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New Venture Network
New Venture Network focuses on fostering community-led startups and entrepreneurship through education and consulting services. They emphasize stakeholder collaboration and community impact measurement.
Overview
What New Venture Network does
What New Venture Network is
New Venture Network focuses on fostering community-led startups and entrepreneurship through education and consulting services. They emphasize stakeholder collaboration and community impact measurement.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 25, 2026
Official channels
Find New Venture Network elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
New Venture Network as a community
Community overview
New Venture Network was founded in 2017 within the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, originally known as The Startup Collaborative. It aims to support entrepreneurs at various stages, particularly first-time founders, by providing resources, mentorship, and a community to foster startup growth. The organization has evolved from a merger of several initiatives, including the Straight Shot accelerator and The Omaha Startup Collaborative incubator space.
Community focus
New Venture Network focuses on supporting entrepreneurs, corporate teams, and community builders. It offers a range of services including educational materials and templates for first-time founders, a Corporate Innovation Accelerator for corporations, and a Community Catalyst Program aimed at developing vibrant startup ecosystems.
Member value
Members gain access to resources, mentorship, and a supportive community that fosters startup growth. The organization emphasizes diversity, with a significant portion of supported founders being women or people of color.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 500
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Corporate Innovators · Builders
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Nathan Preheim - Co-founder and Innovator.
Common questions
What to know about New Venture Network
Upseed classifies New Venture Network under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 25, 2026
Known limits
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