Joint Iowa, Iowa State research teams win seed grants to launch bioscience projects
In an effort to spur greater collaboration between bioscience researchers at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, the two schools have awarded seed grants to help investigators build teams, collect data, grow projects and win grants. This is the first year of the seed grant program supported by the Office of Research and Economic Development at […]
Iowa State University Startup Factory continues to grow, announces two new cohorts
The ISU Startup Factory, a 52-week program housed at the Iowa State University Research Park, recently announced two new cohorts. The first of the two announcements will be the fifth cohort of the main program that takes place in Ames. The other will take place in Austin, Minnesota and will be the second cohort of ISU Startup […]
Iowa State University CYstarters accelerator supports students’ big ideas
With as much as $13,000 at stake, expectations were high. Judges were looking for viable, well-conceived concepts worthy of the investment. Those vying for the funding had 10 minutes to make their case. “The pitch is everything. I want to know how invested they are in the idea,” said Dave Sly, senior lecturer in industrial […]
Iowa Startup Accelerator and NewBoCo announce incoming startup teams
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) is a nonprofit with the mission to accelerate world-changing ideas from Iowa, and to create impactful startup businesses that grow through its Iowa Startup Accelerator program. Iowa Startup Accelerator is an intensive program that matches tech-based startups with world-class mentors, Midwestern work ethic, seed funding, and product development expertise […]
Grinnell College Innovation fund announces chosen projects
Grinnell College announced on Jan. 26 the projects selected for funding by the Innovation Fund. The nine chosen projects cover a range of areas with a particular emphasis on digital technology and addressing issues of diversity. Now in its fifth year, the Innovation Fund was created for faculty, staff and students to test out new […]
U Iowa diagnostics company gets $5.1 million of financing from state funding, other
VIDA Diagnostics of Coralville has completed $5.1 million of new investment funding, which will help commercialize the company’s lung imaging software and associated precision services. The funding was led by Chartline Capital Partners of Wilmington, Del., Rittenhouse Ventures of Philadelphia and Next Level Ventures, Rural Vitality Fund II and the Iowa Seed Fund, all based […]
University of Northern Iowa’s incubator lets young companies develop with support programs
Last spring saw more than the usual “graduations” at the University of Northern Iowa. The Innovation Incubator at UNI’s Center for Business Growth and Innovation saw four companies — iTracking Research, Dyton Creative Inc., Follow Your Strengths and Red Lab Technologies — move up and out. Three-year-old iTracking had learned all it could in the […]
New Iowa startup investment fund on the horizon
A new fund that would invest in Iowa startups is in the works after receiving certification from the state. River Glen Venture Partners aims to raise a pool of $25 million it would invest in early-stage companies, fund founder Matt Busick said. “We think that’s the right number to build a portfolio over four to five years of 10 (startups) […]
UI awards $625,000 in funding to help faculty members turn inventions into businesses
A desalination device that also creates electricity and a screening system to detect symptoms of delirium are among the University of Iowa faculty inventions that were awarded a total of $625,000 in gap funding by the University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF). In place since 2007, the UI Commercialization GAP Fund Program has been highly […]
With GAP fundng, UI professor creates urgent seizure treatment device
When an individual with epilepsy has a seizure, he or she needs quick delivery of an anticonvulsant drug. That’s why Max Baker, UI associate professor in the anesthesia department, has been working for two years on a rapid, easy-to-use, buccal drug delivery device for the urgent treatment of seizures. The buccal device sits between the […]