April 15, 2013
When mechanical engineer and biomedical professor Hani Haider was recruited from London to teach at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2000, he worked from a small laboratory in the basement of a hospital.
Full Article from the Omaha World Herald.
February 27, 2013
East Coast native Mark Crawford is often asked why he moved to Omaha last June. He has some answers down pat.
Full Article from Silicon Prairie News
February 8, 2013
Invest Nebraska Corporation, state funded venture capital organization, recently announced it participated in a bridge financing round of Lincoln, NE-based Virtual Incision.
Full Article from the Omaha World Herald
February 4, 2013
Invest Nebraska Corporation announced today the closing of financing in Virtual Incision, a Nebraska medical device company. The investment was completed in conjunction with Prairie Gold Venture Partners and Bluestem Capital, both of Sioux Falls, SD. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Full Article from PE Hub
January 30, 2013
Invest Nebraska CEO Mark Crawford gave a keynote address on why he came to Nebraska at the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority’s Housing Innovation Marketplace.
Speaker Bios from NIFA
October 30, 2012
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.
Full article available at Silicon Prairie News
Invest Nebraska, in partnership with Pitchburner and the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development is hosting a pitch competition where your idea could you win you $1,000 in cash to get your business idea off the ground!
Not sure what Lincoln Startup Weekend is? Watch this video: http://bit.ly/PFoZj2
After a lengthy and difficult deliberation by the judges, Pro-Fit Performance Club Fitting, LLC was announced as the winner of the 2011 East 2 West Invest Nebraska Venture Competition. Pro-Fit will collect a $10,000 cash prize and will have the opportunity to negotiate for an equity investment of $50,000.
On Friday the 18th of November starting at 2:00 p.m. at Talent Plus in Lincoln Invest Nebraska will be hosting the 2011 East 2 West Venture Competition.
The finalists were notified earlier this week and can be found here.
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