Startup ETALYC selected for 2020 University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase

ETALYC, an Ames SaaS provider focused on improving traffic flow and safety, has been selected to participate in the 2020 University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase on Sept. 10 in Washington, D.C. ETALYC will be one of several university-affiliated startups featured in the showcase hosted by the Association of Public and…

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MākuSafe announces commercial launch of wearable safety technology

MākuSafe, the West Des Moines-based wearable technology startup designing for industrial employee safety, will launch its wearable armband device and MākuSmart SaaS platform later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The company will produce a limited number of hardware devices for 2020, of which approximately a third have been reserved…

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Iowa-based RosterApps acquired by Ohio software maker ARCOS

Des Moines-based RosterApps, a provider of airline ground crew scheduling software, has been acquired by Ohio company ARCOS LLC, reports Silicon Prairie News. ARCOS will retain RosterApps’ Iowa office and employees. The acquisition will combine RosterApps’ software-as-a-service airline platform with ARCOS resource management to fully automate scheduling, shift-trading, callout and…

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BirdDogHR vice president of marketing named to Top Women Leaders in SaaS

Ann Torry, vice president of marketing at Des Moines firm BirdDogHR, has been named to the SaaS (software as a service) Report’s 2018 Top Women Leaders in SaaS, BirdDogHR announced Tuesday. Torry, who joined BirdDogHR in 2013, is one of 50 women named out of more than 3,500 nominations.

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IEDA approves financial assistance for four startups

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved innovation funding for four startups based in Iowa, the IEDA announced on Friday. The startups include an international company with global headquarters in Ames, two agtech startups and a software-as-a-service application used to store proprietary information. Awardees are Automed ($300,000 loan from…

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