Get Started Omaha
A premier startup event for entrepreneurs, investors, business executives and community members.
Get Started Omaha presented by Husch Blackwell highlighted 30 startups during a Startup Showcase (see companies below). These startups represent five industry tracks that include healthcare and education; manufacturing, transportation and logistics; food and agriculture; energy, natural resources and real estate; and technology and financial services.
Business executives and community members selected a winner from each industry track and event attendees selected a People’s Choice Award winner, to include:
- AuditMiner which allows 401k auditors to download standardized audit packages and pre-populated testing tempaltes for use during their audit fieldwork, no matter where the retirement plan assets are located.
- Diversity Telehealth, a platform that solves the real problem of no-shows for both patients and physicians.
- EventVest, a platform for finding and promoting local events.
- Leash Pet Transportation, a pet-only ride-share service that connects pet owners, pet care businesses and trusted drivers via a web platform, creating greater convenience for pet owners.
- Sentinel Fertigation, an agricultural technology company that is leveraging multispectral imagery to anticiatpe crop nitrogen needs and provie proactive fertigation recommendations to farmers and their trusted advisors.
- Swishboom, a mobile app that allows parents to book babysitters using trusted networks.
These six startups then pitched for a grand prize of $25,000, awarded live during the event based on scores from a panel of venture capital judges.
Congratulations to Get Started Omaha Winner Swishboom!
Startup Showcase
Air Traffic Awareness provides an in-flight streamlined user interface for pilots to prevent any risk of collision.
AuditMiner allows 401k auditors download standardized audit packages and pre-populated testing templates for use during their audit fieldwork, no matter where the retirement plan assets are located.
By answering a series of questions, AZELLA takes that information to create your logo, colors, imagery, audience and key message (your brand), then website. Advisors set up social media, CRM and targeted campaigns with the click of a button.
Citrus Innovations through it's staythanks app facilitates reward points for guests check-in short-term rentals (AirBnb VRBO etc) that can be redeemed at locally owned unique bars, restaurants, breweries, events and mom/pop businesses.
Corral Technologies has developed a rancher-centric system that helps cattle ranchers increase their profits by increasing the number of cattle grazing per acre by over 20% while incurring fewer material and labor costs.
DataSource allows e-commerce sellers to reduce carbon emissions, cost, and increase coverage.
Diversity Telehealth is a platform that solves the real problem of no-shows for both patients and physicians.
Event Vesta is a platform for finding and promoting local events.
Hellcat Technologies innovates and develops software solutions that boost productivity, data accuracy, and efficiency for skilled trade crews in the field and in the office.
HerHeadquarters is the gateway to brand partnerships for women-owned businesses and their teams.
Impower's goal is to create a treadmill that will let you tap into your power by sensing both your position on the machine and the speed at which you are moving in order to determine your optimal speed.
inventXYZ embeds a real-world high-tech project into each core course that every kid has to take.
Job Share Connect matches two people together to fill one full-time position, providing a new way for companies to recruit and retain top talent.
Karyosoft is an in-house secure genomics data management, analytics and visualization platform that agri-genomics scientists are using to get genomics insights in seconds combining both public and private genomics data.
Leash Pet Transportation is a pet-only ride-share service that connects pet owners, pet care businesses and trusted drivers via a web platform, creating greater convenience for pet owners.
Love Lifesciences is a medical device company developing a series of patent pending injection safety devices to improve the patient experience when self-administered injection medications are required for care
MD MatchUp is the matchmaking app for healthcare and focuses the Find-a-Doc search around patients seeking complementary providers.
Nave Analytics, Inc. is building a data coherence hub which offers versatile data streams and digital tools for small and midsize irrigation agronomy businesses to help use water sustainably.
Nestimate empowers employee financial wellness in their 401k through guaranteed income.
Particle Space is creating the fastest way to build real estate technology by providing software developers pre-built customizable templates to quickly build apps off of.
SALUBATA make shoes from recycled plastic wastes (now also available as digital assets (NFTs) - a proprietary technology that sequesters carbon in shoes.
SaRA (Strength and Resilience Assistant) Health gives musculoskeletal providers a way to provide "PT-light" in order to impact larger populations in both a preventative and rehab setting.
SeeInMe Instant Connector cards employ NFC technology and QR codes to ensure instant access to a vulnerable person’s Personality Profile to ensure continuity of care.
