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The winner of the 2024 SPSW Pitch Competition is…
FindU won the $10,000 Grand Prize and OMEDUS was selected as the people’s choice winner at the Silicon Prairie Startup Week Pitch Competition. Keep reading to see the top five finalists.
Upcoming events
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- Attend VC Office Hours with the Husker Venture Fund & Nebraska Startup Academy at Fuse Coworking in Lincoln, Friday, November 22, 1-3 p.m.
- Register for the second annual Heartland Robotics and Automation Conference on Friday, November 22 at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.
- The LaunchLNK grant application deadline is Monday, November 25.
- RSVP to the next AI Omaha Meetup, Thursday, December 5, 5:30-7 p.m. at Improving, 18881 W. Dodge Rd., Suite 120E in Elkhorn.
- Sign up for Ask an Entrepreneur, Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m. at Nest:Space, 2224 Central Ave., in Kearney.
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ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
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- Meet serial entrepreneur and innovator Brian Ardinger in the latest Prairie Portrait.
- Check out takeaways from the IO2024 Summit: Innovation Unfiltered last week in Lincoln.
- Read: Investor market turns Midwest conservative: ‘Everyone here is feeling a changing landscape,’ a recap from the MidxMidwest conference to connect investors and founders.
- See the recap from the 2024 Tech Nebraska Summit written by executive director Laurel Oetken.
- Thanks to everyone who came out to events last week during Silicon Prairie Startup Week! Let us know what you thought in this super short survey.
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Chat with founder Jennifer Lea
Nebraska founder Jennifer Lea is passionate about power tools. That passion is reflected in the two businesses she started in less than five years. Watch to learn what inspired Lea to become an entrepreneur and how she hopes to inspire confidence in other women.