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Bringing the Ecosystem Together: Reflections on the Piece by Piece Investor Summit
On May 1, on the eve of the Berkshire Hathaway weekend, the UNeTech Institute hosted Piece by Piece, an Investor Summit designed to bring together stakeholders from across the Omaha startup ecosystem. Held at the new Catalyst Building in Omaha’s EDGE District, it was...
What is Deep Tech Due Diligence?
Deep tech startups often face a daunting road to success. Their innovations, rooted in advanced scientific breakthroughs, require rigorous validation and commercialization. Yet, for those willing to take the journey, the Midwest offers a unique advantage. Through cost...
Big Ideas are Brewing at UNeTech
Big ideas are brewing at UNeTech, where startups are transforming the landscape of healthcare and technology. Among them, three standout ventures—RespirAI, Precision Syringe, and Impower Health are leading the charge into 2025 innovation. These startups embody the...
Success Through Failure: It’s What We Do
At UNeTech, we write a lot of grants. Most of them we don’t get. The good jobs challenge was one of them. Although you never really know, I suspect we fell >just shy< of the mark. Missing out on this grant wasn’t just another rejection; it felt deeply personal....
Building Beyond the Grant: How Omaha’s Innovation Pipelines Create Lasting Impact
The Omaha Medical Technology Pipeline (OMTP) launched in 2019 as a transformative initiative in Nebraska's medical innovation landscape. The project united the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the Nebraska Business...
UNeTech Would Not Be UNeTech Without Our Healthcare Partners
The Economic Development Administration's Good Jobs Challenge offered another opportunity for Omaha's remarkable healthcare innovation ecosystem to come together. Working with UNeTech, the region's major healthcare employers assembled an unprecedented coalition in...
RespirAI Offers a Breath of Fresh Air for COPD Patients
The leading cause of death worldwide, according to the WHO, is ischemic heart disease. Number 2 is stroke. The third is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Trends in urbanization, air pollution and tobacco use lead to a 14% increase in COPD deaths from 2010...
Even if You Arrive Late, You Still Attend the Party!
UNePlan shouldn’t even exist. Built on a short timeframe by a team of university developers, the system is a bespoke strategic planning platform built by a university. The web-based, cloud functioning system tracked the entire strategic plan of an organization with...
Coming Soon in 2024
Watch this space: there is going to be a string of good news coming for the UNeTech Institute. I am sure anyone diligent enough to follow the link back to this post already knows some of it but I’m quite confident very few people know all of it.In 2024, I mean for...
Applications are now open for the 2024 Opportunity Corps program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math
Applications are now open for the 2024 Opportunity Corps program for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math UNMC’s UNeTech Institute and Nebraska Tech Collaborative, powered by Aksarben are accepting applications for Opportunity Corps: Women in...