Cup of Coa
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Cup of Coa is a Nebraska-based gourmet cocoa brand specializing in crafting premium, natural cocoa products. The company sources high-quality cocoa beans, refrains from using artificial additives, and meticulously blends and tests its products for aroma, color, taste, and mouthfeel, ensuring a luxurious, authentic cocoa experience for its customers.
Build a Pint
Seed Round in 2019
Build A Pint is a company based in Lincoln, Nebraska, that specializes in a modular pint glass designed for collectors. The pint glass features a unique system where users can accumulate rings from various microbreweries, sporting events, and vacations, allowing them to personalize and showcase their collection. This innovative product appeals to enthusiasts looking to commemorate their experiences while enjoying their favorite beverages.
Oak Barn Beef
Seed Round in 2019
Oak Barn Beef is a Nebraska-based company specializing in farm-to-table beef products. It raises its cattle on green pastures, finishing them with grain to ensure high-quality, ethically sourced beef. The company prioritizes animal welfare, sustainable practices, and responsible land management through pasture rotation. They also use DNA testing to maintain quality genetics and low-stress handling methods.
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 platform that facilitates communication, enhances operational efficiency, and supports decision-making for shelters and rescue groups. Its software enables organizations to predict adoption probabilities, manage transport logistics, and oversee the care of current and past pets. Additionally, Pawlytics features a volunteer portal that allows individuals to register and receive notifications about nearby pet events, thereby fostering community involvement. By streamlining processes and reducing administrative burdens, Pawlytics empowers animal welfare organizations to maximize their lifesaving potential.
Fyiio
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Fyiio Inc. is a technology company based in Omaha, Nebraska, specializing in an online training platform designed for businesses. Established in 2017, Fyiio provides a tutorial management system that enables organizations to create and display both video and written tutorials in a user-friendly format. The platform features a patented tutorial builder that simplifies instructional design and content distribution, ensuring that updates are instantly available across various channels. Fyiio's comprehensive tools facilitate onboarding, training, and support at scale, integrating app guides, help centers, learning management systems, content management systems, and video hosting solutions. This innovative approach allows users to seamlessly follow tutorials and perform tasks concurrently, enhancing the overall learning experience.
Kiai
Convertible Note in 2017
Kiai, Inc. is a company that specializes in automation solutions focused on web scraping and natural language processing. Founded in 2017 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Kiai provides services primarily for digital content marketing and human resources technology. The company's platform employs machine learning and natural language processing to analyze web content efficiently, enabling marketers to enhance the quality and relevance of their content. Kiai's web scraper can quickly crawl and assess website data, delivering actionable insights that help businesses understand audience engagement and optimize content strategy. By leveraging these technologies, Kiai aims to improve web traffic and assist publishers in identifying reader preferences and trends.
Anvilhead Studios
Seed Round in 2016
Anvilhead Studios, Inc. is a game development studio based in Omaha, Nebraska, founded in 2015. The company specializes in creating multiplayer games for major mobile and computing platforms, focusing on delivering engaging and challenging experiences. One of its notable offerings is Bring Your Own Base (BYOB), a multiplayer first-person shooter that allows players to connect with friends and family globally while competing in various game modes. Anvilhead Studios utilizes a range of technologies to enhance gameplay and foster community among players.
Seamster.io
Seed Round in 2015
Seamster.io is an adaptive content-marketing platform that helps companies create, manage, and execute content strategies across multiple channels. Businesses can use Seamster.io to deliver personalized content based on the time, device, platform, and location of their audience. They can maximize reach with an API to deliver content on websites, apps, kiosks, digital signage, and more. Seamster.io was launched in 2014 and is operated from Nebraska, United States.
RealmFive
Seed Round in 2015
RealmFive, founded in 2012 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializes in providing a wireless sensor connectivity platform tailored for the agriculture industry. The company's innovative platform facilitates the transition from precision to decision agriculture by offering real-time data and insights that enhance supply chain and labor management. RealmFive's modular and flexible system allows for seamless third-party integration through a robust API. This enables agribusinesses and cultivators to utilize remote monitoring, control, and data-driven decision-making, equipping them with advanced digital farming technology. The company's solutions aim to optimize production efficiency and profitability in the agricultural sector.
BugEater Foods
Seed Round in 2015
BugEater Foods Inc. is a producer of food products made from edible insects, specifically focusing on cricket-based offerings. Founded in 2015 by Julianne Kopf, Alec Wiese, and Kelly Sturek, the company is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. BugEater Foods aims to transform insects into safe and nutritious staple food products that appeal to consumers. Its product lineup includes Jump, a cricket-based protein shake, and a variety of cricket-based pasta products. The company markets its products through its online platform, making them accessible to a wider audience interested in healthy and innovative food alternatives.
LiveBy, Inc. is a neighborhood discovery company that provides innovative technology solutions for real estate professionals and homebuyers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, LiveBy offers tools that facilitate the matching of homebuyers with neighborhoods based on personal preferences and local content. Its products include a neighborhood matching application, neighborhood profile integration, and data services that allow users to create customized web experiences. By aggregating community data and integrating it with insights on lifestyle preferences, LiveBy simplifies the home discovery process, enabling real estate professionals to engage clients more effectively. The platform enhances website engagement through dynamic search capabilities and targeted marketing, helping professionals to nurture leads and accelerate home sales. LiveBy primarily serves real estate and relocation professionals, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions to support informed decision-making for homebuyers.
Comp’d
Seed Round in 2015
Comp'd is a subscription-based service that offers music enthusiasts access to unlimited live shows in Lincoln and Omaha for a monthly fee. By developing a user-friendly application, Comp'd allows users to attend a variety of performances from a growing network of participating venues and promoters without incurring additional ticket fees. This model simplifies the process of enjoying live music, making it more accessible for fans in these markets.
MusicSpoke is an online music publishing platform founded in 2013 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It serves as a global distribution marketplace for composers, conductors, and performers, allowing them to connect, share, and sell new music for chorus and ensemble. The platform enables musicians and educators to purchase sheet music directly from the composers, facilitating a supportive environment for living artists. By providing a space for users to showcase their compositions and performances, MusicSpoke enhances visibility for musicians while promoting the sharing of original works within the music community.
Quantified Ag
Grant 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.
MusicSpoke
Seed Round in 2014
MusicSpoke is an online music publishing platform founded in 2013 and based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It serves as a global distribution marketplace for composers, conductors, and performers, allowing them to connect, share, and sell new music for chorus and ensemble. The platform enables musicians and educators to purchase sheet music directly from the composers, facilitating a supportive environment for living artists. By providing a space for users to showcase their compositions and performances, MusicSpoke enhances visibility for musicians while promoting the sharing of original works within the music community.
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.
Nobl
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Nobl Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializes in developing digital solutions for hourly nursing rounds in hospitals. Its flagship product, the Nobl Rounding Platform, streamlines this process by providing nurses with an intuitive interface to document rounds quickly, generating relevant metrics for service improvement, and facilitating communication among staff and families through automated patient updates and custom unit maps displaying live rounding schedules. By enhancing efficiency and data-driven decision-making, Nobl aims to boost patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes while fostering a culture of teamwork and accountability within healthcare facilities.