Des Moines investment firm Manchester Story has been busy as of late, having led in two different seed investment rounds over the last month. The first investment was in LimitFi, a credit insurtech based in […]
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Techstars Iowa Accelerator Announces 2021 Class
The inaugural cohort of Techstars Iowa officially kicked off its 3-month journey today at Gravitate Coworking in Downtown Des Moines. Ten companies from a variety of industries are joining the 2021 program. Techstars Iowa is partnering with […]
Startup Champions Network Summit coming to Des Moines this fall
The Startup Champions Network (SCN), a national network of entrepreneurial ecosystem builders, has picked Des Moines to host its annual Fall Summit from Oct. 12-14 at Gravitate Coworking, the organization announced recently. The goal of the […]
Middle Bit: Continuum Ag wins Cisco Global Challenge Award
Continuum Ag has been announced as one of the winners of the fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge. The Challenge is an online competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s […]
Science Center of Iowa receives $10,000 grant for stem professional development program
The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) announced this week that it received a grant for $10,000 from Bayer Fund, which will be used to in the creation of ‘Making Tech Connections,’ a professional development program […]
TAI announces Iowa Technology Leadership Institute, applications now open
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) has opened applications for the first-ever class of its Iowa Technology Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute a five-month program designed to provide business and leadership education to employees intending […]
Pi515 receives $35,000 donation from StartupCity
Des Moines nonprofit Pi515 has received a $35,000 donation from now-closed StartupCity Des Moines to help fund the SMART Cities Summer Challenge. StartupCity Des Moines formed in 2011 as an incubator and coworking space and closed in […]
Middle Bit: Jason Gross joins ManchesterStory as Vice President
ManchesterStory Group, a venture capital firm based in Des Moines, announced this week that Jason Gross is joining the company as Vice President and Head of Platform. “Jason is an award-winning innovation, strategy and technology-adoption […]
Iowa State receives $16 million grant to study rural broadband connectivity
A project led by Iowa State University has received a $16 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to create a city-scale testbed aimed at studying how to bring down the cost of delivering broadband to rural […]
ISU Startup Factory announces its tenth cohort
The Iowa State University Startup Factory announced this month its tenth cohort of entrepreneurs entering the Iowa State-based program. The following are the names of the nine participating startups in the tenth cohort. Frugi Biotechnology Founded […]