Invest Nebraska

Invest Nebraska Corporation is a venture capital firm based in Lincoln, Nebraska, that focuses on seed, early-stage, and growth capital investments across various industries. The firm primarily targets companies within Nebraska or those willing to establish operations in the state. Invest Nebraska typically invests an average of $250,000 in businesses with revenues up to $1 million, utilizing equity, debt, and convertible debt instruments. The firm is industry agnostic, with particular interest in sectors such as Internet-of-Things, medical devices, financial technology, cloud services, and agriculture technology, among others. Invest Nebraska also emphasizes collaboration with strategic partners, state government, communities, and educational institutions to foster economic growth in Nebraska. The firm's experienced team is dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs and investors to enhance the region's business landscape.

Matt Foley

Program Director

Ben Hormel Harris

Director

Daniel Hoffman

CEO

144 past transactions

Tiiga

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Tiiga offers a powdered beverage mix that promotes a healthy microbiome and improved overall health. Tiiga's plant-based products are made from the Baobab fruit. Consumers add Tiiga’s natural hydration enhancer to water for a performance sports beverage.

EIO Diagnostics

Pre Seed Round in 2023
EIO Diagnostics Inc. is a Canadian company focused on developing innovative tools to diagnose and prevent udder infections in dairy animals. Founded in 2017 and based in Duncan, the company offers the FirstLook Mastitis detection system, which employs a multispectral sensor to analyze images of the udder as animals enter the milk parlor. This technology allows dairy farmers to identify early indicators of mastitis, enabling them to address potential infections before they escalate. EIO Diagnostics combines expertise in dairy farming, machine learning, and agriculture to enhance animal health and improve operational efficiency for dairy producers.

Sentinel Fertigation

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Sentinel Fertigation is a company that focuses on enhancing agricultural productivity through its fertigation management platform, N-Time FMS. Established in 2022 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company utilizes aerial imagery to provide real-time recommendations for nitrogen applications. This platform is designed to optimize crop yield potential by offering farmers precise and efficient fertigation strategies throughout the growing season. By improving the decision-making process related to crop nutrition, Sentinel Fertigation aims to increase the profitability of farming operations.

Peeq

Seed Round in 2023
Peeq develops cosmetics and beauty products to offer a relaxing experience for any skincare routine. The company's products use fewer preservatives and additional anti-inflammatory botanicals to provide consumers with skin and eyelid self-care products.

Layer App

Seed Round in 2023
Layer is a flexible digital collaboration platform that organizes and manages building data creating efficient workflows & communication.

Homecare Advocacy Network

Seed Round in 2022
Homecare Advocacy Network offers a white label franchise for senior living providers to introduce home care to their business.The company enables local franchise owners to leverage the HCAN brand. Home Care Advocacy Network brings extensive knowledge and expertise of senior living and home care industries to its franchise offering.

Peeq

Debt Financing in 2022
Peeq develops cosmetics and beauty products to offer a relaxing experience for any skincare routine. The company's products use fewer preservatives and additional anti-inflammatory botanicals to provide consumers with skin and eyelid self-care products.

Retail Aware

Seed Round in 2021
Retail Aware Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, specializes in developing wireless sensors that provide real-time insights into consumer behavior and retail execution. The company's Business-Intelligence-as-a-Sensor technology counts people, tracks actions, and triggers alerts, enabling brands and retailers to uncover shelf-level opportunities for optimizing merchandising and enhancing the return on investment of trade and field marketing initiatives. Retail Aware's sensors measure various metrics, including audience engagement, footfall, dwell time, temperature, and motion, and offer insights through a web portal, dashboards, and report streaming via API. Additionally, Retail Aware provides services related to integration, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital signage connectivity, serving a diverse clientele that includes manufacturers, retailers, and advertisers.

Centese

Seed Round in 2021
Esculon, Inc. develops cardiothoracic post-operative medical equipment for post-operative surgical care and patient monitoring. The company's product includes Thoraguard which is an intelligent surgical drainage system. It is a small-bore chest tube with integrated sensors and smart algorithms that is inserted into patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery to ensure proper post-surgical drainage. It minimizes potential injury to surrounding organs that may occur with larger tubes. Further, it monitors wound site drainage, ensures proper evacuation, and provides data for clinical decision support for the attending clinician. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Layer App

Seed Round in 2021
Layer is a flexible digital collaboration platform that organizes and manages building data creating efficient workflows & communication.

