Nebraska Angels

  • Prairie Moves: Bryan Findell, Chris Larkin, Tim Siedell & more

    Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…

  • Nebraska Angels provide $500k seed funding to MRail

    (Left: Photo pointing out a selection of the components of MRail’s technology. Courtesy of the Nebraska Angels.) MRail, a Nebraska-based company developing technologies for the rail services sector, has obtained $500,000 in seed funding from members of the Nebraska Angels. The terms of the deal…

  • Greg Chambers quits day job to start tropical clothing line Mad Gringo

    Before starting a tropical clothing line in a state with no palm trees, Greg Chambers worked as a regional sales manager looking to get in touch with his inner “mad gringo.” Chambers, employed with First National Bank of Omaha at the time, was far from tropical as he adorned himself in a suit and tie…

  • SPN In-Depth: The fate of Midwest game development

    Video games have come a long way in the past three decades. They’ve gone from austere collections of pixels and 8-bit sound effects to a widely recognized artistic medium proudly standing toe-to-toe (and sometimes beating out) the film and music industries. Around the United States, local governments have taken notice of video games’ profit potential,…

  • SPN interviews Jay Wilkinson of Nebraska Angels

    Before Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures received national attention with its first iPhone app, Battle Bears, it had the attention of a small group of angel investors in its home state. The group, Nebraska Angels, is made of up about 35 individuals who collaborate on due diligence while making investment decisions on their own. Formed in 2006…