About Nebraska Angels
Nebraska Angels, established in 2006, is an angel investment group based in Omaha, United States. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in United States. Its portfolio includes 20 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, High Tech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like Travefy, ZOLOZ and Flywheel. As of Sep 2026, Nebraska Angels has witnessed 4 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a Undisclosed Seed round in Driive on May 11, 2026, which also saw participation from Nelnet and MOVE Venture Capital.
To date, 32 investors have co-invested in Nebraska Angels's portfolio companies, including prominent names like Invest Nebraska.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2006
Location
Omaha, United States
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Locations of Investment
Nebraska Angels' List of Top Investments
Nebraska Angels has a portfolio of 20 companies. Their most notable investments are in Fast Forward and Nave Analytics.Their portfolio spans across United States and China. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Food and Agriculture Tech and 11 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Nebraska Angels:1. Travefy
Travel software simplifying business for agents with itineraries, CRM, and marketing. It is a SaaS platform designed for travel agents, agencies, tour operators, DMCs, and tourism organizations. The platform offers itinerary management, proposal and quote generation, CRM, custom forms, website creation, and marketing tools. It aims to streamline workflows, enhance client experiences, and promote brand visibility. Key features include a drag-and-drop itinerary builder, secure CRM for client management, proposal creation, website builder, and mobile-first client experience with live flight updates. It provides solutions for itinerary management, proposals, CRM, website and marketing, and a mobile app. It offers a subscription-based pricing model and support through a support center, certification, FAQs, and API documentation. The platform is PCI-DSS compliant, ensuring data security. It is a B2B tech company offering cloud-based solutions for the travel industry.
Key facts about Travefy
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Lincoln (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $2.36M
- Employee Count: 47 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Linseed Capital, Columbia University and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 18, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. ZOLOZ
Platform offering AI-based software for user identity verification. It offers identity verification solutions based on biometrics, spoof detection technology, and optical character recognition. Its products include smile facial recognition, which allows the organizations to verify the clients identity and comply with KYC regulations, and Smile, which uses a camera in the self-service machine to scan the customers face and match it against an existing profile for making payments, Connect, which allows the users to create cloud-based digital identities for digital identity verification.
Key facts about ZOLOZ
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Haidian (China)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Qihoo 360 Technology, Wells Fargo and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Flywheel
Managed WordPress hosting platform empowering creatives, agencies, and businesses. It provides premium solutions, tools, and services for creating, managing, and optimizing WordPress websites. The platform offers specialized solutions and developer-centric tools, including managed caching, security, and software updates. It caters to agencies, freelancers, and businesses with features like billing transfer, collaboration tools, and staging environments. The company focuses on WordPress hosting, offering free migrations, SSL, and malware cleanup. Support is available through live chat. The platform provides a custom control panel for easy site management. It offers WordPress hosting, WooCommerce hosting, and headless WordPress solutions. The company supports the WordPress community through contributions to open-source projects.
Key facts about Flywheel
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Omaha (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $14.2M
- Employee Count: 32 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Saratoga Investment, Hyde Park Venture Partners and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 22, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired

4. EyeVerify
Cloud-based multi-model biometric systems. Its product portfolio includes biometric-based identity verification systems that comprise face, eye, and behavioral recognition technology. It acts as a replacement for entering passwords on smartphones. Using the camera found on common smartphones and tablets, it can image and then pattern match the blood vessels in the whites of the eye.
Key facts about EyeVerify
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Kansas City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 27 as on Dec 31, 2015
- Investors: Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator, Qihoo 360 Technology and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Manufacturer of aluminium nitride products. It provides users with a platform providing III-V Group-based semiconductor materials for fabricating semiconductor wafers or integrated circuits. It also provides users with proprietary manufacturing processes to bring new aluminium nitride products to advanced electronics markets. They focus on creating materials with industry-transformative potential to address critical problems in electronics manufacturing.
Key facts about Nitride Global
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Wichita (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $9.78M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Leawood Venture Capital, Accelerate Venture Partners and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 09, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Nebraska Angels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Nebraska Angels has invested in 20 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of May 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Driive and most recent follow-on round was in OpsCompass.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nebraska Angels' Investments by Stage
Nebraska Angels has made 16 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $769K, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $1.33M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $400K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 16 |
Series A | 3 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Nebraska Angels' Investments by Sector
Nebraska Angels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech, Food and Agriculture Tech and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 15 Tech companies, 14 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 12 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 11 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 4 |
High Tech | 4 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 3 |
Sustainability Tech | 3 |
Others | 16 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Nebraska Angels' Investments by Geography
Nebraska Angels has made most investments in United States (18), followed by China where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 18 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Nebraska Angels' recent investments
Nebraska Angels has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Driive.Here are the most recent investments by Nebraska Angels:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 11, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5533 | [+2] | |
May 16, 2025 | - | Seed | 7529 | [+1] | |
Jan 22, 2025 | - | Seed | 2031 | [+1] | |
Jun 24, 2024 | United States | Unattributed | 5975 | [+2] | |
Jun 07, 2022 | United States | Seed | 7988 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Nebraska Angels' Portfolio
4 companies from Nebraska Angels' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Flywheel in Oct 2023 by Omnicom Group for $*****.Here are Nebraska Angels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 31, 2023 | Apr 25, 2014 | Seed | 2902 | |
Oct 25, 2019 | Dec 11, 2017 | Seed | 3463 | |
Sep 13, 2016 | Jun 01, 2012 | Seed | 1837 | |
Sep 13, 2016 | Jun 01, 2012 | Seed | 2614 |
Team profile of Nebraska Angels
Nebraska Angels has a team of 1 member located in United States. Nebraska Angels' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Nebraska Angels
Over the past 15 years, 60 investors have co-invested in Nebraska Angels's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Nebraska Angels: Gener8tor, Linseed Capital and 2 others have invested in rounds before Nebraska Angels. There are 2 companies where Gener8tor has invested before Nebraska Angels and 1 company where Linseed Capital has invested before Nebraska Angels.
- Top Co-investors of Nebraska Angels: 32 investors entered a company along with Nebraska Angels. These include investors like Invest Nebraska (10 companies).
- Invested after Nebraska Angels: A total of 24 investors have invested in Nebraska Angels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Sprint (2 companies) and Wells Fargo (2 companies).
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