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07/04/2023

Thanks to all our supporters, sponsors, and friends along the way and to all of you for reading and sharing our posts.

NewsClay & Milk going on indefinite hiatus ByGeoff Wood3 hours ago As of this post, Clay & Milk is on an indefinite hiatus. It’s been a good seven (7!) year-ish run for us. We started in 2016 with a goal of bringing you daily news about the Iowa startup community and our collective role in the fut...

19/04/2022

Iowa startups raised nearly $28 million in Q1 of 2022. 🚀

Read our full Investing in Iowa: Q1 2022 Report sponsored by America's Cultivation Corridor👇

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/04/18/investing-in-iowa-q1-2022/

06/04/2022

BrokerTech Ventures has announced the 12 insurtech startups that will take part in the 2022 cohort.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/04/05/brokertech-ventures-announces-its-2022-cohort/

05/04/2022

How an Iowa bank became the institution powering some of the world’s biggest fintech apps

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/04/05/how-an-iowa-bank-became-the-institution-powering-some-of-the-worlds-biggest-fintech-apps/

01/04/2022

Workiva announced today that it has acquired Denmark-based ParsePort for $100 million.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/04/01/workiva-acquires-parseport-for-100-million/

31/03/2022

Bestow Life Insurance, an insurtech startup that uses AI to help applicants apply for a life insurance policy, announced last week that it is establishing an office in Des Moines. The company plans to fill at least 35 Iowa-based roles by the end of the year.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/03/31/insurtech-bestow-establishes-office-in-des-moines-with-plans-to-hire-35-in-iowa/

30/03/2022

America's SBDC Iowa Iowa has announced the winners of its 2022 special entrepreneur awards.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/03/30/sbdc-iowa-announces-winners-of-2022-special-entrepreneurial-awards/

30/03/2022

Iowa Entrepreneurship has opened its first business incubator designed specifically for University of Iowa graduate students interested in commercializing their research.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/03/29/university-of-iowa-launches-new-incubator-program-for-graduate-students/

29/03/2022

Koloni, a Midwest-based startup, announced today that it has successfully completed a seed round of $1.3 million.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/03/29/koloni-raises-1-3-million-seed-round/

24/03/2022

The Iowa Economic Development Authority is partnering with the University of Northern Iowa to undertake a survey to assess the current economic conditions and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on Iowa’s businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The deadline to complete this survey is April 8.

https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egMMlUr25eYYY3s

UNI's Business & Community Services has partnered with the Iowa Economic Development Authority again to assess the impact of current economic conditions on Iowa organizations and businesses.

23/03/2022

Apple has begun infrastructure improvements at the site in Waukee where it announced in 2017 that it planned on constructing a massive data center.

(via Des Moines Business Record)

An architectural rendering of Apple’s planned data center in Waukee that was released in 2017 when the project was announced.   Apple Inc. has begun

23/03/2022

Beginning this week, Iowa State University will be hosting a series of virtual workshops for student entrepreneurs.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/03/23/isu-is-hosting-a-series-of-workshops-for-entrepreneurs-this-spring/

22/03/2022

We are excited to announce our first-ever print magazine. Set to launch this fall, the annual magazine will be packed with startup success stories and will be a new platform for Iowa's entrepreneurs, founders and community leaders to share their ideas, advice and opinions with our readers.

To help get the magazine off the ground, we're asking for your help.

1. We are currently seeking magazine guest contributors to share their thoughts through opinion/thought pieces.
2. We are seeking Iowa businesses and organizations interested in advertising.

More details about the announcement and how you can help at https://clayandmilk.com/magazine/.

28/02/2022

Davenport-based company VictoryXR is paving the way for the future of VR and AR education.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/02/28/victoryxr-is-paving-the-way-for-the-future-of-vr-and-ar-education/

18/02/2022

BrownWinick Law Firm is hosting the New Carbon Economy Summit on Feb. 24.

The summit will showcase emerging innovative technologies, practices, and solutions that promote carbon sequestration, capture, and or transfer to address our climate challenges.

Half-day summit focusing on technology and innovation in Iowa's new carbon economy.

