June 3, 2019

The Block Crypto

Fluree receives $4.7 million in funding; plans to design blockchain-based database

Blockchain startup Fluree has received a $4.7 million seed round investment, TechCrunch writes. ​4490 Ventures led the round and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund​ participated. [...]

June 3, 2019

FinSMEs

Fluree Raises $4.73M in Seed Funding

Fluree, a Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based data technology startup, raised $4.73m in seed funding. The round was led by 4490 Ventures, with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. [...]

June 3, 2019

WRAL TechWire

Blockchain startup led by Triad entrepreneur Flip Filipowski lands $4.7M

WINSTON-SALEM – Fluree, a three-year-old tech startup focusing on blockchain technology, is announcing Tuesday that it has landed $4.7 million in new financing, including funding from AOL Founder Steve Case’s Revolution Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. [...]

June 3, 2019

Datanami

Fluree Secures $4.7M Seed Funding Round to Bring Blockchain to the Database

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 4, 2019 — Fluree, a North Carolina-headquartered startup that provides a data-first technology stack, today announced a $4.73 million seed funding round led by 4490 Ventures, with additional participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. [...]

June 3, 2019

Vator News

Daily funding roundup – June 3rd, 2019

Fluree: Decentralized apps, blockchain database. Decentralized has raised $4.73 million in seed funding led by 4490 Ventures, with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. [...]

May 26, 2019

Wisconsin State Journal

Tom Still: Midwest becoming venture hot spot

Dan Malven isn’t a wide-eyed optimist by nature. He’s a sober, even cautious, venture capitalist who is diligent about investments made by the fund he helps manage, Wisconsin-based 4490 Ventures. [...]

May 20, 2019

Vator News

Meet Greg Robinson, Managing Director of 4490 Ventures

4490 Ventures focuses on funding companies from the Midwest: Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow’s products and services. Oh, how times have changed! [...]

May 14, 2019

Xconomy

Weather Tech Q&A: Understory CEO on “Ground Truth,” Climate Change

As climate change brings more extreme and unpredictable weather, the stakes for improving the ability to track and forecast atmospheric conditions are rising. [...]