The Greater Des Moines Partnership has hired Diana Wright for the position of Startup Community Builder.
In this role, Wright will engage with the existing startups and high-growth businesses in the Greater Des Moines areea. She will also help new and diverse startups connect with the community and its mentors, advisors, investors and other…
MākuSafe announced two new updates this week that it says will have a significant impact for customers who need effective contact tracing and for those seeking industry 4.0 automation capabilities.
The first of these enhancements is built around MākuSafe’s RāngeView technology, which allows a wearable device on the arm of a worker to detect proximity to other…
Gabriel Glynn is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits over his startup career. His current venture, MākuSafe, aims to reduce workplace accidents with a wearable device and SaaS platform. The company has developed a wearable technology and software platform that gathers human motion and environmental data to identify risk to labor workers. Earlier this…
The Weitz Company announced this week that it is partnering with MākuSafe and will be using its new technology to help protect workers from hazards.
MākuSafe, a safety technology and data analytics company located in West Des Moines, is equipping workers with wearable safety devices that record data to help safety managers predict and correct…
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 came from previous investors including EMC Insurance Companies and Next Level Ventures. The $4 million round puts MākuSafe over $10 million in…
West Des Moines-based MākuSafe has successfully raised $1.5 million, which will help the company continue to expand its manufacturing process and grow its team.
The raised $1.5 million comes mostly from previous investors—EMC Insurance Companies and Next Level Ventures—but also includes Colin Hurd, founder of Smart Ag, which was acquired by Raven Industries in November. The raised capital will go…
MākuSafe has been named winners of the 2019 ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge.
The West Des Moines-based company, who advanced through multiple rounds to beat out nearly 100 other contestants, was announced the winner during ACORD Connect 2019 in Boston this week. The company was awarded $15,000 for winning.
MākuSafe is an Insurtech SaaS/Data & Analytics company that has developed wearable…
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 startups that received funding:
HomePainter
HomePainter, based in Des Moines, has developed an online estimating tool that provides homeowners with…
Maple Ventures opened its doors last August with a mission to provide support to industrial technology startups, allowing them to focus on innovation and product advancement.
Since its launch last year, the startups involved have seen some major growth and changes. Initial startups, including FarrPro, MakuSafe and HartSmart Products, have either achieved their goal…
West Des Moines-based MākuSafe has wrapped up their seed round and has raised $3 million.
"Part of the money will go towards growing our team, but primarily it will going towards scaling our manufacturing process," said Gabriel Glynn, CEO and co-founder of MākuSafe. "Right now we produce tens of devices for thousands of dollars. We're gearing…
Two Iowa-based companies—MakuSafe and Pitchly—have received investments as a result of the Angel Capital Association’s Best of the Midwest regional meeting that took place in Des Moines in September.
Funds raised through the event were pooled for equal investment in the startups that event judges approve to receive investment.
A total of $470,000 was invested in…