Inclusology

Seed Round in 2021
Inclusology is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to enhance workplace inclusivity for all employees. It offers human resources professionals tools to customize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) assessments, along with automated performance benchmarks. By conducting engagement surveys, Inclusology provides valuable data that helps organizations identify and address discrimination and unfair practices within their workplaces. The platform aims to support companies in improving employee retention, recruitment, and overall organizational growth, fostering an environment where all individuals can thrive.

Layer App

Seed Round in 2021
Layer is a flexible digital collaboration platform that organizes and manages building data creating efficient workflows & communication.

OpsCompass

Seed Round in 2021
OpsCompass serves as a cloud operations guide to modern enterprises that seek to preserve the advantages of the cloud without sacrificing compliance, security, or their ability to manage costs. Its software provides the right information at the right time, and actionable insight into what to do next. It’s simple to deploy, intuitive to use, and as flexible as the cloud itself. Across compliance, security, and cost management, it provides the ability to fold cloud operations into existing processes with existing personnel. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Breeze

Series A in 2021
Breeze is an InsurTech company that provides an online platform for unemployment and disability insurances. The company offers coverage for sickness and accidents. It features quotes for partial disability, home modification, vocational rehab, presumptive disability, and more. It was established in 2019 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Peeq

Seed Round in 2021
Peeq develops cosmetics and beauty products to offer a relaxing experience for any skincare routine. The company's products use fewer preservatives and additional anti-inflammatory botanicals to provide consumers with skin and eyelid self-care products.

Ocuvera

Seed Round in 2021
Ocuvera (“vision truth”) is a product development company in healthcare technology specializing in computer vision. The goal is to produce a series of solutions to apply computer vision technology to need areas in hospitals, to, over time, transform patient safety and their overall experience. Its first product, also named Ocuvera, provides acute care and other hospital care settings with a predictive algorithm that alerts appropriate care staff prior to a patient attempting to exit their bed. This alert provides the staff with approximately two minutes of warning that allows the clinical staff to intervene and prevent unattended bed exits. In turn, this should dramatically reduce in-room falls – a significant challenge for US hospitals.

Maptician

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an occupancy management technology designed to provide office space utilization through detailed floor plans, seating charts, intuitive desk, and conference room booking system. The company's technology offers mobile reservation and scheduling features that provide insight into the company's office environments and includes interactive social distancing tools, system-wide contact tracing and pre-screen health survey, enabling companies to manage their office space across multiple floors or locations and replacing manual and time-consuming approaches that can quickly become out of date.

CoreLeap

Debt Financing in 2021
CoreLeap streamlines ecommerce returns.

Workshop

Seed Round in 2021
Workshop makes meetings better through shared agendas, collaborative notes, and action item tracking all in one centralized location.

AION Prosthetics

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AION Prosthetics develops a prosthetic system designed to provide an adjustable, durable, and affordable future for amputees. The company's unique approach to robotics and socket design creates an adjustable system that starts at the residual limb. AION Prosthetics was founded in 2021 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Pawlytics

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pawlytics is a software company based in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializing in solutions for animal welfare organizations. The company provides an analytical and data management application that enhances communication both internally and externally within these organizations. Its software enables users to predict the likelihood of pet adoptions, organize transportation for animals, and manage records for current, incoming, and past pets. Additionally, Pawlytics offers custom volunteer forms and a dedicated portal where volunteers can register and receive notifications about nearby pet events. This comprehensive platform aims to streamline operations and improve the overall efficiency of animal welfare initiatives.

Bumper

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bumper makes investing more engaging and accessible for Gen Z teenagers. Bumper has taken a traditional custodial investment account, typically built for and run by the parents, and put the focus on younger teenagers. Kids are able to find companies and ETFs they want to own, learn about the security through news articles and analysis, and request the trade. Bumper also gives the account sponsor, typically parents or guardians, safety guardrails and controls to encourage healthy investing habits.

