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Fruitful Design grows into Omaha’s tech community
Tucked away behind a coffee shop and below an arts collective in the heart of Omaha’s Benson neighborhood sits the welcoming offices of Fruitful Design, a design agency that focuses on simple and fun designs for their clients. While their office and staff may be small, the visions of co-owners Ben Lueders and Raj Lulla…
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Sentrys wants to simplify and safeguard access to device data
Does the owner of a smart phone/car/watch/TV own the data being pumped out by the device, or does the manufacturer? When you click “I agree” without reading a user agreement, you may be giving others way more personal information than you think. Sentrys, a data privacy company going through the Global Insurance Accelerator, is working…
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Ink Labs relocates headquarters to FUSE Coworking in Lincoln
Ink Labs, a Silicon Valley company that provides smart printing solutions for college campuses, has announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters to FUSE Coworking in Lincoln, Nebraska. Company representatives were joined by Governor Pete Ricketts, Lincoln Chamber President Wendy Birdsall, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chief Information Officer Mark Askren for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on…
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EquipmentShare brings high-tech edge to construction
Back in 2013, two entrepreneurial brothers noticed a lack of technology in the world of construction. No strangers to startups and the construction industry, the pair took their frustrations over the technological gaps in asset management and equipment utilization and rental, and they used them as motivation to create EquipmentShare. Willy Schlacks, President and co-founder…
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MotionsCloud wants to speed up insurance claims process with help from GIA
It can take weeks for property and casualty insurers to process claims. For consumers who need that money to start rebuilding their life after a loss, every second leads to increased dissatisfaction. German company MotionsCloud is working to reduce that time to approximately three hours with the help of the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) in…
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InsuranceMenu aims to connect carriers with small businesses
Collectively, small businesses employ more than 50 million Americans. Many of those businesses offer health insurance to employees, but if a company only employs 18 people it’s not going to attract the same attention from insurance companies as one that employs 10,000. Massachusetts startup InsuranceMenu, which is currently going through the Global Insurance Accelerator in…
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Lincoln-based Fourstarzz Media goes international with influencer marketing
Dennis Doerfl and Daniel Troesch met while working for Groupon in Switzerland, traveling all over the world managing the company’s international projects. Through that business relationship, the two found themselves in Lincoln, Nebraska launching their own influencer marketing company, Fourstarzz Media. Doerfl, a former University of Nebraska at Lincoln student, felt that the Lincoln startup…
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FarmAfield wants to streamline capital investment for farmers
Farmers and ranchers will sometimes enter into handshake agreements with neighbors or family members for a financial stake in each other’s crops or livestock. Lincoln ag tech startup FarmAfield is developing a platform to scale that concept and increase the amount of investment capital available to producers. “Usually you’ll see these relationships in a small…
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HipHire is making connections for part-time job seekers
What would happen if the concept behind dating and matching services was applied to job searches, and employee turnover could be reduced through better pairings? HR expert Brian Kearns asked that same question and within two years, found himself at the helm of HipHire, an internet platform for part-time job seekers. Before founding HipHire, Kearns…
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Viewspection brings DIY approach to insurance underwriting
Mitigating loss is one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of underwriting a property. Viewspection, a startup currently going through the Global Insurance Accelerator, is looking to simplify and speed up the process with its DIY app. How Viewspection works Viewspection CEO and co-founder Jim Gardner ran a loss control provider, doing inspections for…