Nebraska’s two largest cities advanced in this year’s ranking of startup ecosystems by M25 and Midwest Startups. As a whole, Nebraska saw improvements across the board with rising investment and performance. Omaha and Lincoln had significant momentum. See how both cities stack up in the story.

The No More Empty Pots Micro Market recently expanded hours to provide greater access to fresh and healthy food to its community.

Sprinkk founder and candy scientist Tessa Porter has opened two new candy development facilities in Nebraska. The Omaha R&D lab and Albion manufacturing site aim to lower barriers for new confectionists and foster innovation in candy production.

From DIY art walk to helping create the Creative District Program in Nebraska—BFF Omaha celebrates 12 years of building community through arts engagement in the Benson neighborhood.

No More Empty Pots recently opened the Micro Market, a small organic grocery store at the Highlander Accelerator in North Omaha. The nonprofit hopes to further its efforts to combat food insecurity and promote sustainability in the heart of Omaha with Fresh Fridays at the Micro Market, starting this month.  

A group for founders based in Omaha and Lincoln has developed a radically transparent community to connect up-and-coming startups with resources—and one another.

VisionSync is a startup that aims to commercialize UNMC’s strategy execution management software after nearly 10 years of internal use and refinement at UNMC. Taylor Korensky recently stepped down as Appsky CEO to lead the new company, which was developed by the UNeTech Institute at UNMC.