Gov. Kim Reynolds announced 14 recipients of the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund, a matching grant that helps employers provide postsecondary training and education opportunities for their employees. The third round of grants will […]
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Fluent partners with InBIA Partners and SourceLink for $375,000 Pilot of Fluency Score
Select startup accelerators across the country will pilot The Fluency Score, a tool for evaluating companies applying to their programs, thanks to a new InBIA pilot program. InBIA (the International Business Innovation Association) is partnering […]
FarrPro wins Canadian Pork Innovation Award
Iowa City-based agtech startup FarrPro has won the Dr. F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production with its Haven product. The award was presented at the 2020 Banff Pork Seminar to FarrPro’s CEO and co-founder, Amos […]
Fin Capital reaches $1 million investment milestone
FIN Capital, Iowa’s female angel investor network, announced last week it has invested more than $1 million into eight different startup companies. This milestone comes just four years after FIN’s effort began. Fin Capital started in […]
Middle BIt: IGDA Des Moines to host Global Game Jam site
For the third year in a row, IGDA Des Moines, a local chapter of the International Game Developers Association, is hosting a jam site in Des Moines as part of Global Game Jam. Global Game Jam […]
Investing in Iowa: Q4 2019
35 different companies across Iowa raised more than $44 million in venture capital in 2019, according to our findings. In Q4, Iowa-based companies raised $7,770,000. That combined with the investments from Q1-Q3 brings the total amount raised in […]
A Clay & Milk Cartoon: Jan. 8
Nathan T. Wright is an illustrator and artist based in Des Moines. He is a regular contributor to Clay & Milk. Find out more about him in his Q&A here and how his first year was as a […]
Meet the Global Insurance Accelerator's 2020 cohort
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) has announced the eight insurtech startups that will make up the 2020 cohort in Des Moines, starting on January 14. “This year’s cohort of companies is solving big and important problems, each […]
American Enterprise Ventures leads $1.75 million seed round in healthcare company
American Enterprise Ventures (AEV) announced this week that lead a $1.75 million seed round in Repisodic, a healthcare technology company based in Philadelphia. Repisodic has created a platform used by discharge planners that provide patients […]
Mākusafe raises $1.5 million to grow team, scale manufacturing
West Des Moines-based MākuSafe has successfully raised $1.5 million, which will help the company continue to expand its manufacturing process and grow its team. The raised $1.5 million comes mostly from previous investors—EMC Insurance Companies and Next Level Ventures—but […]