Ag Startup Engine announced today that it has increased its investor-member base and has raised a second fund of $2.25 million with plans to invest in up to 45 startups in the agriculture and food […]
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Next Level Ventures announces new investment fund for fintech companies in the credit union industry
Next Level Ventures along with credit union partners of Members Development Company (MDC) have announced the launch of a new venture capital fund Curql that will focus on financial services technology companies in the credit […]
IEDA awards funding to two startups
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board has approved innovation funding for two startups located in Ankeny and Fairfield. In total, $50,000 was awarded to the two startups. Here are the two startups that received funding: Vine […]
Viewpoint Molecular Targeting raises $8 Million in Series A Financing
Viewpoint Molecular Targeting, a pharmaceutical startup based in Coralville, has raised $8 million in Series A financing. Viewpoint is a University of Iowa startup pharmaceutical company that has developed novel therapy and companion diagnostics for […]
NewBoCo receives $50,000 grant to expand programming for K-5 students
Cedar Rapids nonprofit NewBoCo announced last week that it has received a $50,000 grant which will allow for the addition of healthcare-focused lessons into NewBoCo’s K-5 CoderDojo program. CoderDojo is a free, biweekly program that offers […]
Tractor Zoom raises $3 million Series A round
Tractor Zoom, an Urbandale-based auction marketing and equipment pricing company, has raised $3 million in Series A funding to scale its transparent pricing and analytics platform, Iron Comps. Innova Memphis, Hyde Park Angels, Iowa Corn […]
Moov Financial raises $27 million in Series A funding
Moov Financial, an open source embedded banking platform, has raised $27 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (known as “a16z”). Gokul Rajaram, Abstract Ventures, Bain Capital, Canapi Ventures, Commerce Ventures, […]
Rantizo raises $7.5 million Series A Round
Iowa City-based agtech company Rantizo announced today it has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Leaps by Bayer and several agtech investors and strategic partners including Fall Line Capital, Innova Memphis, Lewis […]
Five startups receive funding from IEDA
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board has approved innovation funding for five startups located in Iowa City, Davenport, Ames and Urbandale. In total, $650,000 was awarded to the five startups. Hear are the five startups that received funding: […]
Continuum Ag receives $50,000 investment from Ag Startup Engine and Ag Ventures Alliance
Washington, Iowa based startup Continuum Ag has received an initial $50,000 investment from Ag Startup Engine and Ag Ventures Alliance. Founded in 2016, Continuum Ag gives farmers prescriptions for practices and products proven to work with […]