OMAHA, Nebraska — UNeMed Corporation and the UNeTech Institute have announced plans to share office space, a development that reflects the natural evolution of a working relationship that has grown steadily over many years.

The two organizations, both rooted in the University of Nebraska’s innovation ecosystem, and their work fits together by design. UNeMed manages the intellectual property coming out of UNMC and UNO labs and helps entrepreneurs to form new companies built on that research. UNeTech then helps those entrepreneurs and young companies do the unglamorous work of becoming real businesses – refining the commercial thesis, finding early customers, recruiting operators, and getting in front of investors. Sharing a physical space is a practical extension of a partnership that has been running this way for years.

Building on What’s Already There

The shared space will allow both organizations to deepen their involvement in joint efforts already underway. Chief among them is the Steel Works Health Accelerator a 16-week program launched earlier this year in partnership with CQuence Health. Housed in Omaha’s Catalyst building, Steel Works is designed to help health-focused startups develop investment-ready companies through structured mentorship, training and a supportive networking environment, providing support in areas like commercialization pathways, capital planning, investor preparation. Steel Works is the most visible piece of joint programming, but the day-to-day collaboration runs deeper. New ventures spun out of UNMC and UNO research move from UNeMed’s licensing and company-formation work into UNeTech’s hands-on operational support, and most of the active startup portfolio touches both organizations at different stages. RespirAI’s recent launch of its mobile app RespiVera and Impower Health’s recent pilot studies are two current examples; both companies trace back to UNMC and UNO research, were structured and launched through UNeMed, and have leaned on UNeTech for the operational scaffolding that turns a license into a functioning company. The same pattern is playing out across the broader portfolio.

Programs Continue. Coordination Improves.

Both UNeMed and UNeTech will continue operating the programs their respective communities have come to rely on. UNeMed’s Idea Pub: Morning Edition, Innovation Week, and technology transfer services will remain in place. UNeTech’s business development support, entrepreneurship programming, and portfolio work will continue without interruption.

What changes is the opportunity for broader coordination — sharing information earlier, identifying overlapping needs sooner, and reducing duplication where it can be reduced. The two organizations have been doing this work side by side for years. Now they get to do it in the same building.

The move also positions both organizations to play a more active role in the Catalyst building and the broader EDGE District. Catalyst represents a generational investment in Omaha’s innovation infrastructure, and UNeMed and UNeTech are actively developing programming to make sure that investment pays off for the region. Both organizations have been present in the district since Catalyst’s opening — hosting events, supporting startups, and connecting university innovators with the broader community. Sharing an office makes that presence more consistent and more useful. Nebraska has built something real on the western edge of the UNMC campus. UNeMed and UNeTech will continue to make sure it thrives.

What Comes Next

The shared office arrangement is a beginning, not a destination. Both organizations see the move as a foundation for a broader collaboration that is still taking shape. Follow unemed.com and unetech.org for updates as that next chapter develops.