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University of Nebraska Medical Center

UneTech Business Development & Advisory Services

The UneTech Institute, in partnership with UNMC, offers business development services, such as startup incubation, technical support, funding support and partner engagement.

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Services

  • Support from ideation to commercialization, with staff members on site to help with every step in the process.
  • Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer project support, customer discovery and customer development, entrepreneurial matchmaking, and building the perfect team.
  • Advancing medical inventions to the prototype and proof-of-concept phases.
  • Technical prototyping and development support, identification of translational research opportunities.
  • 3D modeling and technical collaboration to help investigators consider the technical hurdles of transitioning great ideas into vital products.
  • Assistance on any technical matter when someone at UNO or UNMC is engaged in meaningful research.
  • Connecting startups with committed investors, creating a network of folks to whom startups can pitch their innovative new medical technology concepts.
  • For startups seeking their first money or their later rounds, UNeTech cultivates a network of ready investors. 
  • Harnessing the resources of the University of Nebraska ecosystem and the Omaha and greater Nebraska community.
  • Community engagement coordination to expand UNeTech's community network.

Specialized Programs

Maverick Technology Ventures Alliance: Student-Led Business Strategy Analysis

This student-led program provides business strategy analysis reports based on university intellectual property.

  • Collaboration with the UNO College of Business Administration, providing transformative opportunities for students to learn how tech startups get going, how they craft their strategies and how they eventually get off the ground.
  • Production of Business Model Canvases for startup concepts, showing how an invention is not the same thing as a business and providing enormous room for creative expression in taking a cool idea and turning it into a healthy business.
  • Market and competitive analysis reports completed by undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Nebraska Omaha College of Business.

Omaha Virtual Reality Pipeline: Workforce Development in Emerging Technology

This program is training the next generation of developers in collaboration with UNMC and Metropolitan Community College, backed by a visionary grant from the Economic Development Administration's Build to Scale Venture Challenge.

  • Students learn high-demand skills in virtual reality, agile project management, and software development.
  • Participants earn industry-recognized certifications and connect directly with employers.
  • Cross-disciplinary educational approach through collaboration between UNMC and UNO, creating versatile professionals who bridge the gap between technical implementation and practical application.