Growers Edge has announced the close of a $40 million Series B round of financing to accelerate the development of its financial technology products, solutions, and tools for the ag industry. Based in Johnston, Iowa, […]
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MākuSafe raises $4 million round as it begins to deploy its safety technology nationwide
West Des Moines-based MākuSafe has successfully closed a $4 million round which the company will use to grow its team and scale as it begins to deploy its wearable safety technology. More than 3/4 of the round […]
Ag Startup Engine invests $50,000 in Haber Technologies
Ag Startup Engine has made an initial investment of $50,000 in Ames based startup Haber Technologies, a company founded by a pair of Iowa State University alumni which is commercializing grain bin drying technology to eliminate […]
ClearFlame Engine raises $3 million
ClearFlame Engine Technologies, the developer of a new clean combustion engine technology, announced today the closing of a $3 million financing round. Clean Energy Ventures led the round with participation from several other investors. The […]
VIDA Closes Round C of Funding with an additional $2 million investment
Coralville-based VIDA Diagnostics has received a $2 million investment from OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of OSF HealthCare, as a second close of its C round funding. This investment comes after an $11 million […]
LenderClose kicks off Series B round with investment from Ascentra Credit Union
LenderClose has kicked off a Series B funding round with an investment from Ascentra Credit Union. Investors in LenderClose’s initial round—Collins Community Credit Union and Serve Credit Union—will double down on their investments into LenderClose […]
Ag Startup Engine makes initial investment in Sentinel
Ag Startup Engine announced this week it has invested in Sentinel, an Iowa-based startup that combines artificial intelligence and computer vision to accurately track animal inventory and animal well-being. “Sentinel technology allows swine producers to […]
Investing in Iowa: Q4 2019
35 different companies across Iowa raised more than $44 million in venture capital in 2019, according to our findings. In Q4, Iowa-based companies raised $7,770,000. That combined with the investments from Q1-Q3 brings the total amount raised in […]
American Enterprise Ventures leads $1.75 million seed round in healthcare company
American Enterprise Ventures (AEV) announced this week that lead a $1.75 million seed round in Repisodic, a healthcare technology company based in Philadelphia. Repisodic has created a platform used by discharge planners that provide patients […]
