Blue Cross Blue Shield has partnered with the Aksarben Discovery Fund, the venture capital fund which target graduates of the The Lean Launchpad at the Aksarben Innovation Initiative.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska has announced it is to partner the Aksarben Discovery Fund, The World Herald has reported.

The Aksarben fund, which was founded by angel investor Jim Young Jr. and Ken Moreano, executive director of the Scott Technology Centre, provides capital to companies emerging from the Lean LaunchPad program at the Aksarben Innovation Initiative. 

The Lean Launchpad, which was launched by Yong and Moreano in June, is a ten-week entrepreneurial programme that targets pre-accelerator, pre-incubated companies.…