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Prairie Portraits: Jason Thomas
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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Global agtech startups choose Nebraska in new Spur Startup Sandbox Validation Program
Four international startups will be working with University of Nebraska researchers, industry partners and local farmers to test and validate their technologies. The initiative is the brainchild of Ankit Chandra, the founder of Spur Ventures, a UNL-backed agtech support organization.
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New AgTech Innovation Map shows Nebraska’s startup ecosystem getting stronger despite few exits
The map, put together by Spur Ventures and The Combine, hopes to guide stakeholders through a rapidly expanding landscape of agtech startups and support organizations. The map shows growth in precision agriculture, robotics and animal health companies, but also the lack of irrigation and bioeconomy startups.
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Grit Road Partners: Adding Value To Nebraska’s AgTech Landscape
Ben Williamson and Mike Jung launched Grit Road Partners to address a market gap in the venture capital landscape and fund AgTech founders in Nebraska and the Midwest.
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Nebraska Startup Funding Announcements
Nebraska AgTech startups are leading the way in early stage startup funding awards in the second half of 2023. See a list of recent funding announcements from Nebraska startups, including Sentinel Fertigation.
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Prairie Portraits: Jessica Korinek
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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Five Things: AgTech Connect
These are a few of the major takeaways from the 2023 AgTech Connect conference. TL;DR agtech is full of opportunity and Nebraska investors are paying attention.
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This AgTech startup invented a robot to eliminate one deadly hazard from farming
Grain Weevil was recently named the 2022 NBDC Innovation Business of the Year in recognition of their efforts to eliminate grain bin deaths through the invention of an autonomous robot. The Grain Weevil robot is currently undergoing trials in grain bins in four states as part of its safety certification.
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The Combine Receives SBA Award
In September 2019, Invest Nebraska announced its new incubator program, called the Combine. This program is a statewide initiative to support high growth companies in food and agriculture. The program provides support to help companies commercialize nascent technologies that are being developed in the state – including those at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.…
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Accelerated Ag Technologies, aka PowerPollen, Receives Additional Funding
On the 21st of August, Accelerated Ag Technologies, the parent to PowerPollen, filed paperwork with the SEC that it had received debt financing of more than $600k. As you may recall, SPN profiled PowerPollen in early 2018, (https://spnewsnjt.wpengine.com/2018/01/powerpollen-boosts-yields-cuts-costs-growers/). The company has created a new mechanism to harvest pollen and improve the creation of new seed. …