There's still time left to apply for the upcoming cohort of the Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator, a community-based accelerator program in Iowa City.
The Idea Accelerator is a 90-day, virtual program to get your idea off the ground. All accepted into the program will receive $5,000 in funding to help test out their business idea.…
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The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) has announced the seven startups that will make up its 2023 cohort.
This year's cohort is made up of companies who are looking to solve some of the industry's real challenges and problems including: leveraging data (both new and existing) to improve underwriting, creating deeper connections between science and insurance,…
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) announced this week that that is acquiring next-generation sequencing research assays from medical genetics company Invitae for $48 million.
The integration of IDT’s portfolio with the acquired research assays will empower labs with an all-in-one solution for uncovering biomarkers and advancing cancer discoveries, IDT said. An assay is a laboratory…
The University of Iowa has been awarded an $8.2 million grant to enhance the growth of bioscience research and economic development on the campus.
“We recognize the level of in-depth and high-quality, valuable research being conducted at the University of Iowa to further advance the health of the people of our state, our nation and…
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program has announced the graduation of 25 business owners from its eighth cohort of the program in Iowa.
The members of the cohort are small business owners from across Iowa who represent a diverse range of businesses and industries.
The Iowa 10KSB program, which is coordinated by DMACC and hosted at the…
Adaptive clothing brand No Limbits has raised a $1.4 million seed round.
No investor led the round for the Richmond-based startup, but there was participation from Georgetown's Halcyon Angels and New York's The Disability Opportunity Fund and follow-on investments from Mark Cuban and Emma Grede, who previously backed the company on ABC's "Shark Tank."
Erica Cole, the company's founder,…
Hawkeye Surgical Lighting, a University of Iowa startup founded by neurosurgery resident David Christianson and medical student Anthony Piscopo, won $100,000 at the first InnoVenture Challenge at Temple Theatre on Dec. 7 in Des Moines.
InnoVenture Iowa invited early-stage entrepreneurs to participate in its challenge, a pitch competition that brought together three startup companies to…
BrownWinick announced this week its expansion into eastern Iowa with the addition of a new location at 1101 5th Street in Coralville.
This office will be home to a growing team already located in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids corridor.
“The needs of our various clients in the eastern part of the state continue to evolve,…
The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) has announced that Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has become a partner institution for its statewide Venture School Entrepreneurial Training Program.
Des Moines has already been a hub for Iowa JPEC’s Venture School, which uses the National Science Foundation I-Corps curriculum to help startup…
InnoVenture Iowa announced Wednesday the three early-stage startup companies that will compete in the first InnoVenture Challenge pitch competition on Dec. 7 for a $100,000 cash prize.
The event will take place at the Masonic Temple Theatre in downtown Des Moines. Prior to the pitch competition, Bunker Labs Des Moines, an organization that helps…
Alquist 3D, a 3D-printing construction firm based in Iowa, recently launched a new licensee program for companies looking to partner with the company to print homes in a pre-determined geographic region.
The new licensee program will create partnerships to print homes in pre-determined regions around North America.
Companies that partner with Alquist 3D through…
Iowa is receiving $5,708,924 in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden, to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet throughout the state.
“Broadband helps create equal learning opportunities for kids in school, expands telehealth options, and helps Iowa’s small businesses compete,” said Representative Cindy Axne…