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title: "Heartland Tech Weekly: Indie.vc’s funding model could be promising for startups in Middle America"
description: "Heartland Tech Weekly: Indie.vc’s funding model could be promising for startups in Middle America"
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# [Heartland Tech Weekly: Indie.vc’s funding model could be promising for startups in Middle America](https://blog.beta.mn/heartland-tech-weekly-indie-vcs-funding-model-could-be-promising-for-startups-in-middle-america)

 Written by [Admin](https://blog.beta.mn/author/admin) | Mar 4, 2019 4:25:56 PM

Via VentureBeat

"A couple of weeks ago, the *New York Times* wrote about the uptick in alternative funding options that allow founders to give away less equity. The headline was: “[More startups have an unfamiliar message for venture capitalists: Get lost](https://venturebeat.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67554569818c29c4c844d121&id=a14ba8878a&e=8a4f568dd8).” That’s not a message I usually hear from entrepreneurs in the Heartland, because they typically want more venture capitalists in town. But I think many would agree that if there was an alternative funding method that was right for their business, they’d be interested in exploring it."

Check out the full article [here](https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/23/heartland-tech-weekly-indie-vcs-funding-model-could-be-promising-for-startups-in-middle-america/)

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