Sentinel Fertigation is an agricultural technology company that is leveraging multispectral imagery to anticipate crop nitrogen needs and provide proactive fertigation recommendations to farmers and their trusted advisors.
SpenDebt is a SaaS payment solution providing a frictionless way for companies to recover overdue bill payments from their customers.
Swishboom is a mobile app that allows parents to book babysitters using trusted networks.
Tiiga is a baobab electrolyte drink mix that provides hydration, and supports immune and gut health.
The Unravl device will automate the braid takedown process and make it 2x quicker and 17x cheaper to unravel braids.
Veeper is a Shopify app that tracks customers' shopping habits to apply the smallest discount that gets them to buy more.
Air Traffic Awareness provides an in-flight streamlined user interface for pilots to prevent any risk of collision.
AuditMiner allows 401k auditors download standardized audit packages and pre-populated testing templates for use during their audit fieldwork, no matter where the retirement plan assets are located.
By answering a series of questions, AZELLA takes that information to create your logo, colors, imagery, audience and key message (your brand), then website. Advisors set up social media, CRM and targeted campaigns with the click of a button.
Citrus Innovations through it's staythanks app facilitates reward points for guests check-in short-term rentals (AirBnb VRBO etc) that can be redeemed at locally owned unique bars, restaurants, breweries, events and mom/pop businesses.
Corral Technologies has developed a rancher-centric system that helps cattle ranchers increase their profits by increasing the number of cattle grazing per acre by over 20% while incurring fewer material and labor costs.
DataSource allows e-commerce sellers to reduce carbon emissions, cost, and increase coverage.
Diversity Telehealth is a platform that solves the real problem of no-shows for both patients and physicians.
Event Vesta is a platform for finding and promoting local events.
Hellcat Technologies innovates and develops software solutions that boost productivity, data accuracy, and efficiency for skilled trade crews in the field and in the office.
HerHeadquarters is the gateway to brand partnerships for women-owned businesses and their teams.
Impower's goal is to create a treadmill that will let you tap into your power by sensing both your position on the machine and the speed at which you are moving in order to determine your optimal speed.
inventXYZ embeds a real-world high-tech project into each core course that every kid has to take.
Job Share Connect matches two people together to fill one full-time position, providing a new way for companies to recruit and retain top talent.
Karyosoft is an in-house secure genomics data management, analytics and visualization platform that agri-genomics scientists are using to get genomics insights in seconds combining both public and private genomics data.
Leash Pet Transportation is a pet-only ride-share service that connects pet owners, pet care businesses and trusted drivers via a web platform, creating greater convenience for pet owners.
Love Lifesciences is a medical device company developing a series of patent pending injection safety devices to improve the patient experience when self-administered injection medications are required for care
MD MatchUp is the matchmaking app for healthcare and focuses the Find-a-Doc search around patients seeking complementary providers.
Nave Analytics, Inc. is building a data coherence hub which offers versatile data streams and digital tools for small and midsize irrigation agronomy businesses to help use water sustainably.
Nestimate empowers employee financial wellness in their 401k through guaranteed income.
Particle Space is creating the fastest way to build real estate technology by providing software developers pre-built customizable templates to quickly build apps off of.
SALUBATA make shoes from recycled plastic wastes (now also available as digital assets (NFTs) - a proprietary technology that sequesters carbon in shoes.
SaRA (Strength and Resilience Assistant) Health gives musculoskeletal providers a way to provide "PT-light" in order to impact larger populations in both a preventative and rehab setting.
SeeInMe Instant Connector cards employ NFC technology and QR codes to ensure instant access to a vulnerable person’s Personality Profile to ensure continuity of care.
Sentinel Fertigation is an agricultural technology company that is leveraging multispectral imagery to anticipate crop nitrogen needs and provide proactive fertigation recommendations to farmers and their trusted advisors.
SpenDebt is a SaaS payment solution providing a frictionless way for companies to recover overdue bill payments from their customers.
Swishboom is a mobile app that allows parents to book babysitters using trusted networks.
Tiiga is a baobab electrolyte drink mix that provides hydration, and supports immune and gut health.
The Unravl device will automate the braid takedown process and make it 2x quicker and 17x cheaper to unravel braids.
Veeper is a Shopify app that tracks customers' shopping habits to apply the smallest discount that gets them to buy more.
