Invest Nebraska

  • Invest Nebraska’s East-2-West competition to award $50,000 to entrepreneur

    Added mention of Lincoln Journal Star article on 10/28 at 10:50 a.m. From the same organization that sponsors our Creative Capital Pitch Session $1,000 prize, comes a competition much larger in prize money and scope. On December 11th, East-2-West: The Nebraska New Venture Competition will award an entrepreneur or team a $50,000 equity investment from…

  • Congrats to Brendan Wamstad-Evans, our Creative Capital Pitch Session III winner!

    Last night’s Creative Capital Pitch Session in Lincoln brought about 60 people to Turbine Flats to watch our eight contestants pitch their ideas in five minutes or less. Ideas ranged from a ratings website for senior care facilities to a social network for entrepreneurs, but they all had one thing in common: the presenters had…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Lincoln, here we come

    Thanks to the support we’ve received in Omaha, our Pitch Session will be making a road trip to our state’s capital to award another aspiring entrepreneur Invest Nebraska Corporation’s $1,000 prize. In partnership with the Lincoln Young Professionals Entrepreneurship Group, Creative Capital Pitch Session III will be held at Turbine Flats, a Lincoln idea community,…

  • Scott Technology Center company receives assistance from Invest Nebraska

    We just received a press release from Invest Nebraska, Inc. on a story we covered in June thanks to it breaking in the Twittersphere: CrowdPicks Secures its First Investment, Receives Funding from Invest Nebraska. The press release tells why CrowdPicks was chosen as well as what they plan to do with the investment. Congrats to…

  • MVF: High growth business initiatives discussed at June’s networking dinner

    I apologize for my tardiness on posting this video. Through our partnership with the Midlands Venture Forum, we’ve agreed to post video of all of their events. Although this took place over a month ago, I still strongly encourage you to check it out as it covers the current efforts of four people and organizations…

  • CrowdPicks secures its first investment, receives funding from Invest Nebraska

    More big news in the Twittersphere today. One of the co-founders of Omaha-based CrowdPicks.com, Jeff Murnane, announced: “CrowdPicks has officially secured their first investment. Not a huge amount, but enough for near term goals. Thanks Invest Nebraska!” Following up by direct message, Jeff revealed that the amount is $25,000 and that Invest Nebraska will be…

  • Invest Nebraska announces Operational Assistance Program

    After an exciting announcement for start-ups yesterday from Leap Ventures, we received a press release from Invest Nebraska Corporation today announcing the launch of its Operational Assistance program, which will invest up to $25,000 in selected companies. (Will we be seeing another announcement tomorrow? Let’s hope so.) From Lincoln: Invest Nebraska Corporation, a non-profit venture…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session II

    So, you think you’ve got it? Maybe it came to you at the first pitch session, or Big Omaha, or on your way to work yesterday. Whatever the case, we want to hear it! After a successful first event, we’re excited to announce Creative Capital Pitch Session II: another round of YouTube submissions, another night…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session finalists & details!

    We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska’s first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists!  Each of the finalists will have the opportunity to present for 5 minutes this coming Thursday at Nomad Lounge!  Malorie Maddox from…

  • $1000 idea contest – deadline Thursday!

    UPDATE 2/4 @ 4:00pm: There have been a lot of questions regarding the deadline for the contest. While the original post said the 10th, we thought the 10 chosen people would need a little time to prepare, so we have moved the due date. All entries should be submitted by Thursday Feb. 5th @ 11:59pm.…