The state of Iowa has awarded 14 broadband providers with $15,542,302 in Empower Rural Iowa broadband grants made possible through allocation of federal CARES funding. The grants will impact 21 Iowa counties and more than […]
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LenderClose Closes $10 Million Series B Round
LenderClose, a real estate and home equity lending technology platform, announced today that it has successfully closed a $10 million Series B funding round. The West Des Moines-based company will use the funding to focus […]
Middle Bit: Statewide John Pappajohn Competition to Once Again Award $100,000 in Cash Prizes
Applications for the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition are now being accepted. The sixteenth annual statewide competition will be awarding $100,000 in cash prizes. The $100,000 in seed funding consists of a $50,000 contribution from John […]
Coralville-based IDT acquires Swift Biosciences
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a genomics solutions provider based in Coralville, announced the acquisition of Swift Biosciences, a company developing and commercializing NGS Library Preparation Kits that enable technologies for genomics, translational, and clinical research. […]
7 Iowa companies rank among Inc.’s fastest growing companies in the Midwest
Inc. Magazine released its “Inc. 5000 regionals: Midwest 2021” list on Tuesday and 7 Iowa companies made the list. The Midwest List is comprised of the fastest-growing private companies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, […]
Startup Weekend Iowa City goes virtual, tickets now available
Startup Weekend Iowa City is partnering with Techstars Iowa to bring back the 54-hour event in a new, virtual format next month. During the weekend-long event, entrepreneurs, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists […]
GIA Graduate Cowbell Cyber Raises $20 Million In Series A Funding
Cowbell Cyber, an AI-powered cyber insurance provider based in Pleasanton, California, has closed $20 Million in Series A funding to scale its game-changing offering for continuous underwriting and closed-loop risk management. Brewer Lane Ventures led […]
This Twitter account is helping Iowans find and schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments
A new Twitter account was launched on Wednesday to help Iowans find and schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments as they open up in real-time. The account, called Iowa Vaccine Alerts, was created by Iowa City web developer Brian […]
Proposed bill would incentivize new remote workers in Iowa
Last Friday marked the first “funnel” deadline of the 2021 session, which requires bills to pass through a full committee in either the House or Senate to move forward. One of the proposed bills that […]
Entrepreneurial events happening at University of Iowa this spring
Deadlines are quickly approaching for several different entrepreneurial events being hosted by Iowa JPEC this spring. Here are some of the events happening this spring. Game Changer Competition Game Changer is a new online event […]