$1 Million to Invest in Nebraska Growth

Your next stage could start here.

FOUNDER-FRIENDLY GROWTH CAPITAL FOR NEBRASKA BUSINESSES

Grow your business without giving away the future you are building.

Proven Ventures invests $250,000 to $500,000 in revenue-generating Nebraska companies ready to scale. Our flexible debt-equity model helps founders access capital without fixed monthly payments and creates a pathway to regain more ownership as the business grows.

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Built for businesses with traction and founders with a plan

WHO WE INVEST IN

Proven Ventures looks for Nebraska businesses with customers, revenue, strong fundamentals, and a clear opportunity to grow.

Our best fit is often a primarily B2B or asset-light company seeking capital to make a strategic hire, expand sales, develop a product, enter a market, or move more quickly on a proven opportunity.

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Nebraska-based

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Revenue-generating, generally $250,000+ annually

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Demonstrated customer traction

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Strong margins or a credible path to profitability

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Scalable business model

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Seeking approximately $50,000-$1 million

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Capital should create more options — not fewer.

HOW PROVEN IS DIFFERENT

Traditional debt and traditional equity each have a role. Proven Ventures offers another way to think about financing growth: a debt-equity investment designed to align repayment with revenue and allow founders to redeem a meaningful portion of the equity over time.

The result is flexible capital, aligned incentives, and more control over what comes next.

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SEE WHAT FOUNDER-FRIENDLY CAPITAL CAN MAKE POSSIBLE

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AuditMiner used early investment and disciplined growth to reach profitability and strategically reacquire a majority of its equity from Proven Ventures, strengthening founder control while continuing to build for the future.

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FOUNDER QUESTIONS

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You do not need a perfect pitch. Start with a real conversation.

Tell us what you are building, where the business stands today, and what the next stage requires. We will help you determine whether Proven Ventures may be the right fit.

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