Wellcapped

Pre Seed Round in 2021
WellCapped’s concierge service allows members to rent high quality, lace-front wigs for a monthly fee. WellCapped makes data-driven decisions to select inventory, and to provide a Netflix-esque suggestion list of styles to its users.

Share My Change

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Share My Change is a web-based application that provides location-based commerce tools to support retailers.

BasicBlock

Debt Financing in 2021
BasicBlock, Inc. develops a software application that facilitates transactions for the trucking industry. It offers BasicBlock that helps truck drivers receive payment for services and costs by streamlining the collection of paperwork for invoices. The company’s BasicBlock mobile application to scan documents; enter the order number or trip number to associate documents with specific loads; label documents; and view documents and edit labels from the home office. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Synbiotic Health

Seed Round in 2021
Synbiotic Health aims to be the leader in the innovation and development of the highest quality synergistic synbiotics that will provide consistent health benefits as demonstrated through clinical evidence. Headquartered at the Nebraska Innovation Campus, Synbiotic Health is a natural nutritional ingredients company. The founders, which include researchers at the University of Nebraska, formed Synbiotic Health in 2019, with the goal of developing scientifically- and clinically-tested synergistic combinations of probiotics with prebiotics.

HTI Labs

Seed Round in 2020
HTI Labs specializes in developing research-based technology aimed at assisting communities in addressing violence and exploitation. The organization focuses on providing reliable data and insights regarding the prevalence and underlying causes of issues such as sex trafficking, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking. By equipping communities with this vital information, HTI Labs enables them to identify and evaluate comprehensive strategies to combat human trafficking and various forms of sexual and domestic violence. Through its innovative technology infrastructure, HTI Labs plays a critical role in advancing community efforts to create safer environments.

Certified Cell

Seed Round in 2020
Certified Cell allows you to buy or sell a quality pre-owned phone at a great price without meeting a stranger in a parking lot with a stack of cash. Online shoppers use a quick and easy online platform to find the device of their choice while device sellers use a streamlined cash-less marketplace to sell their quality pre-owned phone using a trusted local retail location.

CoreLeap

Seed Round in 2020
CoreLeap streamlines ecommerce returns.

Pawlytics

Seed Round in 2020
Pawlytics is a software company based in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializing in solutions for animal welfare organizations. The company provides an analytical and data management application that enhances communication both internally and externally within these organizations. Its software enables users to predict the likelihood of pet adoptions, organize transportation for animals, and manage records for current, incoming, and past pets. Additionally, Pawlytics offers custom volunteer forms and a dedicated portal where volunteers can register and receive notifications about nearby pet events. This comprehensive platform aims to streamline operations and improve the overall efficiency of animal welfare initiatives.

Progressive Nuero

Seed Round in 2020
Progressive Neuro, Inc is a Silicon Prairie Center incubated medical device company dedicated to the development of Progressive Stroke Solutions. Progressive Neuro, Inc is focused on developing a unique portfolio of ischemic stroke devices that provide physicians with treatment options beyond aspiration and traditional thrombectomy.

Retail Aware

Seed Round in 2020
Retail Aware Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, specializes in developing wireless sensors that provide real-time insights into consumer behavior and retail execution. The company's Business-Intelligence-as-a-Sensor technology counts people, tracks actions, and triggers alerts, enabling brands and retailers to uncover shelf-level opportunities for optimizing merchandising and enhancing the return on investment of trade and field marketing initiatives. Retail Aware's sensors measure various metrics, including audience engagement, footfall, dwell time, temperature, and motion, and offer insights through a web portal, dashboards, and report streaming via API. Additionally, Retail Aware provides services related to integration, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital signage connectivity, serving a diverse clientele that includes manufacturers, retailers, and advertisers.

Opendorse

Series A in 2020
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

CHANT

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Designer of fashion products intended to make clean and sustainable personal protective equipment with style. The company's products include clear handbags that are PVC-free, enabling customers to make their favorite sporting events, concerts, music festivals, and live shows more enjoyable, fashionable, and more sustainable for mother nature.

