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  • Invest Nebraska leads Series B round for Omaha’s Game Plan Technologies

    State-funded venture capital organization Invest Nebraska announced earlier this month that it led a Series B equity financing round for Omaha-based Game Plan Technologies …

  • Lincoln accelerator NMotion unveils inaugural class of Nebraska startups

    Less than a week ago, we introduced the seven startups that make up the inaugural class of new Omaha accelerator Straight Shot. Today, we’re traveling an hour west to Lincoln, where five Nebraska-based startups have been enrolled in the first class of NMotion, an accelerator led by NUtech Ventures …

  • New Invest Nebraska CEO sees “opportunity to make a true impact”

    East Coast native Mark Crawford is often asked why he moved to Omaha last June. He has some answers down pat. “Besides Dan’s sell job on the beautiful beaches and 70-degree days, I can go up to the mountains and ski,” joked the CEO of Invest Nebraska, referring to the organization’s COO, Dan Hoffman, who…

  • Invest Nebraska doles out $500k to robotic surgical device company

    Invest Nebraska Corporation, a state-funded venture capital organization, recently announced it participated in a bridge financing round of Lincoln, Neb.-based Virtual Incision. Though the terms of the round were undisclosed, Invest Nebraska analyst Adam Hunke told Silicon Prairie News the organization contributed $500,000 (investments made by Invest Nebraska must be matched or exceeded by another…

  • With CEO and state funds in place, Invest Nebraska financing startups

    Invest Nebraska, a 10-year-old private, nonprofit corporation known for its regular business plan competitions, is now funding early-stage startups thanks to the leadership of its first CEO and a pair of contracts with the State of Nebraska. The May 2011 passage of Gov. Dave Heineman’s Talent and Innovation Initiative put Invest Nebraska in charge of…

  • StirList extends strong run, winning Lincoln Startup Week’s Idea Pitch

    Lincoln Startup Week continued Tuesday night with a business plan competition. Invest Nebraska, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and PitchBurner partnered to create the Startup Week Idea Pitch. Participants had five minutes to share their ideas with a panel of judges for a chance to win $1,000 to help get their idea off the ground.…

  • Software architect, web developer, graphic designer, CEO and more

    We’re excited to bring you our 78th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Silicon Prairie News (that’s us!) Turnpost, Ervin & Smith in Omaha, BitRouter, Integer …

  • RestingSpot, Mobile Truckr among East 2 West Venture finalists

    Invest Nebraska Corporation has announced six finalists for the 2011 East 2 West Venture Competition. These entrepreneurs will pitch …

  • CMO, software developer, designer, interns and more

    We’re excited to bring you our 58th Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions with MindMixer, Xuba, Proxibid and Project Interfaith in Omaha, Bailey Lauerman in Omaha …

  • Green Bein’ launches Synch, allowing users to build their own games

    Have you ever thought about designing your own video game? With Green Bein’ Productions new product, Synch, you can build your own game and then challenge your friends to play it. Deana Ward, vice president of Green Bein’, says that kids and adults love the new product. “Well, the only marketing we …