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  • Virtual Incision secures $11.2 million, led by Bluestem Capital

    Virtual Incision secures $11.2 million, led by Bluestem Capital

    A startup company built from collaborative research efforts at two University of Nebraska campuses has announced it has secured $11.2 million in equity financing. Virtual Incision Corporation received the investment, led by Bluestem Capital of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with support from existing investors including PrairieGold Venture Partners, also of Sioux Falls. Virtual Incision has…

  • Check out Turbine Flats’ 6th Annual Crawfish Boil [13 Photos]

    Check out Turbine Flats’ 6th Annual Crawfish Boil [13 Photos]

    Last Friday SPN sent Omaha photographer Atiim Jones down to Turbine Flats in Lincoln to take some photos of their 6th Annual Crawfish Boil. Looks delicious! Check out the complete series on our Facebook page.

  • Lincoln ‘Idea Community’ Turbine Flats fosters expansion, collaboration

    The Turbine Flats Project is an “idea community” in Lincoln that began in 2008 with 22 people and 11,500 square feet. Today, some 75 employees work in the space, which has undergone one addition and is in the midst of a second. In December we covered ISoft Data Systems and the company’s CEO, Matthew Wegener.…

  • Events: DeMo, Tech Startup Happy Hour, Pecha Kucha and more

    With so many events going on this week, you’re going to have to pull out those calendars. Tonight, BitMethod picks up from its spring Builder’s Forum when it hosts the first DeMo event. On Tuesday in Kansas City, Augie Grasis (left) will speak at the Technology Entrepreneurs Speakers Program and the two-day E-Day conference kicks…

  • Prairie Moves: Scriptito, SkyVu, Benaissance and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please…

  • Prairie Moves: Ian Zimmerman, Scott Olsen, Macy Koch and more

    Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…

  • Happy #CoworkingDay!

    This past Saturday, Brad Neuberg, the creator of coworking, tweeted the above declaration to celebrate the five-year anniversary of his original coworking site, Hat Factory. To help celebrate, we’ve compiled links and short descriptions of coworking sites located in Omaha, Lincoln, and Des Moines. Additionally…

  • Idea community Turbine Flats featured on Nebraska Entrepreneur

    If you haven’t made a stop by NebraskaEntrepreneur.com to check out its many links to entrepreneurial resources or its latest coverage of all-things entreprepreneurship in the Cornhusker state… (image on left of Turbine Flats expansion rendering)

  • Congrats to Brendan Wamstad-Evans, our Creative Capital Pitch Session III winner!

    Last night’s Creative Capital Pitch Session in Lincoln brought about 60 people to Turbine Flats to watch our eight contestants pitch their ideas in five minutes or less. Ideas ranged from a ratings website for senior care facilities to a social network for entrepreneurs, but they all had one thing in common: the presenters had…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Lincoln, here we come

    Thanks to the support we’ve received in Omaha, our Pitch Session will be making a road trip to our state’s capital to award another aspiring entrepreneur Invest Nebraska Corporation’s $1,000 prize. In partnership with the Lincoln Young Professionals Entrepreneurship Group, Creative Capital Pitch Session III will be held at Turbine Flats, a Lincoln idea community,…