CareSource, a nonprofit that provides public health care programs, is partnering with ISA Ventures to launch the CareSource Iowa Opportunity Investment Fund.
The new fund will provide capital for Iowa-based startups that seek to improve health care outcomes, promote health equity and generate positive social impact, especially for underserved populations and those with complex care…
New funding and resources for entrepreneurs and startups are coming to the Quad Cities as NewBoCo announced this week plans to expand its services to the Quad Cities area.
“Our nonprofit has learned a thing or two over the past eight years as we’ve collaborated with partners to build and run accelerators, investor groups, K-12 computer…
Investing in Iowa is a quarterly review of all investments made into early-stage companies in Iowa. The series is sponsored by ISA Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies.
Iowa startups raised more than $16 million in Q4 of 2021. Since the beginning of 2018, Iowa startups have now raised a total of more…
Investing in Iowa is a quarterly review of all investments made into early-stage companies in Iowa. The series is sponsored by ISA Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies.
Iowa startups raised more than $65 million in Q3 of 2021. Since the beginning of 2018, Iowa startups have now raised a total of more…
ISA Ventures (ISAV), a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies, announced last Friday that it is launching 3 year-long Scout and Fellowship programs in 2022.
These programs will give up to 8 highly qualified college students a unique opportunity to learn more about Venture Capital. The programs are each 12 months long…
Ames startup Gross-Wen Technologies has raised a $6.5 million Series A investment round, co-led by ISA Ventures and Iowa Farm Bureau’s Rural Vitality Fund. Other investors included Next Level Ventures, Mid-American Angels, Ankeny Angels, Ag Startup Engine, Oman Ventures, and 1330 Investments.
Gross-Wen Technologies has a patented wastewater treatment technology that uses algae to…
Investing in Iowa is a quarterly review of all investments made into early-stage companies in Iowa. The series is sponsored by ISA Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies.
Iowa startups raised more than $13 million in Q2 of 2021. Since the beginning of 2018, Iowa startups have now raised a total of more…
Investing in Iowa is a quarterly review of all investments made into early-stage companies in Iowa. The series is sponsored by ISA Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies.
Iowa startups raised $31 million in Q1 of 2021. Since the beginning of 2018, Iowa startups have now raised a total of more than…
Venture Capitalist. Social Entrepreneur. World Traveler. Mikayla Sullivan does it all.
Mikayla recently started a new position as an Associate for ISA Ventures (ISAV), a venture capital fund that invests in Iowa-based companies. Prior to joining ISAV Mikayla co-founded KinoSol while at Iowa State, where she received a degree in Global Resource Systems.
She was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence…
ISA Ventures (ISAV), a new venture capital fund connected to Iowa Startup Accelerator, has reached its first close of $15 million and will begin investing in Iowa-based companies emerging in the aftermath of COVID-19.
The fund ultimately aims to raise between $20 and $30 million to invest in about 100 companies over the next five…