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The UNeTech Institute<\/a> is a winner of the 2022 Economic Development Agency\u2019s Build to Scale Competition. UNeTech joins recipients from across the country as part of a $47 million investment to fuel innovation and tech-based development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $300,000 award is for the \u201cOmaha Medical Technology Development Alliance\u201d and is a continuation of the 2019 \u201cOmaha Medical Technology Pipeline.\u201d The pipeline leveraged resources throughout the city to build medical technology startups. The newly awarded alliance will serve to better engage with regional, national and international investors, and provide ongoing support to existing and future medical technology startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNeTech is an entrepreneurial support organization and startup incubator affiliated with UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUNeTech has shown that you can launch viable startups like Microwash and Impower Health<\/a>,\u201d said Rodney Markin, MD, PhD, director of the UNeTech Institute, associate vice chancellor for business development and the David T. Purtilo Distinguished Chair of Pathology. \u201cBut they cannot thrive without support and capital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In supporting startups, the development alliance will expand on UNeTech\u2019s existing collaboration with the UNO College of Business Administration. The Maverick Technology Ventures Alliance \u201chas been game changer for students,\u201d said Brent Clark, professor of business strategy and academic sponsor of the student-led program that provides business strategy analysis reports based on university intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAcross UNO and UNMC,\u201d Clark said, \u201cit has provided transformative opportunities for students to learn how tech startups get going, how they craft their strategies and how they eventually get off the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jace Gatzemeyer, PhD, UNeTech\u2019s innovation development strategist, crafted the proposal, which seeks to build a more robust investment system in the Omaha area. \u201cUNeTech and its partners have been able do some incredible work advancing medical inventions to the prototype and proof-of-concept phases,\u201d Dr. Gatzemeyer said. \u201cConnecting those startups with committed investors has proven more challenging. This grant from the EDA will support our ongoing work to seek out, learn from and organize local investors, creating a network of folks to whom startups can pitch their innovative new medical technology concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Runge, JD, associate director of UNeTech, thanked the EDA for the grant and to the university for providing matching funds to support the program. \u201cUNeTech is fortunate to have support from the EDA, UNMC and UNO to continue to grow these important opportunities for students, faculty and startups. With so many great projects lined up, I am just so grateful for the opportunity to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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