How Minnesota Is Making Its Mark In the Fintech Industry

Behind the announcement: an MVP that Kasey Devine built himself, more than 60 investor conversations, and the one change to his pitch that brought in a lead investor.

BY Grant Gibson

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Funding News

Apax bets on Inspectorio, the Minneapolis supply-chain platform

The company digitizes factory inspections that most brands still run on paper and email. A decade after its first Target pilot, it says more than 40,000 organizations use the platform.

BY Grant Gibson

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Minnesota Startup Refr Sports Raises $2M Seed Round to Scale Referee Management Platform

The company supports more than 20,000 users across 40 states and 15 sports

BY Next In the North

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HLRBO Raises $2.5 Million for Private Hunting Land Marketplace

St. Paul's Mairs & Power leads the raise as the hunting-access marketplace scales nationally.

BY Grant Gibson

Jun 4, 2026

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft Partner to Build a Healthcare-Specific Frontier AI Model

Minnesota nonprofit teams up with big tech to bring clinical AI to the world

BY Grant Gibson

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Fewer Deals, Bigger Checks: Minnesota Tracks the National Trend Without the AI Megarounds

Q1's record venture numbers were really one state. Here's what actually reached Minnesota.

BY Grant Gibson

May 28, 2026

Ecosystem

Jamf Names Beth Tschida CEO in Minneapolis Leadership Change

Beth Tschida, Jamf’s former CTO and interim CEO, becomes the first woman to lead the Minneapolis Apple management and security company.

BY Next In the North

May 20, 2026

How Minnesota Is Making Its Mark In the Fintech Industry

Gudea Raises $7M to Predict Viral Online Narratives

Champion Raises $5 Million to Put Human Relationships at the Center of B2B Growth

Kipsu takes minority investment from M-One Capital

St. Cloud State University Has Produced More Than Its Share of Scrappy Company Founders and High-Achieving Execs

Yardstik Raises $30M Series B as Growth Accelerates

Minneapolis Startup Vertical Insure Secures Updata Partners Investment to Expand Embedded Insurance

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