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Applying UNMC expertise in infectious diseases, Carecubes closes $6.5 million Series A round
Carecubes is a medtech company that offers deployable isolation units for treating patients and containing disease outbreaks. With clinicians and some key investors in Nebraska, the startup has begun selling to hospitals and looking into other pathogen containment solutions for health care providers.
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ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
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- New UNMC Office of Industry Engagement makes first leadership hire
- Meet VisionSync CEO Taylor Korensky in the latest Prairie Portrait
- University legal clinics offer free resources and advice for Nebraska entrepreneurs
- Other states have invested significant funds in local venture capital. What’s stopping Nebraska?
- Poll the Vote, aided by Scott Data incubator program, aims to put Nebraska govtech on the map
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