Invest Nebraska

Founded in 2002, Invest Nebraska is a venture capital firm based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It specializes in seed and early-stage investments across various industries, with a focus on companies located in or willing to relocate to Nebraska.

Matt Foley

Analyst

Daniel Hoffman

CEO

Alyssa Kuta

Financial Analyst

Past deals in AgTech

Nave Analytics

Seed Round in 2024
Nave Analytics is a data coherence hub that develops a comprehensive system designed to enhance irrigation decision-making for agriculture professionals. By integrating satellite, weather, and telemetry data into a unified data stream, the company enables irrigation advisors to provide precise recommendations on water usage. This innovative approach supports farmers in optimizing their water management practices, allowing them to apply the correct amount of water at the right time. Through its versatile digital tools, Nave Analytics aims to promote efficient irrigation strategies that ultimately benefit agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Corral Technologies

Venture Round in 2024
Corral Technologies specializes in virtual fencing systems that enable ranchers to manage and monitor their cattle remotely. The company offers a collar and tag wearable system that provides safe and effective stimulation to keep cattle within designated boundaries, which are established using proprietary software. This innovative technology allows ranchers to optimize pasture utilization and reduce traditional fencing costs, ultimately enhancing profitability and efficiency in cattle management. By integrating this virtual fencing solution, ranchers can save time, materials, and money while effectively tracking and moving their livestock.

Corral Technologies

Seed Round in 2023
Corral Technologies specializes in virtual fencing systems that enable ranchers to manage and monitor their cattle remotely. The company offers a collar and tag wearable system that provides safe and effective stimulation to keep cattle within designated boundaries, which are established using proprietary software. This innovative technology allows ranchers to optimize pasture utilization and reduce traditional fencing costs, ultimately enhancing profitability and efficiency in cattle management. By integrating this virtual fencing solution, ranchers can save time, materials, and money while effectively tracking and moving their livestock.

Idem Irrigation

Seed Round in 2023
Idem Irrigation specializes in innovative, patented sprinkler head technology for agricultural irrigation. Their core product, the Idem SMART Pivot, is designed to enhance agricultural productivity by applying various chemical and hydration options efficiently. This system adapts to existing pivots, helping farmers increase yields while reducing water, herbicide, and pesticide usage, promoting sustainable and responsible farming practices.

Nave Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Nave Analytics is a data coherence hub that develops a comprehensive system designed to enhance irrigation decision-making for agriculture professionals. By integrating satellite, weather, and telemetry data into a unified data stream, the company enables irrigation advisors to provide precise recommendations on water usage. This innovative approach supports farmers in optimizing their water management practices, allowing them to apply the correct amount of water at the right time. Through its versatile digital tools, Nave Analytics aims to promote efficient irrigation strategies that ultimately benefit agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Sentinel Fertigation

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Sentinel Fertigation develops the fertigation management platform N-Time FMS that uses aerial imagery to optimize nitrogen applications and crop nutrition. Founded in 2022 by Jackson Stansell and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company provides real-time, imagery-based fertigation recommendations throughout the growing season to help farmers improve yields, nitrogen use efficiency, and overall profitability.

RealmFive

Debt Financing in 2023
Founded in 2012, RealmFive is a Nebraska-based company specializing in wireless sensor connectivity platforms for the agriculture industry. It provides real-time data and insights to enhance supply chain management and labor decisions.

Bluestem Biosciences

Convertible Note in 2022
Bluestem Biosciences, Inc. focuses on advancing synthetic biology to enhance industrial applications in the Midwest. The company has developed a digital biology platform aimed at creating biological solutions tailored for strategic opportunities in agriculture and infrastructure. This platform supports the discovery and development of biomanufacturing processes, emphasizing the sustainable production of chemicals and materials. By leveraging proprietary biology designed for anaerobic fermentation conditions, Bluestem enables clients to utilize programmable biology for the efficient manufacturing of commodity chemicals.

Sentinel Fertigation

Seed Round in 2022
Sentinel Fertigation develops the fertigation management platform N-Time FMS that uses aerial imagery to optimize nitrogen applications and crop nutrition. Founded in 2022 by Jackson Stansell and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, the company provides real-time, imagery-based fertigation recommendations throughout the growing season to help farmers improve yields, nitrogen use efficiency, and overall profitability.

Corral Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Corral Technologies specializes in virtual fencing systems that enable ranchers to manage and monitor their cattle remotely. The company offers a collar and tag wearable system that provides safe and effective stimulation to keep cattle within designated boundaries, which are established using proprietary software. This innovative technology allows ranchers to optimize pasture utilization and reduce traditional fencing costs, ultimately enhancing profitability and efficiency in cattle management. By integrating this virtual fencing solution, ranchers can save time, materials, and money while effectively tracking and moving their livestock.

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 develops advanced agronomic solutions aimed at enhancing water, nutrient, and energy use efficiency while promoting natural resource conservation. The company offers a range of services, including precision starter programs, variable rate irrigation (VRI), customized VRI prescriptions, advanced data analysis, optimal probe location, variable rate seeding, and variable rate fertilizer programs. CropMetrics serves growers through a network of dealers, leveraging data-driven technology to optimize irrigation practices, improve soil health, and ultimately increase crop yields and profitability. As of January 2020, CropMetrics operates as a subsidiary of CropX Technologies Ltd.

RealmFive

Debt Financing in 2019
Founded in 2012, RealmFive is a Nebraska-based company specializing in wireless sensor connectivity platforms for the agriculture industry. It provides real-time data and insights to enhance supply chain management and labor decisions.

Jord Producers

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Jord Producers is a company specializing in the commercial production of mealworms, catering to both animal and human consumption across the United States. The company provides live mealworms, which can be utilized as a nutritious feed ingredient, as well as dried mealworms for various applications. Additionally, Jord Producers offers mealworm manure, which serves as a natural soil amendment, enhancing plant immunity against diseases. To support mealworm cultivation, the company designs custom rearing trays for growers. This initiative addresses the increasing demand for sustainable and alternative protein sources in both the animal feed and human food markets.

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 develops advanced agronomic solutions aimed at enhancing water, nutrient, and energy use efficiency while promoting natural resource conservation. The company offers a range of services, including precision starter programs, variable rate irrigation (VRI), customized VRI prescriptions, advanced data analysis, optimal probe location, variable rate seeding, and variable rate fertilizer programs. CropMetrics serves growers through a network of dealers, leveraging data-driven technology to optimize irrigation practices, improve soil health, and ultimately increase crop yields and profitability. As of January 2020, CropMetrics operates as a subsidiary of CropX Technologies Ltd.

Small Data Tech

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.

RealmFive

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2012, RealmFive is a Nebraska-based company specializing in wireless sensor connectivity platforms for the agriculture industry. It provides real-time data and insights to enhance supply chain management and labor decisions.

RealmFive

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2012, RealmFive is a Nebraska-based company specializing in wireless sensor connectivity platforms for the agriculture industry. It provides real-time data and insights to enhance supply chain management and labor decisions.

Quantified Ag

Seed Round in 2014
Quantified Ag is a technology company that offers cloud-based sensors and a data platform for the cattle industry. The company's technology helps dramatically reduce costs by lowering re-treatment rate and death loss and getting animals back to peak performance faster. It provides state of the art sensors and software subscription to livestock producers throughout the concentrated feeding industries. Quantified Ag was founded in June 2014 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.
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