Roboflow, a computer vision startup founded in Des Moines, has raised $40 million in venture capital funding, the company announced Tuesday in a blog post. The Series B round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) along with existing investors Craft Ventures and Y Combinator. New investors for the startup in…
Iowa City-based revology has announced a multiyear contract with Hancock Health to manage its revenue cycle management (RCM) operations, including a long-term contract for revology’s SaaS platform, auxo. Revology provides RCM technology and services for hospitals, health systems and physician groups. According to a news release, Hancock Health, an independent health…
ABI conference shares top cybersecurity needs on the horizon Before an organization can use technology as an asset to support innovation, it should have a foundation of cybersecurity protections and defenses in place to help prevent a breach of company data. This was one key of the message shared during the Iowa…
Cedar Rapids-based Coe College is the recipient of a $225,000 grant from NASA that will be used to acquire new computing resources. The grant will purchase a high-performance computing cluster, an advanced cooling system to support the new computing infrastructure and specialized software, according to a news release. “The new…
Hudu, an Urbandale-based startup providing a marketplace to list and find odd jobs, has received a second $250,000 award from the Google Cloud Startup program, which provides resources like technical training, mentoring and AI-specific benefits to help startups scale. Hudu received its first award from the program in 2023, and is…
In June, Business Record sister publication dsm magazine hosted a Lifting the Veil virtual event where a panel of health care and technology professionals discussed potential benefits and risks of using new technology in mental health treatment. Watch a video replay of the event Speakers included: Crane shared his current outlook…
Pi515 AI Challenge opens door for exploration of new AI tools Pi515’s AI Challenge was an event four years in the making for founder and executive director Nancy Mwirotsi. With the rapid development of new artificial intelligence tools, she wanted to make it easy for high school and college students…
UpVote co-founders share about pitching at SXSW, launching first product For their first pitch competition as co-founders, Kasey Clary and Zack Krawiec stood up at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas this spring and pitched UpVote to a room with hundreds of investors, competing alongside more than 40 other…
MākuSafe Corp. announced May 23 a partnership with Wesco International Inc. that will integrate MākuSafe’s wearable device with Wesco’s product offerings and supply chain expertise. Wesco is a Fortune 500 company offering electrical, industrial, and communications products and services for safety solutions to businesses worldwide. The collaboration will aim to…
The Iowa Communications Network (ICN), a statewide fiber optic network that provides telecommunications services to education, government, health care and public safety entities, has partnered with Zoom to deliver cloud communications services to authorized users across Iowa. According to a news release, Zoom’s cloud-based communication platform will provide ICN’s fiber optic network with…