Job Share Connect

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Job Sharing is a solution to the global talent crisis businesses are facing. It benefits employees, businesses, and society. Job sharing accesses untapped talent pools and provides the multi-generational workforce with the flexibility needed to integrate work and life. The match is crucial. Our proprietary matching process ensures success.

LeverageRx

Convertible Note in 2020
LeverageRx, LLC owns and operates a digital lending and insurance marketplace for doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals. It offers a platform that compares rates on financial services including student loan refinancing, personal loans, long term disability insurance, life insurance, and exclusive mortgage programs for doctors. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

BasicBlock

Seed Round in 2020
BasicBlock, Inc. develops a software application that facilitates transactions for the trucking industry. It offers BasicBlock that helps truck drivers receive payment for services and costs by streamlining the collection of paperwork for invoices. The company’s BasicBlock mobile application to scan documents; enter the order number or trip number to associate documents with specific loads; label documents; and view documents and edit labels from the home office. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

OpsCompass

Series A in 2020
OpsCompass serves as a cloud operations guide to modern enterprises that seek to preserve the advantages of the cloud without sacrificing compliance, security, or their ability to manage costs. Its software provides the right information at the right time, and actionable insight into what to do next. It’s simple to deploy, intuitive to use, and as flexible as the cloud itself. Across compliance, security, and cost management, it provides the ability to fold cloud operations into existing processes with existing personnel. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Myelin Solution

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Myelin is a care collaboration platform that allows health care teams to turn population health data into action.

Vesta

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vesta is an Event Management Platform that connects communities through events. It provides certain services through the Site and the Application, including services that allow a user to register an account; create, post, share, and promote events; send, shares receive, and respond to event invitations; create and circulate interest surveys; provide feedback regarding events; and view statistics and analytics regarding events (collectively, the “Services”).

CropMetrics

Convertible Note in 2019
CropMetrics LLC is a precision agriculture company based in North Bend, Nebraska, founded in 2009. It specializes in precision irrigation management services and offers a range of advanced agronomic solutions aimed at enhancing the efficiency of water, nutrient, and energy use while promoting natural resource conservation. The company's services include precision starter applications, variable rate irrigation (VRI), customized VRI prescriptions, advanced data analysis, optimal probe placement, and variable rate seeding and fertilization programs. CropMetrics delivers its services through a network of dealers, helping farmers leverage soil health and moisture data to improve crop yields and increase profitability. As of January 2020, CropMetrics operates as a subsidiary of CropX Technologies Ltd.

Certified Cell

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Certified Cell allows you to buy or sell a quality pre-owned phone at a great price without meeting a stranger in a parking lot with a stack of cash. Online shoppers use a quick and easy online platform to find the device of their choice while device sellers use a streamlined cash-less marketplace to sell their quality pre-owned phone using a trusted local retail location.

VIDANYX

Series A in 2019
VidaNyx, Inc. develops cloud-based digital video evidence management software specifically designed for child advocacy centers and organizations assisting victims of human trafficking and abuse. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the company focuses on addressing the needs of Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) in the United States, which support over 700,000 children who experience abuse and neglect annually. VidaNyx's software not only manages and protects digital video evidence but also provides comprehensive reporting, dashboards, and chain of custody tracking. The company collaborates with various stakeholders, including the National Children’s Alliance, Project Harmony, and the FBI, as well as a diverse advisory council comprising attorneys, prosecutors, therapists, and forensic interviewers, to innovate technology solutions that enhance support for victims of childhood sexual assault and abuse.

Retail Aware

Seed Round in 2019
Retail Aware Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, specializes in developing wireless sensors that provide real-time insights into consumer behavior and retail execution. The company's Business-Intelligence-as-a-Sensor technology counts people, tracks actions, and triggers alerts, enabling brands and retailers to uncover shelf-level opportunities for optimizing merchandising and enhancing the return on investment of trade and field marketing initiatives. Retail Aware's sensors measure various metrics, including audience engagement, footfall, dwell time, temperature, and motion, and offer insights through a web portal, dashboards, and report streaming via API. Additionally, Retail Aware provides services related to integration, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital signage connectivity, serving a diverse clientele that includes manufacturers, retailers, and advertisers.

