Partners

A+ Berry

A+ Berry is a food tech startup and converts raw food materials into value-added bulk ingredient products for food and wellness companies to integrate into their consumer products. A+ Berry started with the value-added utilization of Aronia berries, an unique superfruit mainly grown in the Midwest. A+ Berry sources Aronia berries from Midwest producers, uses patented and sustainable processes to enhance the nutrition and flavor of products and collaborates with food and beverage producers to enhance existing product lines or launch new ones.

AgriRain

AgriRain was founded in 2017 with the aim of finding an economical and effective solution which works for small farmers. This has resulted in the genesis of a novel “Irrigation as a Service (IaaS)” model. Trained operators use fully integrated and mobile Hosereel technology to provide hassle-free, pay-per-service, and on-demand irrigation. AgriRain’s customized irrigation solution is modern and water efficient.  With right partnerships, the model is proven to be scalable and farmer’s income has increased significantly.

ALA Engineering

ALA Engineering is developing autonomous vehicles to increase safety and decrease waste in the agricultural industry. Aulick Industries, ALA Engineering’s parent company, specializes and is a recognized leader in the manufacturing of agricultural transportation equipment.

Biotech Connector

Located on the fourth floor of the Food Innovation Center, the Biotech Connector provides Nebraska with its first wet lab incubator. The BTC provides a critical link and previously missing infrastructure required to facilitate the development and growth of early-stage biotech companies.

Bluestem Biosciences, Inc.

Bluestem Biosciences, Inc., is a Midwest-centric synthetic biology company building on the latest computational tools for discovery of sustainable biomanufacturing. Bluestem will unleash the potential of the bioeconomy in the heartland, leveraging infrastructure.

Bolero Information Systems LLC

Bolero Information Systems, a software development spinoff founded by staff members at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a web application development and design company that specializes in research administration and business process automation. While at Nebraska, the Bolero team developed a software platform to help manage complex research administration activities. The system automated manual processes, streamlined reviews and provided critical management reports to the university. 

Celerion

Celerion conducts clinical research studies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, for investigational medicines currently in research and development, to treat a wide variety of illnesses and conditions.

Central Data Storage

Central Data Storage is a software and services company that offers data backup, data recovery, encrypted messaging and encrypted file sharing for small businesses. With daily account monitoring, in-house support and military grade file encryption, Central Data Storage can give you peace-of-mind knowing that your digital assets are always protected.

The team at Central Data Storage understands how vital your data is to your business, which is why they’re so passionate about protecting it. Central Data Storage uses the highest levels of encryption and security – day and night – and provide a full recovery plan that will get your business back up and running, quickly, if you ever face a disaster.

Children’s Community Health & Advocacy

Children’s Community Health and Advocacy staff work with community leaders, early childhood educators, childcare providers, school systems, health systems, and community partners to help every child reach their full potential.

Corral Technologies

Corral Technologies is giving ranchers the tools to track, move, and create cross fences for their cattle through a virtual fencing system.

Echo Canyon Services

Echo Canyon Services, a Managed Data Services company, provides big data services, enterprise resource processes and business process management services. 

EPSCoR

The mission of Nebraska's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Institutional Development Award (IDeA) is to build the state's research capacity and competitiveness, invest in workforce development, and foster public-private partnerships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM fields), as well as biomedical research. Nebraska EPSCoR harnesses talent at the state's universities and colleges to compete for merit-based federal funding that supports research infrastructure and capacity building projects. They contribute to the state's workforce development through educational and research opportunities for K-16 students, graduate students and junior faculty, and spur economic development through partnerships with private industry.

FarmAfield

FarmAfield exists to create new connections between the farmers who grow our food and the people who enjoy it. When you invest through FarmAfield, you're buying real agricultural assets — commodities that are non-correlated with the stock market.

