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Nebraska startup wins NASA’s Galactic Impact Award in the 2024 Space Apps Challenge
Nave Analytics, a Nebraska-based AgTech startup, and VITech, a Ukrainian software company, have been awarded NASA’s Galactic Impact Award in the 2024 Space Apps Challenge for their innovative planting tool. The app they created leverages satellite and weather data to guide farmers on optimal planting windows.
Upcoming events
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- Sign up for virtual meetings at 2025 Midwest Matchmaker: Connecting Small Businesses with Government Buyers to meet government buyers, resource partners and prime contractors online, 9 a.m.-5p.m., on Tuesday, February 18.
- Join Baird Holm LLP and Nebraska Enterprise Fund for The Startup Venture Life Cycle: Legal Considerations Along the Way on Tuesday, February 18, 5:30-7 p.m., at the Veteran Business Outreach Center in Omaha.
- RSVP for the Midwest Women Entrepreneurs Collective Launch Event, Wednesday, February 19, 5-7 p.m., at Carson Wealth Management Group in Omaha.
- Register for the Entrepreneur Success Workshop on different ways to fund your business, Thursday, February 20, 12-1 p.m., at the Midland University Anderson Conference Room in Fremont.
- Hear from serial entrepreneur and Workshop Co-founder Ben Stevinson at the next Scale Omaha, Thursday, February 20, 6-8 p.m. at Modus Coworking in Omaha.
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ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
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- Lincoln-based SaaS startup Beehive Industries was acquired by government technology company CivicPlus in January.
- Four Nebraska entrepreneurs were selected to join Pipeline’s 2025 cohort: one as a fellow and three more as part of the Pathfinder program.
- Meet Peeq Pro Co-founder and CEO Tom Chapman in this week’s Prairie Portrait.
- Agtech startup Grain Weevil announced that its grain bin safety and management robot is now available for pre-order exclusively in the Midwest.
- Southeast Community College just opened its new Sandhills Global Technology Center to help tackle tech workforce gaps in Nebraska.
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