrepreneurship in Iowa among students, faculty and community members with numerous programs, competitions and resources.
KANSAS CITY, MO—Vytelle, which developed an innovative in vitro fertilization (IVF) platform for livestock, has harvested a $13.2 million oversubscribed Series A round. The round was co-led by Open Prairie through the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, Ag-tech VC and Fulcrum Global Capital.
OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Catalyst Programs (OK Catalyst), part of the University of Oklahoma’s Tom Love Innovation Hub and five partner universities, received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to launch the Hub of the Heartland program. The one-year pilot program will expand OK Catalyst’s award-winning programs for startup support in Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
