startups
UI students earn top honors, $6K in Startup Incubator Pitch Competition
Three University of Iowa students earned a combined $6,000 in prize money during the Undergraduate Startup Incubator End of Semester Pitch Competition, held May 9 at the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa Memorial Union. The competition, hosted by the…
IEDA awards funding to Primary Assembly, VIDA
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board has approved innovation funding in support of five…
Iowa City’s first fashion accelerator opening this year
If you don’t immediately equate Eastern Iowa to a premier fashion hub, you’re not alone.…
LSF Medical Solutions honored at Innovation Challenge Awards
LSF Medical Solutions won first place and $20,000 for Best Technology in the incubator startup…
Involta named to Inc.’s inaugural Power Partner Awards
Involta, a hybrid IT, cloud computing and data center services company, was announced to Inc.’s…
Private equity firm AAVIN ends funding round with $63 million in capital
Cedar Rapids-based private equity firm AAVIN Equity Advisors closed a third round of funding with…
ISA Ventures partnership launches health care investment fund
A partnership between ISA Ventures and managed care nonprofit CareSource is creating an investment fund…
Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings
Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region,…
Report: Iowa entrepreneurship levels yet to recover after pandemic
Iowa has not experienced a rebound in entrepreneurship activity following the pandemic, according to a…
University of Iowa startups featured in Science Coalition report
A growing number of Iowa-based companies trace their roots to federally funded University of Iowa…
ContinuumAg heads to Memphis for ag accelerator
ContinuumAg founder and CEO Mitchell Hora, who will lead the Washington-based startup through AgLaunch365 accelerator.…
IDx secures $33M in funding as AI heats up
A patient experiences a screening by IDx’s AI-driven diagnostic system, IDx-DR, in an undated photo.…
Coworking space tempts tenants with health insurance
A drop-in workspace next to the coffee counter at Office Evolution in Cedar Rapids. PHOTO…
3 Questions with Alexis Ohanian, Reddit founder
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] He founded the enormously popular website Reddit, married tennis champion Serena…
Real Success with Nate Kaeding: David Tominsky
Nate Kaeding and ISA Managing Director David Tominsky at Caucho in Cedar Rapids. PHOTO ADAM…
Stoking the fires of nonprofit innovation
Girls With Ideas Founder and CEO Allison Poss works with Abbie Schneider at the Iowa…
