Omaha-based logistics and payment automation startup Upwell announced its $6.5 million seed fundraising round led by Vertical Venture Partners in February. The funding signifies the company’s progress ...

Daycare operator Shannon Hampson encourages 14-month-old Imani Swindell as she pilots a scooter on Monday, March 24, 2025 at Hampson’s home-based business Wild Child Daycare in Lincoln. Photo by Eric ...

Prospective students in the MCC biotechnology program tour the construction site of the $3 million lab facility that will help train students for industry jobs. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie ...

Tech Nebraska, the technology trade group and lobbying voice for the state's tech sector, held its annual summit last week.

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Garry Clark, the executive director of the Omaha Inland Port Authority, speaks about the innovation district plan at a community event on Feb. 3. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie News The Omaha ...

The mission of Silicon Prairie News is to grow, connect and inspire the tech innovation communities of the Midwest. Get the latest news and events from Nebraska’s entrepreneurship and innovation ...

Bulu Fulfillment Co-founder Paul Jarrett speaks on the “How to Scale from 10 to 10,000” panel during this year’s Silicon Prairie Startup Week. Photo by Ben Goeser/Silicon Prairie News Paul Jarrett, co ...

University legal clinics are a free resource to help Nebraska entrepreneurs navigate the complex legal challenges that come with starting or scaling a business. The Creighton University School of Law ...

Heather Nelson, founder of Poll The Vote, stands in front of a Scott Data sign at the nonprofit data center’s Aksarben campus. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie News In 2022, Heather Nelson, a ...

About three hours drive away from both the Omaha and Lincoln metro areas lies the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, which bills itself as “the world’s largest concentration of animal health assets.” ...

The donation comes from the Diabetes Care Foundation in its mission to benefit community wellbeing initiatives. Greisch Center for Enterprise Value Director Nathan Preheim discussed what the funding ...