In just eight months, Bumper has gone from an idea to a fully functional mobile-first solution for Gen Z teens and their parents that has over 500 active trading accounts. The speed of its development helped Bumper secure a $500,000 investment round led by Invest Nebraska and joined by Nebraska Angels and Wisconsin-based Lancaster Investments this month.

The gener8tor Cybersecurity Accelerator is a cutting-edge program in San Antonio, home to the second-largest concentration of cybersecurity experts in the United States.

Civic intelligence technology firm Curate Solutions, based in Madison, was bought by Washington, D.C.-based FiscalNote Inc., a technology provider of global policy and market intelligence.

Point Pickup Technologies, a last-mile delivery service, has acquired white-label e-commerce platform GrocerKey for $42 million, according to the company.