In anticipation of our Silicon Prairie Awards next month, this week we’re highlighting the software, Internet and mobile startups that call our region home. Today’s focus is on companies based in Nebraska. (Stay tuned for lists of Iowa and Kansas City-area startups.)
With these lists, we hope you’ll take time to learn more about the region’s startups, give them a follow on Twitter and, of course, nominate them for a Silicon Prairie Award.
On these lists, however, you won’t find companies we now view as established, such as Hudl, Proxibid and MacPractice. It’s a constant back and forth in our newsroom to decide on a one-size-fits-all definition of “startup,” and though we haven’t come to a conclusion, we do aim to continue highlighting new, early-stage companies. We hope this focused list helps that cause.
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We’re confident we’ve included most Nebraska startups below, but we’re also undoubtedly sure we’ve missed some, too. To suggest an addition, please contact editor@siliconprairienews.com.
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Lincoln
Descriptions taken verbatim from company Twitter accounts.
42 • @wearethe42
We are a team of engineers, creatives and strategists tightrope walking the gap between the real and the digital. |
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Beehive • @beehiveswarm
Beehive Industries is an asset management software company based in the Silicon Prairie. It focuses on providing well-designed software to cities and utilities |
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Best Option Trading
If you want to win Wall Street we are your best option. |
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Boutique Window • @boutiquewindow
A simple way for local retailers to showcase their merchandise on the online networks shoppers use most. Try it free! |
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Bulu Box • @bulubox
The first vitamin and supplement nutrition sample box. Try 4 to 5 nutritional samples monthly before you buy. |
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Cinnamon Social
We’re here to help you capture the voice of your business through quality content. |
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EliteForm • @elite_form
EliteForm creates integrated technologies that provide the next competitive edge in athletic performance, strength training, competition, and sports science. |
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Fiscal Circles • @fiscalcircles
Empowering consumers with public and peer data. |
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Gear Five Studio • @gearfivestudio
As a multi-media company, Gear Five Studio creates digital tools to improve social marketing and employee performance optimization. |
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GolfStatus • @golf_status
Golf’s Rewards Network. Play golf. Earn rewards. |
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Honest Policy • @honestpolicy
Honest Policy helps consumers make informed decisions about insurance purchases. Our easy to understand information will help you compare carriers and policies. |
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InjuReplay • @injureplay
The place for weekend warriors, soccer moms and fantasy sports enthusiasts to get solid information on sports injury and recovery. |
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Localbal • @locabal
Lincoln, NE startup aiming to help both buyers and sellers of premium hand-crafted products by creating an easy-to-use, social, and individualized experience. |
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Lockr • @getlockr
Easily Track, Manage, and Measure Coaching Effectiveness. |
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Opendorse • @opendorse
Endorsements start here. Now brands of all sizes can leverage athlete endorsements to build authentic relationships with their target markets. |
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PAR Program • @parprogram
Ready to blow up your business with new customers? Signup for the PAR Program today! |
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Pickit • @pickitmobile
Pickit changes communities by driving business to local merchants and supporting community organizations the consumer cares about. Pickit for a cause. |
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Pitch Burner • @pitchburner
PitchBurner is the leading platform for coordinating engaging entrepreneurship events and competitions. |
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SectorNow
SectorNow specializes in building smartphone and tablet data driven app systems that focus on the environment with CleanEarthApps, and mental health with BehaviorApps. |
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SocialAssurance • @socialassurance
We provide Social Media Monitoring & Compliance for Financial Services. We reduce risk and maximize engagement. |
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SynerScan • @synerscan
We create software for hospitals to make the process of hourly nurse rounding more efficient, effective, and insightful. |
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Travefy • @travefy
Simplify your group travel |
Omaha
Descriptions from company Twitter accounts.
