Lisa Bewley

Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes high throughput microbiological screening tests. It has developed and is currently selling diagnostic tests to the food processing industry that allow them to screen environmental samples for pathogens in- house. The company was founded by Alan D. Olstein in 2001 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Franklin Towers Enterprises, Inc. engages in the production and sale of silk and silk products. It operates through its subsidiary Chongqing Fuling Qiluo Cocoon Silk Company Ltd. The company was founded on March 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Fulin, China.

SkyVu Entertainment, Inc. provides mobile gaming services. The company was founded by Benjamin Vu and Joseph Hoa Vu in 2007 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

PerceptiMed, Inc. develops and markets a medical device for eliminating medical errors in pharmacies. The firm's products include IdentRx, IdentRx telepharmacy, MedPass, and ScripClip. Its technology identifies the composition of individual pills in real-time, checks each and every pill against the doctor's prescription, and ensures delivery to the patient. The company was founded by Alan Jacobs and Jennifer L. Jacobson is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Fancy Chap, Inc. offers word press hosting services. The firm provides its services to agencies, web designers, developers and freelancers. It creates tools to allow users to quickly build, launch, and manage word press sites. The company was founded by Dustin Davidson, Richard Knudtson and Tony Noecker in 2012 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Mikroscan Technologies, Inc. manufacturers of live robotic microscopy and whole slide imaging (WSI) system. It offers live telemicroscopy, image analysis, and archival and retrieval. The company was founded by Victor Casas is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance and financial products and services. It offers life insurance, disability insurance, long-term care insurance, annuities, critical illness insurance, small business solutions and structured settlements for individuals. The firm?s principal products and services include individual health and accident insurance, individual and group life insurance and annuities, retirement plans, and banking services. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska provides health insurance products. It offers health and temporary coverage plans, medicine discount programs, and benefit administration solutions. It has offices in Lincoln and Grand Island Nebraska. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Part of Cardinal Health, Inc., LAB-InterLink develops software solutions used to get quality laboratory testing results. The company is based in Omaha, NE. The company was founded by Rodney S. Markin. LAB-InterLink was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc. on June 18, 2004 for $3.25 million.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Behlen Mfg. Co. engages in the manufacture of farm and industrial equipment. Its products include livestock equipment, grain storage, drying, handling, and building systems. The company was founded by Walter D. Behlen in 1936 and is headquartered in Columbus, NE.

CareDx Transplant Management, Inc. provides patient care management software solution. It develops software products that improve the quality of patient care, workflow management and operational efficiencies for the healthcare industry. The firm's services include OTTR administrative training and services, user training, go-live support. Its solutions include OTTR 7, solid organ transplant, comprehensive heart, OTTR VAD, BMT and mobile and interfaces. The company was founded by Paul H. Kenyon in 1993 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

The Nature Conservancy is a conservation organization working around the world to protect land and waters for nature and people. The organization pursues non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Excell Partners Inc (Excell Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of State of New York founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Distefano Technology & Mfg. LLC manufactures and supplies precision tooling, machined steel components, and custom fabricated metal parts. It services include laser cutting, forming and stamping, welding, computer numerical control machining, rotational molding, kitting parts, engineering, and wire electrical discharge machining. The company was founded by Carl A. Distefano in 1972 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Columbus Community Hospital, Inc. offers healthcare services. It offers cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, concussion management team, diabetes and health education, diagnostic imaging, emergency department trauma, gift shop, health library, home health, hospice, hospitalist, lifeline, maternal child health, occupational health, pain management, rehabilitative care, respiratory care, sleep laboratories, surgical, swing bed, wiggles and giggles therapy for kids, women’s health, and other services, as well as wound and continence health center. The company was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Columbus, NE.

Afaxys, Inc. is a socially conscious healthcare company that provides affordable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare products and services. The private company is based in Charleston, SC and was founded in 2008 by Ronda K. Dean and Susan Overly. The company operates under two wholly owned subsidiaries, Afaxys Pharma, LLC and Afaxys Group Services, LLC (AGS). Afaxys Pharma provides a broad portfolio of branded and generic contraceptives to the public healthcare market, while AGS negotiates favorable pricing across a broad base of products and services through its group purchasing organization and emapp. The company partners with community and public health, and private industry to ensure healthcare providers have stable pricing and reliable access to the products and services they need to care for their patients. Ronda K. Dean has been the CEO since 2008.

The American Society for Cytotechnology operates as a professional organization dedicated to the field of cytotechnology. The company was founded by Patricia R. Ashton, Elsie Carruthers, Catherine M. Keebler, Shirley E. Greening, Angela L. Savino, Margaret J. Harris, Florence Woodworth Patten, Edna Pixley, Marion Danos Holmquist in 1979 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Nebraska Angels, Inc. operates as a consortium of individual angel investors. It is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation organized to exchange information about investment opportunities in early-stage and emerging growth companies with ties to the state of Nebraska. The firm provides opportunities for its members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in promising early-stage companies primed for expansion. It also provides seed and early-stage capital in the range of $150K-$750K. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Linseed Capital LLC (Linseed Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Karen Linder and James Linder. The firm is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Heritage Services, Inc. provides religious, educational, and financial fundraising services. The non-profit company is based in Omaha, NE.

Nebraska Medicine provides healthcare services. Its services include behavioral health, cancer care, diabetes, eye care, transplant, weight loss, urologic conditions, trauma, radiology, pain, sports medicine, and primary care. The company is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Nobl, Inc. provides software and technology services to meet patient needs. It develops an hourly rounding solution for nurses. The company was founded by Brett Byman, Katie Hottovy and Raymond Page in 2013 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Tethon Corp. is engaged in manufacturing of ceramic powders and polymers. Its products include Bison 1000 DLP printer, buildplate, and resin. The company was founded by Karen Linder and Jim Linder in 2014 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.