Ag-tech fund raising new $10 million fund to provide scaling capital Ag Startup Engine, a fund for ag-tech startups, made six investments in new companies in 2024, bringing the fund’s total portfolio companies to 40, according to its latest annual report. The report also shows Ag Startup Engine made three investments…
Robert C. Brown, Iowa State University’s Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering. According to a news release, Brown has built multi-disciplinary teams at Iowa State that use thermochemical technologies…
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Iowa State University have introduced updates to Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy (INRS), the state’s soil health and water quality framework. The goal of the INRS is to assess and reduce nutrients in surface water through…
The Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and the Ivy College of Business have received an award for exceptional contributions to entrepreneurship research from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). The GCEC is an academic organization for university-based entrepreneurship centers. According to a news release, the award recognizes…
EnGeniousAg, a startup focused on advanced nitrogen sensing applications, has been acquired by CropX, a provider of farm management solutions. EnGeniousAg is a spinout from Iowa State University based on research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Its founders are Iowa State University professors Michael Castellano, Liang Dong and Patrick Schnable, and…
The new entity will target research, workforce efforts in manufacturing and defense sectors Iowa State University, Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois System launched Friday the Quad Cities Manufacturing Institute, a partnership to drive innovation and economic development through new technologies and workforce education supporting the U.S. manufacturing and…
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, also known as PRRS, has cost the U.S. pork industry an estimated $1.2 billion per year in lost production from 2016 to 2020, according to a new analysis from Iowa State University. The economic damage from the viral disease has increased 80%, or $536 million, from…
The Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities’ (ACEEU) Triple E Awards for the second year. The Pappajohn Center received runner-up in the category of America’s Most Impactful Initiative of the Year. Universities in North and South America were eligible…
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that a project led by Iowa State University researchers and Montezuma Municipal Light & Power has been selected for award negotiations with the goal of building the first “microgrid” in a rural Iowa community. A microgrid is a small-scale electricity network that can operate…
The Iowa State University Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship has announced the participants selected for the 15th ISU Startup Factory Cohort. The cohort includes 17 members from across Iowa running 10 business ventures, either individually or in teams. The 10 ventures participating are: