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Ben Milne appointed to Commodity Futures Trading Commission committee

Ben Milne, founder and CEO of Brale, a startup combining aspects of centralized and decentralized finance, was appointed in March as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee. The Technology …

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Applications open for 2024 GIA accelerator program

Applications are now open for the Global Insurance Accelerator’s 2024 hybrid accelerator program. The program will follow the same 15-week hybrid model the GIA has used for the last two years. Companies that join the …

Entrepreneur Jeff Reed

innovationENTREPRENEUR of the Year: Jeff Reed

Jeff Reed is known as a serial entrepreneur and a supporter of innovation at local organizations and in the community. This year, he is the Business Record’s innovationENTREPRENEUR award winner.

Reed started a new venture, …

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VizyPay launches dual pricing program

VizyPay has announced the launch of its proprietary dual pricing program, which offers customers an option to pay less by paying with cash and small businesses the opportunity to keep more of their sales. Under …

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TAI names first Iowa Tech Connect cohort

The Technology Association of Iowa has announced the first cohort that will participate in Iowa Tech Connect, a new program in partnership with John Deere and EMC Insurance Cos. designed to help develop early-career technology …

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BrokerTech Ventures, ManchesterStory partner on new insurtech venture fund

BrokerTech Ventures announced Tuesday it has partnered with Des Moines-based venture capital investor ManchesterStory to launch the BrokerTech Fund LP.  According to a news release, it is the first venture capital fund focused on early-stage …

CEO Panel

Six takeaways from the 2023 Global Insurance Symposium

By Lisa Rossi

Insurance companies continue to face a changing world, including a retiring workforce, global upheavals and issues of inflation and interest rates. At the April 20 CEO panel and InsurTech Founder panel at …

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Growers Edge announces strategic relationship with German company

Johnston-based fintech Growers Edge announced last week a strategic relationship with Munich Re in Germany, a provider of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk management. According to a news release, the relationship between the two …

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BrokerTech Ventures 2023 cohort announced

BrokerTech Ventures announced Wednesday the insurtech startups selected for its fourth accelerator cohort. “In this, our fourth year of the BTV Accelerator, I am thrilled with the diversity of technologies that will move through the …

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Six Iowa entrepreneurial leaders weigh in on SVB failure

Establishing multiple banking relationships most likely effect for Iowa startups

Leaders in Iowa’s startup community say the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank over the weekend were isolated incidents, but they are likely …