SwineTech, an animal health startup based in Cedar Rapids, has completed a $5 million Series A round of financing. Innova Memphis led the investment round with participation from existing and new investors Johnsonville Ventures, Ag Ventures Alliance, Quake Capital, SVE […]
Future Founders, a nonprofit organization focused on helping youth become entrepreneurs, announced the 36 entrepreneurs who will be part of the 2020 Future Founders National Fellowship Alumni Accelerator. Two Iowa founders—Matthew Rooda and Mikayla Sullivan—were […]
Cedar Rapids-based SwineTech filed paperwork last week indicating it has raised $3.1 million in funding. SwineTech’s award-winning product, SmartGuard, uses AI to read data through sensors and can locate exactly where a piglet is getting crushed […]
Last week, Matthew Rooda, CEO and founder of SwineTech, spoke and participated at the 2019 Digital Animal Summit. The Digital Animal Summit is an annual conference that bring together innovators, investors, executives, and entrepreneurs from […]
SwineTech, an agtech company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, has raised $1.5 million which will allow them to begin to expand into other states and countries. Innova Memphis and Ag Ventures Alliance both participated in the round. […]
Every year millions of piglet die from being accidentally crushed by their mothers. A Cedar Rapids based agtech startup is looking to change that. SwineTech is using sensor-based technologies to prevent piglet deaths. SwineTech’s award-winning product, SmartGuard, […]
Iowa agriculture is now worth more than $15 billion according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For entrepreneurs and investors willing to look outside of Silicon Valley, Iowa’s agricultural technology—often called “agtech”—ecosystem offers valuable and lucrative […]