Most finance applications tend to offer one of two things — personal finance software for individuals or business accounting software for medium-to-large sized businesses. A new financial management platform is looking to change that. hello […]
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DeltaV launches new curriculum focused on computer operations, receives $100k grant from Future Ready Iowa
DeltaV, a Cedar Rapids-based coding and digital marketing school, has launched new curriculum and a program that features fully-paid tuition costs, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund. The […]
Insulights makes semi-finals of Ag Innovation Challenge
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has announced the 10 semi-finalist teams in the 2020 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Insulights, an Akron, Iowa-based company that has created a flashing insulator that helps farmers and ranchers […]
CartilaGen receives early-stage funding from Wellmark
CartilaGen, an Iowa City-based startup that is developing the world’s first preventative therapy for post-traumatic osteoarthritis, has received funding from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The award will bolster CartilaGen’s development of its preventive […]
3D Health Solutions wins 2020 Pappajohn Pitch Competition, takes home $40,000
3D Health Solutions has been announced the winner of the 2020 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition and was awarded $40,000. The competition is a collaborative project of the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers located at […]
Investing in Iowa: Q1-Q3 2020
The following is a list of all known investments raised by Iowa companies through the first three quarters of 2020. In total, Iowa-based companies raised just over $109 million through the first three quarters of […]
Lessification: ‘If minimalism and travel had a baby’
Luigi Rausch was never a good traveler. He was the guy who would fill up two suitcases, packing way too many clothes and bringing more luggage than any of his friends. Then, while planning a […]
Healthtech Company Navigate Providing Free Mental Health Resources in response to COVID-19
Navigate Wellbeing Solutions, a provider of technology-enabled wellbeing engagement solutions for organizations, is growing as employers embrace the mental health of their employees during COVID-19. In response to the wellbeing challenges many are facing due […]
Middle Bit: ACT launches new learning platform ‘Mosaic’
ACT this week launched Mosaic, a research-backed, comprehensive learning solution to provide educators, learners, and families with online learning tools and services to address student needs in the classroom and at home, during the COVID-19 […]
Iowa organizations receive funding to launch ‘Iowa Go-To-Market program’
Three Iowa organizations—Iowa Innovation Corp, Iowa State University Startup Factory and VentureNet Iowa—have received a $525,472 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s 2020 Venture Challenge program to launch the Iowa Go-To-Market (G2M) program. The funding […]