The InnoVenture Iowa Fund, the state’s first publicly funded venture capital fund, has announced the members of its investment committee, who will decide which early-stage Iowa-based companies the fund invests in. Leigh Parker (left) and Anita Norian (right) have joined Tom Trone, Martina Bockenstedt and Shane Larson, who started on the committee after the fund’s launch last year. […]
House, Senate committee changes help elevate technology topics The Technology Association of Iowa’s priority bills centered on cybersecurity issues are moving through the Iowa Legislature this year as the first deadline to have bills out of House and Senate committees approaches on March 3. The three bills TAI has proposed make the use of ransomware […]
The Ames Community Arts Council and the Octagon Center for the Arts announced that registration is now open for the Business of Art conference scheduled for March 3-4 at Reiman Gardens in Ames. The conference is designed to strengthen business skills and provide resources for both formally trained and self-taught creatives of all types, according […]
The Jacobson Institute at Grand View University has partnered with MedCerts, a national online training provider, to offer training and upskilling. Through the institute, eligible individuals will be able to complete an online MedCerts certification program in health care, information technology or business in as little as three months, a news release announcing the partnership said. “This partnership will connect […]
The Techstars Iowa Accelerator announced on LinkedIn Feb. 1 that the program is taking a pause. Kerty Levy, who has led the program for the last three years, has accepted the role of managing director of the Techstars Boston Accelerator, according to BostInno, in addition to joining the Techstars Crypto Boston Accelerator as its managing director last summer. A total […]
New community-driven group fuels education, engagement on web3 Tech takeaway Web 3.0, or web3, is a high-level concept that describes the next iteration of the internet in which ownership of the internet is distributed among its users. In September 2022, a group of local volunteer organizers in Des Moines started web3dsm, an experimental initiative that gathers […]
Nominations are open for the Iowa Biotech Leader of the Year Award through Feb. 3. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated leadership in their organization and within the industry, an ability to bring innovative biotechnology products and services to the marketplace, and a commitment to advocate for Iowa’s biotechnology industry. The recipient […]
Carlisle-based wireless and wireline infrastructure company Murphy Tower Service has announced a new office location in Springfield, Tenn. It is the company’s ninth physical location across six states, including Nebraska, Missouri and Minnesota. The company’s three Iowa offices include two in Carlisle and another in Fairfax. The new building houses a training facility for the company’s tower […]
Bunker Labs Des Moines recently announced the graduation of four Central Iowa veterans from its Veterans in Residence (ViR) Program, an initiative that is offered nationwide. According to a news release, ViR is a six-month, early-stage business incubator that provides veteran and military family member entrepreneurs with business education, coworking space, a local entrepreneurial community and […]
2023 will bring Iowa’s innovation stakeholders some of the first opportunities to see the infusion of $96 million from the U.S. Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative in action. Announced in October 2022, the funding is distributed across four new programs, each taking a different angle on increasing funding access. Anna Lensing, innovation team project manager at […]