OpsCompass

Seed Round in 2019
OpsCompass serves as a cloud operations guide to modern enterprises that seek to preserve the advantages of the cloud without sacrificing compliance, security, or their ability to manage costs. Its software provides the right information at the right time, and actionable insight into what to do next. It’s simple to deploy, intuitive to use, and as flexible as the cloud itself. Across compliance, security, and cost management, it provides the ability to fold cloud operations into existing processes with existing personnel. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Pinata

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Pinata develops tools designed to easily create and manage content on the interplanetary file system. The company's tools simplify immutable data and combine blockchains with immutable off-chain data storage, enabling developers to increase the speed and stability required for production applications.

Fourstarzz Media LLC

Seed Round in 2019
Fourstarzz Media LLC specializes in influencer marketing solutions, providing brands and agencies with tools and services to develop effective influencer-driven campaigns. Incorporated in 2016 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of marketing efforts by facilitating the identification of relevant social media influencers. Through extensive analysis, Fourstarzz enables companies to connect with the right influencers and access appropriate platforms, ultimately helping to attract customers in an evolving marketing landscape that favors personalized engagement over traditional outbound methods.

CompanyCam

Seed Round in 2019
CompanyCam, Inc. offers a photo documentation and communication application tailored for contractors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the app allows users to take unlimited time-stamped and location-based photos, which are securely stored in the cloud. It facilitates team collaboration by enabling users to access photos and discussions in context, share galleries and reports, and communicate through in-app commenting, mentions, and voice notes. Additionally, users can annotate photos with drawings, tags, and stickers to provide clear instructions or information directly on the images. The platform also includes features for searching and organizing projects, making it easier for teams to track progress and manage fieldwork effectively.

Progressive Nuero

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Progressive Neuro, Inc is a Silicon Prairie Center incubated medical device company dedicated to the development of Progressive Stroke Solutions. Progressive Neuro, Inc is focused on developing a unique portfolio of ischemic stroke devices that provide physicians with treatment options beyond aspiration and traditional thrombectomy.

Centese

Series A in 2019
Esculon, Inc. develops cardiothoracic post-operative medical equipment for post-operative surgical care and patient monitoring. The company's product includes Thoraguard which is an intelligent surgical drainage system. It is a small-bore chest tube with integrated sensors and smart algorithms that is inserted into patients who have undergone cardiothoracic surgery to ensure proper post-surgical drainage. It minimizes potential injury to surrounding organs that may occur with larger tubes. Further, it monitors wound site drainage, ensures proper evacuation, and provides data for clinical decision support for the attending clinician. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Juno

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Juno is a greeting card service that marries a curated selection of boutique and letterpress stationery. It encourages deeper and more thoughtful relationships through simple gestures of love, support, celebration, and sympathy. It was designed by nationally-recognized and emerging artists, with a reminder system and home delivery. It was founded by brothers Jesse and Ross Harding in 2019 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

BasicBlock

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BasicBlock, Inc. develops a software application that facilitates transactions for the trucking industry. It offers BasicBlock that helps truck drivers receive payment for services and costs by streamlining the collection of paperwork for invoices. The company’s BasicBlock mobile application to scan documents; enter the order number or trip number to associate documents with specific loads; label documents; and view documents and edit labels from the home office. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

KPI Ninja, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
KPI Ninja, a leader in healthcare analytics and performance improvement, is a healthcare technology and consulting company that accelerates the achievement of strategic goals through a better means of managing Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). KPI Ninja is one of the fastest growing healthcare analytics company in the Midwest region. Founded in 2014, KPI Ninja's mission is to improve the health of the communities. We do that by partnering with Health Information Exchange (HIE) companies, Health Systems, Critical Access Hospitals, Clinics, and Direct Primary Care (DPC) organizations. We also partner with other healthcare technology companies to build custom analytics applications to solve their data needs. KPI Ninja is defined by our unique culture - our goal is not to just create dashboards and insights through data, but to partner with our customers to actually improve the outcomes that matter to them. We encourage our teams to be bold and solve complex problems that our customers care most about. We work in small teams and move swiftly to develop new solutions, constantly iterating.