Blogglebeans • @blogglebeans
Blogglebeans is an animated website where grandparents can play and share with their grandchildren. |
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BlabFeed • @blabfeed
blab is. as blab does. building ecosystems connecting people, businesses, and communities via digital media displays. |
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Business Exchange • @b_exchange (San Francisco, Calif.)*
Dating service for B2B companies |
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BuyNow • @buynowworldwide
Mobile-commerce App that let’s the consumer use SMS text messaging to instantly purchase products/services advertised as keywords on multi-media advertisements |
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CardioSys • @cardiosys
Healthcare analytics and visualization. |
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Connoshoer • @connoshoer
From heels to high-tops, functional to fashionable; every step is a statement. Document your footage with Connoshoer! |
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Cosmic Cart • @cosmic_cart (Durham, N.C.)*
The most convenient way to shop online. Coming soon to a browser near you. |
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Crateful • @cratefulapp
Crateful organizes your music so you can spend more time mixing and less time digging. Find all the tracks you love without skipping a beat. |
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Crop Ventures • @cropventures
Crop Ventures purpose is to reinvent agriculture for the betterment of farmers and the world. |
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Cympel • @cympel (Minneapolis, Minn.)*
Cymplifying e-commerce through engaging advertisements, we provide customers with an experience that allows them to transact [in ads] without redirection. |
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D3 Banking • @d3banking (Formerly Lodo Software)
Personalized, integrated, intelligent, digital banking services – anytime, anywhere, any device. |
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DocLanding • @doclanding
Cloud document management solutions for small business, individual & enterprise clients. Store, search & share files on your computer and mobile device |
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DonorElf • @donorelf
Missionary Software Made Simple |
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Flywheel • @heyflywheel
Flywheel is a premium WordPress hosting company built specifically for web designers, freelancers and creative agencies. |
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Hello Holiday • @helloholiday
Introducing a charming and exuberant approach to style and shopping! |
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HuntForce • @huntforceapp
Trail Camera Interaction and Management |
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Layerdi • @layeredi
We help brands, agencies, and enterprises go mobile and get real results with our next generation mobility platform. Join us in the mobile revolution! |
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MindMixer • @mind_mixer
Engage Your Community |
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MultiMech • @multimechrd
The Multiscale Mechanics Company™ |
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Müvin • @getmuvin
We make real estate listings intelligent, so you can work smarter. |
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Ova Ova • @ovaova_team
We launched OvaOva.com to help women use natural birth control or conceive using a customized fertility charting web app. |
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PaySAFE • @paysafe
PaySAFE is an online closing table providing financial protection for private buyers/sellers of classic cars and used vehicles |
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PeggyBank • @peggybankvault
We digitize your old media from film and video to photos, so you can preserve your memories and share them w/ friends and family. |
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SharePlow • @shareplow
Shareplow.com is the first cost-effective PaaS that lets you envision and rapidly deploy integrated, data-centric, web and mobile applications |
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SkyVu Entertainment (Battle Bears) • @skyvu • @battlebears
SkyVu Entertainment – Mobile Games with Character! Creators of the hit iPhone series BATTLE BEARS. |
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Smelly Puppy • @smelly_puppy
Friendly totally non-stinking software for Mac and iOS. You may have heard of QuickCal. Zones is our latest project. |
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Techno FYI • @technofyi
Technology news, gadget reviews and how-to content. |
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Vendorin • @vendorin
A network where trading partners come together to create, manage, and share vital information critical to conducting business in a digital economy |
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Vitru • @govitru
Know yourself, build your career. |
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Volano Solutions (Steelwool) • @volanosolutions
Software to Make. Work. Flow. |
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Xuba (Bloom) • @bloomdotcom
Discover the hottest trends, products and professionals on Bloom’s Social Beauty Network. Get our app for beauty inspiration on-the-go. |
Elsewhere in Nebraska
CropMetrics • @cropmetrics (North Bend, Neb.)
Precision ag company focused on providing advanced solutions to growers and specializes in precision irrigation management. |
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Phynd • @phyndtech (Kearney, Neb.)
Phynd simplifies the lives of providers by giving them a single tool for updating and validating all their credential and contact information for every hospital and every hospital department that needs the information. |
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Striv.TV • @strivtv (Henderson, Neb.)
Helping schools share their story through live video streaming school events + online media. Provide a new media education platform for students + schools. |
*These companies are based elsewhere but are currently spending the summer in Omaha to participate in the Straight Straight accelerator program.
Hat Tips: The Big Plate, AngelList and Startup Genome for uncovering startups we didn’t have on our radar, and Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist for the list idea.