Carlos Argüello started Sevelyn with the goal of bringing on-demand healthcare to patients regardless of insurance coverage or a language barrier. Initially, Argüello focused on providing primary care, but with too many logistics to navigate as […]
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iotaMotion awarded $1.65 million grant to develop robotic cochlear implant tech
iotaMotion, an Iowa City-based robotic surgical technology developer, has received a $1.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). iotaMotion is using the grant funds to continue developing its real-time tissue trauma sensing […]
Construction tech startup MSUITE completes $4 million seed funding round
MSUITE, a Cedar Rapids-based construction tech startup, has completed a $4 million seed funding round. The round was led by Next Level Ventures and Stanley Ventures, with participation from technology firm U.S. CAD. The new capital will help scale […]
Moov Financial Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round
Moov Financial, an open source embedded banking platform, has raised $5.5M in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Canapi Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Gradient Ventures, RRE Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, and 27 angel […]
Investing in Iowa: Q2 2019
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 […]
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 […]