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Grapple funding, valuation and investors

AI-powered data analytics platform that unifies business data from spreadsheets, databases, and SaaS apps.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Pre-Seed

$1M · April 2026

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$1M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

seed · Omaha, NE

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Invest Nebraska , Nelnet

Other: MOVE Venture Capital , Nebraska Angels

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-29

Overview

Grapple (askgrapple.com) is an Omaha-based data infrastructure startup that pulls business data from databases, spreadsheets, and apps like Salesforce and QuickBooks into a single AI-powered analytics workspace. Founded in 2025, the company raised a $1M pre-seed round announced April 2026 with Invest Nebraska and Nelnet leading and MOVE Venture Capital and Nebraska Angels among participants.

Why Grapple is interesting

Fresh Omaha B2B SaaS proof: $1M pre-seed (Apr 2026) led by Invest Nebraska and Nelnet with MOVE Venture Capital and Nebraska Angels participating — vertical analytics built in the Midwest commerce corridor.

Product & use cases

DIY analytics layer connecting disparate business data sources with AI-assisted insights and dashboards.

  • Operators consolidating QuickBooks, Salesforce, and spreadsheet data
  • Nebraska startups needing lightweight analytics without a data team
  • Founders preparing investor metrics from fragmented sources

Key facts

  • Omaha HQ — AI data analytics for SMB/mid-market teams
  • $1M pre-seed (Apr 2026) led by Invest Nebraska and Nelnet
  • MOVE Venture Capital and Nebraska Angels participated
  • Techstars Founder Catalyst Greater Omaha cohort; LAUNCH Accelerator participant

Funding history (newest first)

Pre-Seed

2026-04 $1M

Source: https://siliconprairienews.com/2026/04/omaha-based-grapple-raises-1-million-to-remove-barriers-to-data-analytics/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Grapple's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

move-venture-capital nebraska-angels

Competitive landscape

Edge: Vertical integration of connectors plus AI analytics versus stitching together BI tools and consultants.

  • Fivetran + BI stack adjacent

    ETL plus separate visualization tools.

  • Spreadsheet-native analytics incumbent

    Manual exports and pivot tables.

Industries

enterprise-saas ai-ml

Market / IPO context

Editorial / static context — not a live quote.

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FAQs about Grapple

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AI-powered analytics that unifies data from spreadsheets, databases, and business apps into one workspace.
Omaha, Nebraska.
$1M pre-seed announced April 2026 per Silicon Prairie News, led by Invest Nebraska and Nelnet.
Invest Nebraska and Nelnet led; MOVE Venture Capital and Nebraska Angels participated.
Pre-seed/seed private SaaS founded 2025.
Verified Omaha HQ with local institutional and angel participation — a 2026 Midwest analytics raise, not a coastal transplant claim.
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