Food Allergy Research and Resource Program

The primary mission of FARRP is to develop and provide the food industry with credible information, expert opinions, tools and services relating to allergenic foods, novel foods and genetically modified products. FARRP takes a comprehensive approach to working with and collaborating with research institutions, including NIC, to improve the safety of the food products for consumers with food allergies and sensitivities. 

Greeneye Technology

Greeneye utilizes artificial intelligence and deep learning technology to revolutionize the pest control process in agriculture, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying of pesticides to precise and selective spraying.

Invest Nebraska

Invest Nebraska builds a better future for our state by providing financial and operational assistance to high growth companies, advancing the entrepreneurial economy, and attracting out-of-state capital to Nebraska. Invest Nebraska manages and operates the Biotech Connector and The Combine, both located at NIC.

KRVN

KRVN is a nine-station network spanning Nebraska with coverage into Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. Now with a news bureau and production studio at NIC, the station is able to cover stories connected to NIC partners, programs and events.

Marble Technologies

Marble Technologies is a technology company advancing sustainable global food security by automating labor-intensive meat processing tasks. Marble's robotic solutions reduce the labor needs of beef and pork processing facilities and improve workplace safety by conducting tasks with a history of worker injury. Marble's engineers are often on the fabrication floor with facility managers and facility engineers to ensure the technology meets their needs and fits within their constraints. Marble is adding resilience to the meat industry and preparing it for the future.

MCNA Dental

MCNA Dental provides high-quality services to state agencies and managed care organizations for their Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicare members. MCNA serves over 8 million children and adults. Their office at NIC gives MCNA Dental the opportunity to develop innovative solutions for dental service delivery for Nebraskans. The MCNA Dental team is committed to the success of the Nebraska Medicaid Dental Program as well as improving access to vital dental care and services across the state. 

National Strategic Research Institute

NSRI helps the Department of Defense and other federal agencies meet evolving national security objectives in multiple domains. Scientists from the University of Nebraska and NSRI deliver responsive, innovative research and solutions while developing the workforce of the future. Since it was established in 2012, NSRI — with 250+ colleagues and students at NU — has been awarded $298 million in contracts and grants from 40+ sponsors.

Nave Analytics

Nave Analytics is building a data coherence hub and delivery system powering versatile digital tools to support irrigation operations so that agronomists and turf managers can become more deliberate with their irrigation decisions.

Nebraska Alumni Association

The Nebraska Alumni Association strives to connect alumni with Dear Old Nebraska U, and with each other, for the betterment of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Nebraska Alumni Association manages and operates the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center.

Nebraska Food for Health Center

The Nebraska Food for Health Center, a multidisciplinary center, brings together the strengths between agriculture and medicine throughout the university system. Specifically, it helps develop hybrid crops and foods to improve the quality of life of those affected by critical diseases, including heart disease and cancers. Additionally, the center focuses on preparing a talented workforce for careers in food health, establishing research programs to develop food with proven heath benefits. The center's efforts brings agricultural production, food processing and medical research together to improve the health of people in this country and around the world. 

Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation

Nebraska Innovation Campus is connecting the talents of experts, companies and the university to create a unique culture of innovation. The NIC campus is designed to facilitate new and in-depth partnerships between the University of Nebraska and private sector businesses. Adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NIC strategically provides access to research faculty, facilities and students. 

Nebraska Innovation Studio

Nebraska Innovation Studio is a makerspace where creators of all sorts can innovate, collaborate, and fabricate. For a monthly membership fee, the studio is available to community members, faculty, staff and students. Studio members have access a 16,000-square-foot facility with a full metal shop, wood shop, rapid prototyping room, art studio, ceramics and textiles equipment, and more.

Nebraska Nova

Nebraska Nova is the development partner and property management company for Nebraska Innovation Campus. The Lincoln-based Nebraska Nova team includes property and construction management, facility engineers and parking management.

