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By Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune

“Before a client buys a commercial building, Tim Jackson’s team of maintenance technicians has to walk the property to check for any potential issues. Whether it’s the condition of the HVAC system or the locations of the utility meters, his team would jot down details on paper and take photos before the findings were cut and pasted together to form a report, a process that could take several weeks.

But with the help of new Twin Cities property management software One Spot, Jackson’s team can complete their assessments in a fraction of the time and save a large chunk of money.”

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By Neal St. Anthony,  Star Tribune

“On Wednesday, several hundred customers, prospects, suppliers and employees will gather in a conference center at Target Field to spend the day learning about the latest in audiovisual technology systems. The host of the annual affair is Eden Prairie-based AVI Systems, a little-known company that’s creating a big ripple in its industry.”

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By Peter Callaghan, MinnPost

“Sure, it’s a cliche and all, but for Ryan Johnson necessity did breed invention. Johnson is the guy who built and maintains MSP Votes, a data-driven guide to elections created last spring to track the Minneapolis municipal election, and which is now looking to do the same with local races on the ballot this year.”

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18 M&A transactions concerning Minnesota tech companies were counted from January 1 – March 31, 2018 (Q1). Below is a list of each of those specific deals, as well as some aggregate/meta analysis.

Thank you to local M&A pro’s Franklin Partners for underwriting this research.

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Gary Tucker is the CEO Of Best Buy-backed connected car startup Zubie.

What is Zubie?

Zubie is an end to end connected car platform. Utilizing an OBD2 dongle, cellular data, and cloud services, we aggregate and analyze data in mobile and web apps. Our entry level fleet management product provides location, diagnostics, safety/performance, and trip information.
 

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Burnsville IoT startup Anser Innovation, known for flagship product PetChatz, is attracting more investment capital for a new line.

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Building off our recent exploration of tech companies coming to and moving around town this — which tech companies based outside of Minnesota have a presence here? 

That is the question we seek to thoroughly understand in this running post.

Presence — for the purpose of the article — is defined as two or more employees that consistently work together in a professional office environment (coworking counts since many local expansions do start that way).

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