Top Startups

With just 1.6 million people between them, North and South Dakota rarely attract national spotlight. Startups in these two states received just $30.3 million in venture funding in 2019, a tiny fraction of what was invested even in other Midwestern states. But that doesn’t mean the Dakotas are without a startup community.

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