V2Verify

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Protecting the worlds data through Voice BioMetrics

RealmFive

Debt Financing in 2019
RealmFive, founded in 2012 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, provides a wireless sensor connectivity platform tailored for the agriculture industry. The company is revolutionizing customer interactions with agricultural technology across various sectors, including agronomy, inventory, irrigation, livestock, and machinery. By utilizing advanced long-range radio technology and user-friendly devices, RealmFive's platform facilitates remote monitoring, control, and data-driven decision-making. Its modular and flexible design allows for seamless third-party integration and robust API connections to other digital farming platforms. RealmFive's expanding portfolio includes applications for soil moisture, weather, irrigation monitoring, and state monitoring, effectively delivering sensor-to-cloud solutions to enhance agricultural practices.

HerHeadquarters

Pre Seed Round in 2019
HerHeadquarters is a match-making brand partnership platform connecting women entrepreneurs to brand partnership opportunities with women-owned businesses. These powerful, mutually beneficial partnerships create more visibility and revenue for both businesses/entrepreneurs. Users on HerHeadquarters provide their unique partnership preferences, discover their collaboration matches, then secure partnerships for various projects, events, and campaigns that create value for their business.

Encounter Telehealth

Debt Financing in 2019
Encounter Telepsychiatry is now Encounter Telehealth. Please visit us on our new company page.Encounter Telehealth addresses a growing demand for psychiatric services in rural areas by enabling remote communication between a patient and a licensed psychiatric provider. Patients benefit from consistent treatment, medication management and improved care outcomes.

FanBox

Series A in 2019
FanBox's mission is "Uplifting Humanity by Enabling Opportunity." By paying users for by doing what they love, FanBox is helping it's users find opportunities to earn that were otherwise unavailable to them. Also, a portion of all earnings is donated to charities. FanBox (www.fanbox.com) is a combination of the best attributes of Facebook, Etsy, eBay, Blogger, PayPal and many others. However, unlike Facebook, you actually earn from your content.

Retail Aware

Seed Round in 2019
Retail Aware Inc., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, specializes in developing wireless sensors that provide real-time insights into consumer behavior and retail execution. The company's Business-Intelligence-as-a-Sensor technology counts people, tracks actions, and triggers alerts, enabling brands and retailers to uncover shelf-level opportunities for optimizing merchandising and enhancing the return on investment of trade and field marketing initiatives. Retail Aware's sensors measure various metrics, including audience engagement, footfall, dwell time, temperature, and motion, and offer insights through a web portal, dashboards, and report streaming via API. Additionally, Retail Aware provides services related to integration, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital signage connectivity, serving a diverse clientele that includes manufacturers, retailers, and advertisers.

LiveBy

Venture Round in 2019
LiveBy, Inc. is a neighborhood discovery company that specializes in providing technology solutions for the real estate industry. Founded in 2015 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, LiveBy develops tools that assist homebuyers in finding suitable neighborhoods by integrating hyper-local content and property data. Its main offerings include a neighborhood matching application, which connects users with relevant local information and property listings, and data services that enable real estate professionals to create customized web products and engage clients more effectively. By combining community data with individual preferences, LiveBy helps streamline the home discovery process, allowing users to make informed decisions about potential locations. The company's solutions are designed to enhance website engagement for real estate professionals and facilitate better connections with homebuyers, ultimately aiding in quicker and more efficient home searches.