Nebraska Safety Center

Work done by the Nebraska Safety Center includes providing instruction in safety education and service through seminars and workshops, coordinating statewide programs and researching safety education. The center's mission is to conserve human and economic resources through safety and accident prevention. Their office space allows the center to provide resources in transportation, occupational, recreational and domestic safety to Nebraskans throughout the state. 

Neurocarrus

Neurocarrus is developing N-001, a therapy that fulfills the unmet need for a product that can safely and specifically disrupt peripheral sensory neurons. Headquartered at NIC, Neurocarrus' leading technology is engineered for individuals experiencing pain as a result of tissue injury or inflammation as well as patients with acute pain after surgery. With the help of Neurocarrus, their team hopes to make an impact on human health through increased mobility and improved quality of life. 

NUtech Ventures

NUtech Ventures is the nonprofit technology commercialization affiliate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The NUtech Ventures team evaluates, protects, markets and licenses the university’s intellectual property to promote economic development and improve quality of life. They also promote entrepreneurship through programming, sponsored events and the NMotion startup accelerator.

NuTek Natural Ingredients

Created by nature, nurtured in science and brought to life by expertise in R&D, manufacturing and sourcing, NuTek Natural Ingredients create cost-effective, clean label ingredient solutions for our customers and partners.

Pet Pasta

Formulated by a pet nutritionist, Pet Pasta is an easy and tasty way to ensure your dog is getting the essential vitamins and minerals they need. Try our yummy recipes for making complete and balanced homemade meals or give as a healthy treat or topper. Simply add to any cooked protein - like chicken, beef, pork, salmon, etc. The pawstabilities are endless! 

Rayne Nutrition

Rayne Nutrition offers a line of less processed pet diets and treats made with whole food ingredients. From growing puppies to senior cats, healthy pets to complex medical cases, Rayne has a diet for that. Rayne uses unprocessed, whole food ingredients, wherever and whenever possible because whole food ingredients are the key to making pet foods that help prolong your pet's longevity and quality of life.

Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska

Water for Food works to address the global challenge of achieving food security with less stress on water resources through water management in agricultural and food systems. They are developing solutions to water and food security challenges by advancing research, policy and technological innovations. Additionally, Water for Food serves as a forum for conversation and collaboration by bringing together experts from around the world to help find solutions to water and food security challenges. 

Sentinel Fertigation Technologies

Sentinel Fertigation Technologies puts automated, predictive control over center pivot fertigated acres in the hands of growers and consultants ultimately allowing them to precisely time fertigation events when the crop needs nitrogen most.

Spreetail

Spreetail is an ecommerce company that connects brand with customers wherever they love to shop online. Spreetail delights its customers every day by putting their technology, marketing, and supply chain to work for them behind the scenes. Born and raised in Lincoln, NE, Spreetail has grown into offices and fulfillment centers in 8 cities across 6 states. Spreetail builds technology, manages warehouses, markets products, offers high-quality customer service, recruits top-notch talent, and created community-driven programs that make a real-world impact.

Suite Spot

The Suite Spot is an ideal or most favorable location for food entrepreneurs and growing companies to collaborate with a diverse group of scientists, develop and test new products, and transform the food industry. The Suite Spot offers on-site private offices, dedicated desks, and hot desks with access to a state-of-the-art food facility with dedicated pilot plants, development and analytical laboratories, sensory testing, product labeling, compliance expertise and entrepreneurial consultation. The Suite Spot is located in the Food Innovation Center on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

Synbiotic Health

Using the latest technologies in microbiome health, Synbiotic Health has developed rigorous selection methods to create novel ingredients – ecologically-advanced probiotics, pinpointed prebiotics, and synergistic synbiotics™ – targeting the gut microbiota to promote optimal health. Synbiotic Health was established by experienced scientific founders with a proven record of success in advancing scientific innovation and commercialization in the field of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics.

