Highlights from Silicon Prairie Startup Week 2025

Prairie Portraits: Kristin Klaus

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Prairie Portraits: Taylor Korensky

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Prairie Portraits: Corrine Wardian

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

AI-powered startup Immigify finds home in Nebraska to help others navigate U.S. immigration

Immigify offers a digital platform to help consultants, businesses, students and individuals track and fulfill visa and green card requirements. Its co-founders shared their backgrounds and experiences with U.S. immigration, as well as finding support to build their company in Omaha. They recently announced an over $1 million investment round.

Global agtech startups choose Nebraska in new Spur Startup Sandbox Validation Program

Four international startups will be working with University of Nebraska researchers, industry partners and local farmers to test and validate their technologies. The initiative is the brainchild of Ankit Chandra, the founder of Spur Ventures, a UNL-backed agtech support organization.