Ames-based agtech company, Performance Livestock Analytics, recently raised $2.25 million that will allow them to scale their current platform.
The company's flagship platform, Performance Beef, uses Bluetooth technology to track each pound of food that goes to each animal, along with each dollar associated with the animal. The technology provides producers with a more accurate, efficient…
When most people hear ACT, they usually think of the assessment test that helps determine which colleges they get into. But the organization wants to provide more than just an assessment.
Since changing leadership in 2015, the Iowa City-based company has made 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with…
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…
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…
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…
Ag Startup Engine has made an initial investment of $25,000 in Des Moines based agricultural technology startup Tractor Zoom. Tractor Zoom is an online marketplace that connects farm equipment auctioneers and buyers.
"Tractor Zoom’s team and Kyle McMahon is exactly the type of early stage startup the Ag Startup Engine envisioned to support," said Joel Harris, Co-Director…
Ag Startup Engine announced today that they have made a second investment in FarmlandFinder.
FarmlandFinder (formally Terva) is a technology company that develops products and services to make farmland information accessible. FarmlandFinder plans to use the funds to help them increase the size of their staff and continue to grow their business infrastructure.
"Up to this point,…
Ag Startup Engine has announced that it has made an initial seed investment in automed, a supplier of hardware devices and software systems for medication delivery, compliance, disease prevention and traceability for the livestock industry.
The automed system calculates the optimal medication for a variety of different species including cattle, sheep and pigs. It then…