The following is a list of all known investments raised by Iowa companies in the second quarter of 2019. In Q2, Iowa-based companies raised $7,555,000. That combined with the investments from Q1 brings the total amount […]
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IEDA provides funding to five Iowa startups
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board today approved innovation funding for five startups located in Altoona, Le Claire, West Des Moines and Iowa City. In total, the IEDA awarded $500,000 in funding. Here are the five […]
Clayton Mooney’s 2019 Forecast
For me, 2018 has been a year of realizing more efficient ways to build a technology startup. But those realizations only started to occur when I thought critically about startup ecosystems playing not only to […]
No Limbits offers affordable, custom 3D-printed prosthetic covers
Erica Cole received her first prosthetic leg in September after losing her leg in an accident in May of this year. And it didn’t take long for her to become tired of the constant questions that […]
Performance Livestock Analytics raises $2.25 million to scale platform
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 […]
Iowa’s first medical marijuana dispensary will begin selling products Dec. 1
Iowa’s first medical cannabis manufacturer and dispenser, MedPharm Iowa, is slated to begin selling products on December 1. Around 1,000 Iowans are expecting to have received doctors’ approval to use medical marijuana by the time […]
iotaMotion raises $2.1 million to further development of cochlear implant system
Iowa City-based medical device company, iotaMotion, has raised $2.1 million in a seed financing round to fuel the development of their novel robotic systems for cochlear implantation surgery. The iotaMotion technology will enable surgeons to achieve more precise, […]
Aging Services plans to develop Linn County Senior Center
This story is part of a series that will look at and profile each of the six startups in NewBoCo’s Fall 2018 accelerator programs. In 2008, the Witwer Senior Center in Cedar Rapids was flooded […]
Higher Learning Technologies focuses on culture as it continues to grow
Last week, Coralville-based Higher Learning Technologies (HLT) received national recognition from Entrepreneur Magazine for having one of the Best Company Cultures in the US. They are the only company from Iowa who made the list […]
Rantizo is bringing drone technology to the ag industry
This story is part of a series that will look at and profile each of the six startups in NewBoCo’s Fall 2018 accelerator programs. An Iowa City-based agtech startup is looking to change the way […]