The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a disaster declaration in Iowa, allowing small businesses (defined as having 500 or fewer employees) affected by COVID-19 to apply for low-interest federal loans. According to a Saturday […]
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Middle Bit: Businesses encouraged to complete IEDA Survey to better understand impact of COVID-19
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) is asking Iowa businesses to complete this survey to tell them what your business is experiencing and how your business is handling the current crisis. IEDA will use the information […]
Polished: A configurable markdown editor for writers
When software engineer Ryan Wilson dove into the world of writing he quickly discovered that there were no apps on the market that offered good editing tools and were also community-based. “I started looking at […]
Iowa City Startup Apollo refocuses platform to help tackle coronavirus
Guest post by Jon Lensing. Apollo is a health-tech based startup founded by medical students from the University of Iowa. Our mission is to improve community health through the accelerated delivery of patient services. Using […]
Coralville biotech company to produce millions of test kits for coronavirus
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) in Coralville announced on Monday that it has received approval to make kits to test for coronavirus. As of March 9th, IDT had manufactured more than one million CDC-approved tests primer […]
Coronavirus Fallout: A roundup of postponed/canceled entrepreneurial events
A list of Iowa’s entrepreneurial events that have been postponed or canceled because of COVID-19. Event Host Organization Location Original Date Rescheduled Date 1 Million Cups (Ames, Cedar Rapids, DSM, ) 1 Million Cups Statewide Every Wednesday Canceled until […]
Middle Bit: Roboflow wins Pioneer Demo Day
Des Moines-based startup Roboflow was one of 14 companies at Pioneer’s Demo Day yesterday. Roboflow is looking to change that by removing the pain points that developers come across when creating computer vision and AR […]
VIDA Diagnostics raises $11 million Series C round
Coralville-based VIDA Diagnostics announced today that it has raised an $11 million Series C financing round. The investment was led by First Analysis Corporation with initial equity participation from Blue Heron Capital and UnityPoint Health Ventures. […]
BrokerTech Ventures announces five new investor partners
BrokerTech Ventures has announced the addition of five new investor partners to the accelerator—Heffernan Insurance Brokers, Inc., The Horton Group, Inc., IMA Financial Group, MJ Insurance, and Woodruff Sawyer. BrokerTech also announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, Susan […]
Form Dash is making fundraising easier for nonprofits
Alyssa Nolte has been the head coach of the Cedar Falls Dance Team for nearly ten years and says the most frustrating part of the job is fundraising. “It costs about $20,000 a year to […]