May 17, 2019

  • iEXCEL Revolutionizes Healthcare Education through Immersive Technology

    iEXCEL Revolutionizes Healthcare Education through Immersive Technology

    Everybody’s gotta start somewhere. That includes the doctor hitting your knee with a mallet. And the nurse splinting your child’s broken arm.   And the EMT saving your life. University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) employs real-life visualization and simulation technology to educate students and professionals in the healthcare…

  • Medical device start-up Simergent completes seed round

    Medical device start-up Simergent completes seed round

    Launched through the Chicago-based health-tech incubator Matter, medical device start-up, Simergent, LLC, recently closed a $2.835M round of seed funding on April 18. Led by Oklahoma-based i2E, Inc. with an investment of $1.475 million, the round also included contributions from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund for $750,000, the Oklahoma Angel Fund for $500,000 and the…

  • Wells Fargo Foundation selects three Silicon Prairie companies for first agtech cohort

    Wells Fargo Foundation selects three Silicon Prairie companies for first agtech cohort

    Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) announced this week its selection of five companies nationally to participate in the incubator’s first agtech cohort – the program’s fifth cohort. IN2 is a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). RNAissance Ag LLC is one of…