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Maple Studios member profile: Stone Path Engineering

innovationIOWA is sharing profiles of the current members of Maple Studios, a startup studio for early-stage industrial technology companies based on the campus of Ramco Innovations in West Des Moines.

Bailey Steinfadt, founder and lead …

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Scale DSM accelerator graduates second cohort

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced the 10 graduates of the second cohort of the Scale DSM Minority Business Accelerator. The business owners completed a seven-month program centered around case-based peer learning, management skills …

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Hummingbirds raises $3.3M seed round to accelerate national growth

Following its expansion from three to 14 Midwest cities in 2023, Des Moines-based technology company Hummingbirds announced Wednesday that it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding that it plans to use to expand its …

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Events scheduled across Iowa for Global Entrepreneurship Week

Events are planned across Iowa in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is from Nov. 13-19. Central Iowa events include the last web3dsm gathering of the year on Nov. 15 and the Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit …

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Applications open for 2024 Iowa Biotech Showcase pitch competition

The Iowa Biotechnology Association has opened applications for the 2024 Iowa Biotech Showcase pitch competition, which awards one biotech startup with $10,000 and a one-year membership to IowaBio. The 2024 showcase will focus on embracing …

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Maple Studios member profile: FullConfidence Inc.

innovationIOWA is sharing profiles of the current members of Maple Studios, a startup studio for early-stage industrial technology companies based on the campus of Ramco Innovations in West Des Moines. Brad Hoyt, founder of FullConfidence, shares …

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SoilSerdem receives $1M National Science Foundation Phase II SBIR award

SoilSerdem, an Ames-based startup, won a $1 million National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Phase II award through BioConnect Iowa’s America’s Seed Fund Outreach Program. According to a news release, America’s Seed Fund (powered …

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How Grace Technologies became the next home of Maple Studios

Grace CEO Drew Allen shares plans for Quad Cities location

A passion for entrepreneurship in Iowa shared by two industrial technology leaders — Drew Allen in Eastern Iowa and Hank Norem in Central Iowa — …

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Funding recap: IEDA awards $4.3M to startups, service providers in Q2

Tech takeaway

Each quarter, the innovationIOWA newsletter will share a funding recap of the startup companies that received funding from the Iowa Economic Development Authority and a recap of the companies raising money according to …

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