Congrats to our client, Proven Ventures, for making the News
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Proven Ventures had a very good week.
Silicon Prairie News recently featured the Omaha-based fund and its push to deploy the remaining $1 million from its $10 million Fund One into Nebraska companies ready to grow. Proven is looking primarily at revenue-generating businesses with scalable models, with typical investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. Its debt-equity model is designed to give founders more flexibility while creating a path for them to buy back Proven’s ownership as their companies grow.
Then Proven Ventures co-founder and General Partner Erica Wassinger took that conversation to the Hustle Conference stage for the “How We’re Building This” panel, focused on the very real work of going to market, finding customers, and scaling a company.
She was joined by some seriously interesting Nebraska builders:
Jon Tvrdik, founder and CEO of WaveCX, is building technology that helps financial institutions create better digital experiences for their customers. WaveCX provides personalized in-app content, AI-enabled search, product demos, and other tools designed to increase digital adoption and reduce customer support needs.
Molly O’Neil, co-founder and CEO of Superb, took years of experience in senior care and turned it into a technology platform connecting healthcare workers directly with senior care facilities. Workers can choose available shifts and see transparent pay, while facilities get another option for filling critical staffing needs.
Randy Preston, CEO of Centese, leads the Omaha medtech company behind Thoraguard, a digital chest drainage system designed for patients recovering from cardiac and thoracic surgery. The technology combines automated chest tube clearance with digital monitoring to help clinicians make better-informed decisions during recovery.
What made the conversation especially interesting was seeing the investment story and the founder story on the same stage. Proven Ventures talks a lot about backing companies with real customers, traction, and room to grow — and several of the people sitting beside Erica were doing exactly that.
The SPN feature put a spotlight on the capital still available.
Hustle showed us the people building with it.
So, we’ll leave you with the same question we’ve been asking ourselves:
Now, how are you moving?