Flyover 50: Five Elms Capital Lists Fastest Growing Companies in the Midwest

This week, Five Elms Capital announced the winners of the Flyover 50, a list of the fastest-growing companies that originated in the flyover states.  Of the 50 companies, 11 reign from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska (a part of the country that is becoming known as Silicon Prairie).  

The Flyover 50 highlights companies in the middle of the country for potential employees and customers, according to Fred Coulson, managing partner of the private equity firm, Five Elms Capital.  These companies applied or were nominated to be considered for the Flyover 50.  The nominees were then ranked based on percentage of revenue growth.  

A big congratulations to the following Flyover 50 companies from Think Big Partners (list from Silicon Prairie News):

1. Appcore – Des Moines
2. Motivity Solutions – Denver, Colo.
3. Brightbox – Houston
4. InQuicker – Nashville, Tenn.
5. VeteranCorps – O'Fallon, Ill.
6. Mill Haven Foods – New Lisbon, Wis.
7. Kutenda – Denver
8. Twentyseven Global – Overland Park, Kan.
9. Dancin' Dogg Golf – Traverse City, Mich.
10. C&J Energy Services – Houston
11. Onsite Occupational Health & Safety – Princeton, Ind.
12. Marketplace Homes – Livonia, Mich.
13. BidPal – Indianapolis, Ind.
14. MentorMate – Minneapolis
15. ebQuickstart – Austin, Texas
16. TEKPROS – Plano, Texas
17. Catapult International – Lenexa, Kan.
18. Tarsus CFO Services – Kansas City, Mo.
19. Gorilla Commerce – Chicago
20. Abstrakt Marketing Group – St. Louis
21. Rise Interactive – Chicago
22. Great Northern Building Products – Louisville, Ky.
23. Red Arrow Labs – Milwaukee
24. Sun King Brewing Company – Indianapolis
25. Aspen Contracting – Lee’s Summit, Mo.
26. Justin's – Boulder, Colo.
27. LeanDog – Cleveland, Ohio
28. Viverae – Dallas
29. Eating Recovery Center – Denver
30. Enviro Clean Products & Services – Yukon, Okla.
31. The Grand River – Ann Arbor, Mich.
32. AXYS Industrial Solutions – Houston
33. Velociti – Kansas City, Kan.
34. The Whitestone Group – Columbus, Ohio
35. Bill Bartmann Enterprises – Tulsa, Okla.
36. The Nerdery – Minneapolis
37. MobileDemand – Hiawatha, Iowa
38. Structura – Austin, Texas
39. MMY Consulting – Indianapolis
40. FTS International – Fort Worth, Texas
41. mPay Gateway – Minneapolis
42. Sonic Equipment Company – Iola, Kan.
43. ITWC – Malcom, IA
44. Innovative-IDM – Carrollton, Texas
45. Pallas Partners – Louisville, Ky.
46. Genova Technologies – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
47. Kinnser Software – Austin, Texas
48. Proforma Promotionally Yours – Kansas City, Kan.
49. Search Influence – New Orleans
50. Sightline Health – Bellaire, Texas

What's next for the Flyover 50?  Each will be recognized at an awards ceremony at the Association for Corporate Growth's Mid-America Corporate Growth Conference today in Kansas City.  Congratulations, Flyover 50!

To learn more about the Flyover 50, please read the recent press release.