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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Guest post by Kerty Levy. Is Venture Funding Getting LESS Diverse? Data from PitchBook shows that “Venture funding for female founders has hit its lowest quarterly total in three years.” While the report focuses on gender, […]
MākuSafe announced two new updates this week that it says will have a significant impact for customers who need effective contact tracing and for those seeking industry 4.0 automation capabilities. The first of these enhancements is built […]