Geoff Wood

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J. Weber, Robert J. Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Welch Avenue LLC is a private company based in Des Moines, IA. Welch Avenue LLC was founded in 2013 by Geoff Wood.

Silicon Prairie News is a digital media company dedicated to highlighting and supporting entrepreneurs, creative and investors through an emerging model for grassroots entrepreneurial ecosystem development in and around Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City. Founded in 2008, SPN also produces events, such as the The Big Series (Big Omaha and Big Kansas City), the Silicon Prairie Awards and the Startup Job Crawl. With a primary focus on software startups, they publish daily news about the individuals, companies and culture that make up the Silicon Prairie. With the goal of connecting, educating and inspiring individuals, they produce regular events and they have a hand in planning many more throughout the year. Their work has received recognition from CNN, New York Times, TIME, The Atlantic, Inc., Fast Company, The Next Web, Seth Godin and more. They have been invited to participate in conferences like TechWeek Chicago, South by Southwest Interactive and Online News Association. They have a content syndication partnership with the Omaha World-Herald. Although customers'' may know them best for their news site, siliconprairienews.com, or their annual events, such as Big Omaha, they put in countless hours behind the scenes to build this region into a hub known for entrepreneurship and innovation. They are inspired by the passionate individuals that surround them, and when it comes to building and strengthening this community, customers'' will be hard-pressed to find anyone with more passion than the people behind Silicon Prairie News.

Startup Genome LLC provides an online database of the startup ecosystem. It specializes in reports and insights, ecosystem assessment and development. The company was founded by JF Gauthier and Marc Penzel in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

VolunteerLocal LLC develops online software to organize, manage, schedule, and communicate with volunteers. The American company was founded by Geoff Wood.