Tag: Netchemia

Keith Harrington and Carlos Antequera, Novel Growth Partners

Novel Growth announces new $12M+ fund, expansion to Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis

By Tommy Felts / December 10, 2019

An oversubscribed first fund for Novel Growth Partners will help the Kansas City-based financing firm expand its tech investments in Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis. With more than $12 million banked for the fund, Novel is poised to use its unique revenue-based financing model to focus on boosting B2B software startups, the firm said in…

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DivvyHQ

DivvyHQ landed Novel’s first investment by avoiding hockey-stick growth, co-founder says

By Tommy Felts / August 21, 2018

It was a marriage of the minds, said DivvyHQ co-founder Brody Dorland, describing his marketing tech firm’s recent investment from Novel Growth Partners. The company’s leadership — Dorland and co-founder Brock Stechman — is honored to be recipients of NGP’s first investment, Dorland said. But the pairing didn’t come by accident, he added. “I think they viewed…

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Former Netchemia CEO, KC venture capitalist launch new fund for Midwest software firms

By Tommy Felts / February 1, 2018

Keith Harrington isn’t looking for hockey-stick growth companies. With the new fund he’s co-leading — Novel Growth Partners — Harrington wants to invest in small, steadily-growing tech companies in the Midwest. But instead of a traditional venture capital model, Novel is employing a revenue-based finance model that should appeal to more entrepreneurs, Harrington said. “We believe that…

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Katie Boody Carrie Markel Lean Lab

Dying schools taught Katie Boody how to build

By Tommy Felts / June 10, 2016

Editor’s note: Katie Boody is a co-founder of The Lean Lab, a Kansas City-based education incubator that helps educators create and implement innovative ideas in schools to help students. The Lean Lab co-founder Carrie Markel contributed to this piece. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Both the schools I taught at are…

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