Tag: gener8tor

Startup pitch at a 2021 NMotion Venture Studio event

NMotion adds ‘concierge’ investment accelerator for early-stage founders; applications close May 30

By Tommy Felts / May 24, 2022

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the NMotion startup accelerator, but was independently produced by Startland News. Following NMotion Venture Studio’s successful launch in 2020, Nebraska’s largest and only startup accelerator is adding a new high-touch opportunity to its lineup: NMotion Growth Accelerator.  “Five out of the 10 companies that came through the NMotion…

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Luke Moberly Bumper

College student develops investing app for teens with $500K pre-seed confidence boost

By Tommy Felts / March 1, 2022

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. LINCOLN,…

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Quest Moffat, Kadogo

Serial tech entrepreneur, ecosystem builder develops app to help turn everyday purchases into charitable donations

By Tommy Felts / August 26, 2021

Editor’s note: The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a financial supporter of Startland News. This story was produced independently by Startland News’s nonprofit newsroom. Operating a nonprofit taught Quest Moffat that it’s easier to raise programming dollars than it is to raise operating dollars — and a lack of the latter brings unexpected stressors, he…

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NMotion Accelerator targets KC startup founders for new venture studio backed by gener8tor; deadline extended to Nov. 2

By Tommy Felts / October 15, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the NMotion startup accelerator, but was independently produced by Startland News. Moving startups forward, faster, has long been the mission behind Lincoln, Nebraska-based NMotion Accelerator  — but it’s just one perk of the program that’s generating next-level entrepreneurial growth as it debuts a new venture studio. “We’re focused on…

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Elango Thevar, Neer; photo by Lauren Pusateri

NEER heads to the Pacific (virtually) for $200K, climate change solutions accelerator

By Tommy Felts / October 6, 2020

An intensive, 10-month application process is paying off for NEER, as the Kansas City water management startup says aloha to a Hawaii-based accelerator and a significant funding infusion. Joining the ninth cohort of Elemental Excelerator in Honolulu is a boon for NEER, having just completed the gener8tor program in Wisconsin, said Elango Thevar, founder and…

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