Drone Amplified

Seed Round in 2019
Drone Amplified, Inc. develops a system for fire ignition management with drones. It offers IGNIS, a system that embeds to drones and carries a payload of chemical spheres; and starts a chemical reaction that will generate flames after being dropped. The company serves land owners, public wild lands, and federal and state agencies. Drone Amplified, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

OpsCompass

Seed Round in 2019
OpsCompass serves as a cloud operations guide to modern enterprises that seek to preserve the advantages of the cloud without sacrificing compliance, security, or their ability to manage costs. Its software provides the right information at the right time, and actionable insight into what to do next. It’s simple to deploy, intuitive to use, and as flexible as the cloud itself. Across compliance, security, and cost management, it provides the ability to fold cloud operations into existing processes with existing personnel. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

CompanyCam

Seed Round in 2018
CompanyCam, Inc. offers a photo documentation and communication application tailored for contractors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the app allows users to take unlimited time-stamped and location-based photos, which are securely stored in the cloud. It facilitates team collaboration by enabling users to access photos and discussions in context, share galleries and reports, and communicate through in-app commenting, mentions, and voice notes. Additionally, users can annotate photos with drawings, tags, and stickers to provide clear instructions or information directly on the images. The platform also includes features for searching and organizing projects, making it easier for teams to track progress and manage fieldwork effectively.

SuperBrewed Food

Convertible Note in 2018
SuperBrewed Food, a biotechnology company founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Castle, Delaware, focuses on developing innovative fermentation technologies for both human and animal probiotics. The company employs advanced synthetic biology and bioprocess development to create new probiotic solutions. Its technology portfolio includes MixoFerm, which facilitates the fermentation of carbohydrates with gas, and FlexFeedstock, allowing for adaptable biobased and gas feedstock inputs. Additionally, SuperBrewed Food utilizes Zero-CO2 Fermentation technology, which aims to produce CO2 in a sustainable manner, and employs liquid-liquid extraction methods for the fermentative production of various chemicals and fuels. Through these technologies, the company is positioned to contribute significantly to the fields of biochemistry and renewable resources.

MultiMechanics

Seed Round in 2018
MultiMechanics, Inc. is a software development company based in Omaha, Nebraska, that specializes in modeling and analyzing material microstructures. Established in 2010, the company employs TRUE Multiscal technology to address the behavior of materials, offering coupled thermo-chemo-mechanical tools for applications such as layered 3D printing and viscoelastic cement concrete. Its primary software, MultiMech, integrates with popular engineering platforms like Abaqus and Ansys, allowing users to generate microstructures and analyze damage mechanisms, thus facilitating implicit mechanical analysis. MultiMechanics aims to tackle complex engineering challenges, enabling innovation in various sectors, including aerospace, automotive, and consumer products, ultimately helping organizations reduce product development costs by millions of dollars. As of late 2019, MultiMechanics operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft.

Jord Producers

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Jord Producers operates in the commercial insect production space

Squad Genius

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Squad Genius, Inc. develops team management application. The product can be used by team coaches to communicate through messages, share schedules, and to request, track, and collect payments. Squad Genius, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Sacramento, California.

Pincurl Girls

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pincurl Girls is a company dedicated to inspiring girls to love themselves and pursue their dreams. They offer a variety of products through their website, including sweatshirts, T-shirts, and accessories, all featuring the Pincurl Girl character along with uplifting messages. These products are designed for various settings, such as home, school, and the office, catering to a wide audience of girls and women. The company's mission is to encourage positivity and self-affirmation, helping girls to develop a strong sense of self-worth and motivation.

Pawlytics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pawlytics is a software company based in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializing in solutions for animal welfare organizations. The company provides an analytical and data management application that enhances communication both internally and externally within these organizations. Its software enables users to predict the likelihood of pet adoptions, organize transportation for animals, and manage records for current, incoming, and past pets. Additionally, Pawlytics offers custom volunteer forms and a dedicated portal where volunteers can register and receive notifications about nearby pet events. This comprehensive platform aims to streamline operations and improve the overall efficiency of animal welfare initiatives.