17/02/2022

ImOn Communications, a broadband company based in Eastern Iowa, today announced that it has signed definitive documentation to be acquired by Goldman Sachs

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/02/17/eastern-iowa-broadband-company-imon-to-be-acquired-by-goldman-sachs/

17/02/2022

In today's newsletter:

🍻 A Cedar Falls program is helping IA breweries embrace sustainability
🎟 Tickets available for the Iowa Technology Summit
♻️ BrownWinick Law Firm hosting a New Carbon Economy Summit
💼 Sculpt is seeking a Senior Social Media Engagement Manager

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This story is part of a series titled “Innovation in Cedar Valley,” an exploration of startups, individuals and innovative trends in the Cedar Valley. The series is sponsored by Launch Cedar Valley, a nonprofit connecting the starters, creators, and builders in the Cedar Valley.

16/02/2022

Launched in 2017 by the Iowa Waste Reduction Center, the Iowa Green Brewery Certification is a benchmarking tool that gives breweries a way to implement sustainable practices.

https://clayandmilk.com/2022/02/16/helping-iowa-breweries-embrace-sustainability/

03/02/2022

A Venture School cohort for businesses in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas will be held Monday evenings from 5:30-9 on Feb. 28-April 18. Space is limited, so applicants are encouraged to find more information and apply below. 👇

27/01/2022

The Startup Roundtable will meet on February 17, at 2 p.m. This roundtable is an opportunity for innovators and startup enthusiasts to share ideas and discuss topics related to the startup community.

Submit your interest to attend. 👇

Startup roundtables are opportunities for those involved in startups to idea-share and discuss topics related to the startup community. Interested in joining the startup roundtable?

26/01/2022

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is hosting a panel on Entrepreneurship and Access to Support tomorrow at 10 am. Register below. 👇

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform. Our solution offers the best video, audio, and screen-sharing experience across Zoom Rooms, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and H.323/SIP room systems.

26/01/2022

3 Ways To Address The Disparity In Startup Funding To Minority Founders

(via Crunchbase)

If today’s traditional VC can’t help minority founders launch and grow their business, what other solutions exist to address this inequity in startup funding? Kinsey Wolf of Chisos Capital offers some options.

25/01/2022

📢 Calling all Iowa Founders!

Take the Iowa Founder Survey today to help us better understand the companies being founded in our state. Anonymously share about your company, resources, fundraising, employee demographics and more. 👇

Better data on our state’s founders will help with more equitable service and support for startups. If you’re a local founder willing to take the survey, we need your voice.

21/01/2022

Join Iowa State Entrepreneurship on Monday to learn more about the opportunities & resources ISU JPEC has to offer.

What will YOU start while at Iowa State University? Are you interested in entrepreneurship? Do you have an idea that you think could be a great business? This information session is for you! During this short session, you will learn about all the resources that are offered to you for free as an Iowa...

21/01/2022

MidAmerican Energy announced plans this week for a $3.9 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, including wind and solar generation, plus exploration of new technologies to advance the company’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

MidAmerican Energy announced plans this week for a $3.9 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, including wind and solar generation, plus exploration of new technologies to advance the company’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, the company announced Wednesday.

20/01/2022

John Deere has selected seven companies for its 2022 Startup Collaborator program.

19/01/2022

ACT has been selected as a winner of a $30,000 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant, which will support a project to examine the relationship between ACT test scores and college success.

ACT has been selected as a winner of a $30,000 2021 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant, which will support a project to examine the relationship between ACT test scores and college success. ACT says the […]

19/01/2022

Join Iowa EdTech Collaborative & Riiid Labs tomorrow from 4:30–5:30pm for an EdTech Talk on Powering Portable Learner Records.

While today's major technology companies have a comprehensive record on each of us, many schools rely solely on a list of grades completed and classes passed as their record of a student's progress, failing to portray a comprehensive profile of a learner. This is about to change, thanks to standardi...

19/01/2022

Take the Iowa Founder Survey today to help us better understand the companies being founded in our state. Anonymously share about your company, resources, fundraising, employee demographics and more here. 👇

Better data on our state’s founders will help with more equitable service and support for startups. If you’re a local founder willing to take the survey, we need your voice.