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Innoventureiowa
Des Moines, United States
Invests in Iowa entrepreneurs, focusing on early‑stage startups in biosciences, advanced manufacturing, and information technology to bridge the funding gap.
Portfolio
32+
Employees
5+
Founded
2022
AUM
N/A
Investment focus
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No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
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Funds
InnoVenture Iowa Fund
$30.0M
Sources
Innoventureiowa
Invests in Iowa entrepreneurs, focusing on early‑stage startups in biosciences, advanced manufacturing, and information technology to bridge the funding gap.
Portfolio
32+
Employees
5+
Founded
2022
AUM
N/A
Funds
InnoVenture Iowa Fund · $30.0M
Stages
No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
Sources
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AcreShield utilizes a Yield Optimizer that analyzes independent seed trial data to help farmers select high-performing corn and soybean hybrids while mitigating the risk of yield losses between 85% and 100% of historical yields. The platform offers performance guarantees, ensuring that selected seeds will meet or exceed past yield levels, thereby protecting farmers from financial losses associated with the "Yield Gap."
Funding: $2.5M
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Vertical Ventures
Vertical Ventures
Funding: $2.5M
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Bound provides FX technology designed to simplify and automate currency hedging for businesses. The platform offers flexible hedging strategies like ranging, averaging, and forwarding directly through its interface. This service aims to reduce manual FX management time while providing full visibility and control over currency risk.
Funding: $19.5M
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Valar Ventures
Valar Ventures
Funding: $19.5M
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The startup offers a mobile application that enhances mental wellness through features such as mood tracking, journaling, and goal setting. By providing personalized support and curated resources, the app enables users to proactively manage their mental health and overall well-being.
Funding: $200.0K
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Funding: $200.0K
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Coco Coders provides live, online coding lessons designed to teach children fundamental programming concepts through engaging, project-based learning. Students develop skills in areas like variables and loops by creating custom games and animations every four weeks. The service offers flexible group or private instruction with professional educators to build lasting coding proficiency.
Funding: $1.8M
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Homegrown Capital
Homegrown Capital
Funding: $1.8M
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Distynct provides dependable, scalable smart alarm systems for agricultural operations, focusing on barn monitoring and feed inventory management. Their technology offers 24/7 remote monitoring and mobile alerts to prevent emergencies like feed outages and ensure operational continuity. The platform delivers context and urgency to farm management, allowing for proactive and efficient response to critical events.
Funding: $1.1M
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Funding: $1.1M
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Factory offers an AI-driven platform that automates and optimizes the software development lifecycle, enabling teams to efficiently ideate, plan, code, test, and document projects. This solution reduces engineering hours by up to 561,000 annually, significantly lowering costs and improving productivity for organizations.
Funding: $20.0M
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Funding: $20.0M
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The startup has developed a piglet heating system that creates a microclimate within farrowing crates, ensuring uniform heat and light distribution for optimal growth conditions. This system enhances piglet health and welfare while improving sow comfort, enabling pork producers to achieve better animal management and increased consumer confidence.
Funding: $7.6M
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Oman VenturesOnset
Oman VenturesOnset
Funding: $7.6M
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Gemini is a licensed digital asset exchange and custodian that provides secure trading and storage solutions for cryptocurrencies. It enables individuals and institutions to manage their digital assets with regulatory compliance and enhanced security measures.
Funding: $1.0M
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Funding: $1.0M
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Genvax Technologies develops next-generation mRNA and nanoparticle vaccines to prevent and treat animal diseases, leveraging advanced genetic engineering techniques. The company addresses the need for effective vaccination solutions in livestock, enhancing animal health and productivity.
Funding: $11.8M
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Funding: $11.8M
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The startup offers a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that simplifies access to various DeFi products through a user-friendly interface and cross-chain functionality. This platform enhances financial inclusion by providing users with the tools to engage with decentralized financial systems, thereby addressing barriers to entry and promoting stability in financial transactions.
This company develops and supplies SUPRGrow, a low-application fertilizer additive designed to increase crop yields, specifically corn by 5.9% based on field trials. The product is formulated for simple application alongside existing NPK fertilizers during standard field operations. SUPRGrow is engineered to safely degrade into natural, non-polluting chemicals that protect land and waterways.