Teys

Teys has always been a company with true family values at their core. Built by four generations of the Teys family, they grew their business by staying true to their word and delivering the best Australian product, every time. That’s why to this day, customers around the world trust Teys with their protein needs. Although beef is a huge part of their DNA, it’s not all about the meat. Teys is part of the meals that families and communities enjoy across the globe. For generations, they've helped feed people and enrich lives, and this is something Teys will keep doing for generations to come.

The Combine

The Combine is a statewide initiative supporting high growth entrepreneurs in food and agriculture. The program consists of commercialization support through mentorship and a capital readiness program, networking events, a network of partnering producers across the state, as well as incubation space at Nebraska Innovation Campus.

The Food Processing Center at University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The Food Processing Center serves as a major food processing and applied research hub. It integrates applied research with state-of-the-art pilot plants, laboratory services, product developers and a team that supports food entrepreneurship. The role of the center is to enhance value from the idea through ongoing market support. Additionally, the center offers the unique combination of technical and business development services to accurately reflect the nature of the food industry. 

The Mill Coffee & Bistro

The Mill Coffee & Bistro offers The Mill's signature fresh-roasted coffees and fine teas. Located at NIC, this coffee shop offers breakfast items, locally-made sandwiches and vegetarian wraps, baked goods and desserts, a large selection of gourmet candies and chocolate, and a full line of coffee and tea related supplies and hardware. The Mill Coffee & Bistro also offers wine, craft beer, and cocktails. The coffee shop provides a casual, collaborative, and electric environment enjoyed by NIC Partners, the local community, and guests from near and far.

The Scarlet Hotel

The Scarlet Hotel is a six-story, 154-room boutique hotel located in the heart of Nebraska Innovation Campus. The hotel includes a full-service restaurant, coffee shop, fitness facility, rooftop bar and additional high-end features to ensure an outstanding guest experience.

ThermOptical Cooling

ThermOptical Cooling is an advanced micromachining climate tech startup that provides sustainable energy & thermal management laser solutions and workstations to the solar, lithium-ion battery and semiconductor industries through patented nanostructuring. Created by founder and CEO Victor A. Rivas, our ultrafast pulse laser functionalized surface technology significantly enhances surface area volume/ratio and thermal radiation emission (i.e. emissivity), which improves power and heat management of materials & alloys such as copper, aluminum, nickel and silicon carbide for key climate tech applications by multiple factors.

Thyreos

Thyreos develops herpesvirus vaccines and vaccine vectors for the animal health and human health markets. Thyreos vaccines are based on a recombinant herpesvirus platform that elicits robust immune responses without infecting the nervous system.

Union Pacific

Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation. One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. In the last 10 years, 2010-2019, Union Pacific invested approximately $35 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes its Bulk, Industrial and Premium business groups. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the flagship public research university in Nebraska. It is a member of the Big Ten Conference and is home to nine colleges that provide an infinite number of possibilities. It is Nebraska's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Food Science and Technology

The Department of Food Science and Technology aims to provide high-quality education and training to individuals preparing for careers in food science and technology in the food industry, academia or in the government. The department expects students to conduct basic and applied research in food science and technology. This research benefits the food industry as well as consumers. 

University of Nebraska–Lincoln Industry Relations

Industry Relations works to advance public-private partnerships that involve the university with a focus on research collaborations. The team at Industry Relations works to build strategic, long-term relationships with companies, helps facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations, and provides customized solutions to address your unique needs.

Virtual Incision Corporation

Virtual Incision Corporation is reimagining surgical robotics, with simple innovations offering mobility, flexibility, and accessibility to provide minimally invasive options to more patients. Propelled by the knowledge that colorectal and lower gastrointestinal procedures are the fastest growing in the United States, Dr. Dmitry Oleynikov and Dr. Shane Farritor founded Virtual Incision in 2006. Being at NIC allows Virtual Incision to grow as a company, connect with students, and take advantage of the opportunities within Nebraska Innovation Studio.