Tractor Zoom, an online marketplace that connects farm equipment auctioneers and buyers, has completed a $1 million seed investment round
Innova Memphis participated in the round, alongside investments from Ag Startup Engine and a small group of angel investors and individuals that hold the remaining positions in the round.
Tractor Zoom plans to use the investment to grow their team…
EntreFEST is set to return May 16-17, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Passes are now on sale now and are being offered at a discounted rate until October 31.
EntreFEST is a conference, festival and gathering for Iowa’s entrepreneurs, investors, business owners and anyone seeking to learn more about Iowa's entrepreneurial community. The two-day conference will…
The Makers Loft Iowa City, a space for retail goods from local makers and artisans, will open its doors for the first time this Thursday.
Makers Loft is the next iteration of RADinc., a space in Iowa City that opened in May of last year with the intention of being retail incubator with space for pop-up stores, performances, community events…
Urbandale-based BirdDogHR has received an investment from Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), allowing them to continue to expand their operations.
BirdDogHR is a software firm that focuses on talent management and specializes in high-consequence and government contracting industries due to their unique needs. Companies from other industries can use the BirdDogHR talent management solution, but their platform is…
Iowa is a top state when it comes to education. I hear this all the time, and while Iowa historically has done well, assessment scores that are coming out of our high schools today seem to prove otherwise.
I first want to clarify that I do not believe that a summative assessment once a year is…
Alden based Summit Agriculture Group has formed a $300 million investment fund that will focus on agriculture companies throughout the Midwest.
With the new fund, Summit plans on investing in two to three agricultural companies per year over a three-year period.
"I think the catalyst for the fund was a continued recognition of a couple of trends…
The 65th Farm Progress Show is set to take place back in Boone, Iowa this week.
This is the sixth time the Farm Progress Show will be held in Boone. The show will begin Tuesday morning and run until Thursday afternoon.
The three-day event will have 80 acres full of 600 exhibitors, offering those who attend displays…
Autumn Eastman likes helping people.
Earlier this year, she founded Worthy Buck, a company looking to provide humans with access to basic resources through a platform that allows donators to send direct help to people in need, and receive proof of the impact of their giving.
"We basically realized that people really want to make an impact…
Nathan T. Wright is an illustrator and artist based in Des Moines. He is a regular contributor to Clay & Milk.
Find out more about him in his Q&A here and how his first year was as a full-time illustrator here. Wright also just completed a six-week artist-in-residence program for Ballet Des Moines, where he created a comic.
His previous cartoons for…
Pitchly announced today that they have completed a seven-figure seed funding round.
The round was led by Next Level Ventures, with participation from M25, Great North Labs and other local investors.
"Pitchly has a unique focus to help professionals, especially in the M&A sector, to curate and market data. Managing these various points is a big problem, and…
Ramco Innovations recently announced plans to launch an entrepreneur support center focused on industrial startups at its facility in the Valley Junction.
The center, known as Maple Ventures, is set to open this fall will provide workspace, infrastructure, knowledge and mentoring for early-stage companies with industrial hardware or software. Accepted companies will also be able lean on…
Pillar Technology has entered an acquisition agreement with Accenture Industry X.0.
Pillar, based in Columbus, Ohio, with offices — known as the Forge — in Des Moines, is a technology consulting firm that develops embedded software used in smart, connected products such as autonomous vehicles. It also offers rapid and agile development and testing of enterprise-grade applications,…