The platform connects brands with local content creators and influencers, facilitating targeted marketing campaigns that leverage authentic, community-driven content. By enabling businesses to engage hyperlocal audiences, it enhances customer acquisition and fosters long-term brand loyalty.
Funding: $5.4M
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Funding: $5.4M
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Provides a data-driven wellbeing platform for schools that uses tailored surveys and automated check-ins to monitor student mental health and emotional regulation. By delivering real-time insights and enabling proactive, evidence-based interventions, it helps educators address wellbeing challenges and improve student outcomes.
Legible offers a subscription-based platform that provides unlimited access to millions of eBooks and audiobooks, along with interactive multimedia experiences through its Legible Originals. This service addresses the challenge of limited access to diverse reading materials by allowing users to read and listen across multiple devices without restrictions.
Funding: $2.8M
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Funding: $2.8M
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MākuSafe provides a wearable safety and data analytics solution that monitors environmental conditions, motion, and location to identify workplace hazards in real-time. By leveraging predictive analytics and actionable insights, the platform helps organizations reduce injuries and improve safety management, ultimately enhancing worker health and productivity.
Founded 2016
Mod Advisor is a work comp claims analysis software that utilizes data-driven analytics to provide real-time insights into experience modification rates, enabling brokers, carriers, and businesses to optimize their workers' compensation strategies. By simplifying the reporting process and enhancing decision-making, Mod Advisor helps users reduce costs associated with workplace injuries and improve overall claims management efficiency.
The startup operates a digital pathology platform that utilizes computational microscopy and artificial intelligence to analyze tissue samples with high speed and accuracy. This technology enables healthcare providers to achieve earlier and more precise diagnoses, ultimately improving patient outcomes and reducing the time required for diagnostic processes.
Funding: $19.3M
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Funding: $19.3M
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Pitchly is a data enablement platform that automates the generation of pitchbooks and digital assets by transforming business data into dynamic content. This solution eliminates repetitive processes, allowing firms to efficiently leverage their data and significantly reduce the time spent on document creation.
Funding: $970.0K
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Funding: $970.0K
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PVpallet designs reusable shipping and packaging solutions specifically for the solar industry, utilizing recycled HDPE plastic to create pallets and bulk bins that enhance operational efficiency and reduce waste. Their products streamline the logistics of solar module transport and storage, addressing the environmental impact of single-use packaging in the solar supply chain.
Funding: $4.0M
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Funding: $4.0M
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Pyrone Systems develops versatile, safe, and beneficial ingredients and products using a biology-based approach to chemistry. The company creates scalable, bio-based methodologies to produce new-age biopesticides and platform chemicals like TAL. These sustainable inputs enable the next generation of effective, non-toxic products across applications including agriculture, plastics, and cleaning supplies.
Salin 247 is developing lightweight, electric-powered, fully autonomous farm equipment that integrates customizable implements for precision planting, cultivation, and application of fertilizers and pesticides. This technology addresses labor shortages and high operational costs in agriculture by enhancing efficiency and increasing crop yields on small-scale farms.
Funding: $50.0K
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Ag Startup Engine
Ag Startup Engine
Funding: $50.0K
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Shaka provides employee engagement solutions through automated culture programs integrated into popular communication platforms like Slack and Teams, allowing employees to participate without logging into a separate application. The service enhances workplace belonging and well-being by offering tailored engagement activities, wellness challenges, and corporate events that foster meaningful connections among team members.
Funding: $120.0K
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Funding: $120.0K
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The startup offers a property management platform that provides real-time data analytics for commercial real estate portfolios, focusing on cash flow, debt, lease, and investor management. By integrating these functionalities, the platform enables portfolio managers to make informed decisions based on accurate and timely financial insights.
Funding: $1.7M
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Funding: $1.7M
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Tap Invest is a financial platform that facilitates investments in fixed-income products such as invoice discounting and asset leasing, providing users with access to high-yield, low-risk debt instruments. By offering a minimum investment of ₹10,000 and potential returns of up to 20%, the platform addresses the need for accessible and diversified investment opportunities in the debt market.
50+
10K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $8.0M
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Funding: $8.0M
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