Each week, Clay & Milk will curate a rundown of startup, tech and innovation news from “the middle.” Check back every Friday for that week’s Middle Bit.
Illinois
Cloud-based fraud prevention startup Precognitive raises $1.25M. ChicagoInno
Chicago-based Uptake ranked No. 5 on CNBC’s list of Most Disruptive Companies. ChicagoInno
Chicago HS student using machine learning to fight cancer featured at Google I/O. ChicagoInno
Iowa
Edtech Startup Higher Learning Technologies secures $6 Million. Newscenter.io
Apply for the Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. Gravitate
Wells Fargo seeks applications for startup accelerator program. Business Record
Nebraska
KC nonprofit leader will advise FCC committee on broadband. Startland News
Leawood Venture Capital opens new $25 million startup fund. Startland News
Kauffman Foundation: National startup activity continues to improve. Kauffman Foundation
Missouri
Midland University launches Corporate Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. Silicon Prairie News
Get caught up on what’s happening at Big Omaha. Silicon Prairie News
Bigger Than the Middle: What We Read this Week
These are the arguments against net neutrality — and why they’re wrong. TechCrunch
“You can’t understand the modern world if you can’t imagine selling what you love best.” The New York Times Magazine
If Donald Trump were actually a battery. The New Yorker
This MIT student’s origami building blocks could make you more creative. Fast Company
Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the 21st Century. Chuck Klosterman
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