Groove Watersports

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Groove Watersports manufactures impact vest with integrated speakers. It also has music controls, 8 hours battery life, and holds 2,000+ songs. It was launched in 2015 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Yumaroo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Yumaroo operates an online platform that provides personalized restaurant meal suggestions. Its platform helps people and restaurants to discover various food categories by recommending meals to their audiences based on the taste preferences, dietary restrictions, and reviews they submit. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Drone Amplified

Seed Round in 2018
Drone Amplified, Inc. develops a system for fire ignition management with drones. It offers IGNIS, a system that embeds to drones and carries a payload of chemical spheres; and starts a chemical reaction that will generate flames after being dropped. The company serves land owners, public wild lands, and federal and state agencies. Drone Amplified, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

LiveBy

Debt Financing in 2018
LiveBy, Inc. is a neighborhood discovery company that specializes in providing technology solutions for the real estate industry. Founded in 2015 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, LiveBy develops tools that assist homebuyers in finding suitable neighborhoods by integrating hyper-local content and property data. Its main offerings include a neighborhood matching application, which connects users with relevant local information and property listings, and data services that enable real estate professionals to create customized web products and engage clients more effectively. By combining community data with individual preferences, LiveBy helps streamline the home discovery process, allowing users to make informed decisions about potential locations. The company's solutions are designed to enhance website engagement for real estate professionals and facilitate better connections with homebuyers, ultimately aiding in quicker and more efficient home searches.

CropMetrics

Debt Financing in 2018
CropMetrics LLC is a precision agriculture company based in North Bend, Nebraska, founded in 2009. It specializes in precision irrigation management services and offers a range of advanced agronomic solutions aimed at enhancing the efficiency of water, nutrient, and energy use while promoting natural resource conservation. The company's services include precision starter applications, variable rate irrigation (VRI), customized VRI prescriptions, advanced data analysis, optimal probe placement, and variable rate seeding and fertilization programs. CropMetrics delivers its services through a network of dealers, helping farmers leverage soil health and moisture data to improve crop yields and increase profitability. As of January 2020, CropMetrics operates as a subsidiary of CropX Technologies Ltd.

TAGG

Seed Round in 2018
TAGG, LLC is a mobile application developer based in Omaha, Nebraska, focusing on facilitating community support for local schools, teams, and nonprofits. Founded in 2012, TAGG allows users to tag their purchases at participating businesses, creating a direct link between consumer spending and charitable contributions. Users can share their tagged purchases on social media, further promoting local engagement and awareness. The platform enables supporters of various organizations to raise funds without any additional costs, encouraging community participation in fundraising efforts. TAGG primarily serves customers in the Omaha metro area and Lincoln, striving to make a positive impact by connecting businesses, consumers, and charitable initiatives.

CoreLeap

Seed Round in 2018
CoreLeap streamlines ecommerce returns.

Fourstarzz Media LLC

Seed Round in 2018
Fourstarzz Media LLC specializes in influencer marketing solutions, providing brands and agencies with tools and services to develop effective influencer-driven campaigns. Incorporated in 2016 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of marketing efforts by facilitating the identification of relevant social media influencers. Through extensive analysis, Fourstarzz enables companies to connect with the right influencers and access appropriate platforms, ultimately helping to attract customers in an evolving marketing landscape that favors personalized engagement over traditional outbound methods.

SmallDataTech

Seed Round in 2018
SmallDataTech specializes in providing cost-effective solutions for small data transmissions tailored to the Internet of Things (IoT) in both rural and urban environments. The company develops network infrastructure technology that supports efficient data communication, particularly in areas lacking reliable internet access and with poor Wi-Fi connectivity. SmallDataTech offers a range of devices, a private LoRa-based network, and a universal dashboard application designed to facilitate data transmission for sectors such as grain production and livestock management. By focusing on affordable and effective data transfer, SmallDataTech enables workers in rural settings to utilize sensor data effectively, thereby enhancing operational efficiency in agricultural practices.

Gazella Wifi-Marketing

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2015, Gazella Wifi operates as a wifi-marketing space. Gazella turns guest wifi into an automated marketing tool.

LeverageRx

Seed Round in 2018
LeverageRx, LLC owns and operates a digital lending and insurance marketplace for doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals. It offers a platform that compares rates on financial services including student loan refinancing, personal loans, long term disability insurance, life insurance, and exclusive mortgage programs for doctors. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
MatMaCorp (Materials and Machines Corporation) is a developer of comprehensive solutions for science, medicine and agriculture. By combining engineering, life science and information technology, we are developing portable, easy to use and affordable devices and systems for applications ranging from food safety to genetic analysis. Though harder to achieve, we believe in developing simple solutions for complex problems.