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Business Record innovationIOWA Weekly | August 1, 2019
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CYstarters debut final pitch by 15 student/graduate businesses
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The 2019 CYstarters accelerator cohort at the Iowa State University John Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurs.
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A powdered shampoo (Powdu). An after-school chess club and traveling team (Chess Utopia). An online platform designed to simplify the resume-building experience for rising college students (CourseLink). And a comic book-framing shop that pivoted to quality prop replication for international customers (Comic Sandwiches).
Students and graduates of Iowa State University presented
their 15 individual business concepts at the CYstarters Accelerator’s Demo Day this morning, culminating 11 weeks of work and up to $13,000 in funding for teams to develop their concepts without distraction.
CYstarter $1,000 Awards:
Jensen Applied Sciences, Dillon Jensen
The Modern Milkman, Lauren Jones
Curiosity, Paige Furman and Denis Tamiev
Impocket, Lila Dougherty
Comic Sandwiches, Grayson Burgess
CYstarter Alumni’s Breakfast Club Award:
Flourish, Lauren Gifford
Alumni Awards:
True360, Chris James
HomePainter, Jacob McClamon
KinoSol, Mikayla Sullivan
Cohort 2019 members
Stephanie Bias, Camp Aramoni
Alex Irlbeck, CattleTec
Anthony Swindell, Chess Utopia
Burgess, Comic Sandwiches
Phillippe Meister, Courselink
Furman and Tamiev, Curiosity
Gifford, Flourish
Dougherty, Impocket
Brandon Jorgensen, Iowa Virtual Reality Labs
Jensen, Jensen Applied Sciences
Geert Boelen and Annie Zeimis, One Hop Shop
Grant Keast, Pink Panda
Kyrstin Myhers, Powdu
Jones, The Modern Milkman
Justin Wright, WashWright
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IN THE NEWS
Des Moines-based Predictive Health Partners joins gener8tor 2019 class
Predictive Health Partners, a Des Moines-based insurtech startup focused on reducing wasteful health care spending for companies and employees, will join the Minneapolis-based gener8tor 2019 accelerator class, the company announced this week. Predictive Health Partners uses a dual platform to analyze variations in a company’s overall anonymous medical and prescription claims, while offering location-specific price comparison for health care procedures and drugs for employees.
Rantizo expands into Wisconsin for agricultural drone spraying
Iowa City agtech startup Rantizo is the first company approved for agricultural drone spraying in Wisconsin,
Rantizo announced this week. Rantizo said the approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and the state of Wisconsin is aiding the startup in expanding state-by-state, and continuing partnerships with neighboring Departments of Agriculture. Earlier in July, Rantizo became the first company in Iowa approved for drone-based agricultural spraying.
EnGeniousAg awarded $100,000 USDA grant for nitrogen management technology
EngeniousAg LLC, a participant in Iowa State University’s Startup Factory, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for $100,000 to develop low-cost, high-specificity nitrate sensors. The NIFA-funded project will allow EngeniousAg to improve the performance of its sensors and validate the feasibility of constructing sensors at scale, Startup Factory said in a news release.
UI student-designed bra for breast cancer patients receives $10K for commercialization
A team of biomedical engineers and University of Iowa alumnae who designed a bra for breast cancer survivors won $10,000 from the
Victoria’s Secret GRL PWR Project to put the bra into production, reports the UI press office. The former students will use the award money to file a patent for the GAMA bra, which is designed to help breast cancer survivors prevent lymphedema, a painful swelling that can occur in the arms or torso after a unilateral mastectomy. The GAMA bra provides preventative compression, along with support for the
patient’s remaining breast. Designers Genevieve Goelz, Maria Fernanda Larraga Martinez, Anna Rodriguez and Ashten Sherman partnered with faculty in the College of Engineering, a cancer patient therapist in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and a seamstress in the Department of Theatre Arts when developing the prototype.
Researchers develop process to study how trees affect building temperatures, air flow
Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a model to test how shading and air flow can improve indoor temperatures during the sweltering heat of Midwestern summers, reports Iowa State University’s press office. New research led by ISU associate professor of architecture Ulrike Passe shows the effects of tree shading and evapotranspiration on building temperatures during extreme heat. Passe’s research group Sustainable Cities recently presented its findings at the Comfort at the Extremes 2019 Conference in Dubai.
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ONE GOOD TECH READ
'The Great Hack' follows the mother of all data drops
BY KATE HAYDEN: Have you watched "The Great Hack" on Netflix yet? I did, and came away feeling quite conflicted about some of the central individuals the documentary followed to understand the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal (and less conflicted about others). TechCrunch rounded up a few questions the documentary leaves behind. Be advised: You might feel a bit overwhelmed by the scale of it all.
IN OTHER NEWS: Tej Dhawan and Mike Colwell revisit the growth of Des Moines' startup community (STARTUP STORIES); the new ways bosses are digitally tracking workers (WALL STREET JOURNAL).
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FROM INNOVATION IOWA MAGAZINE
innovationQ&A: Dawn M. Carlson
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By Suzanne Behnke | Contributing writer
FUELIowa began in 1937 amid a battle between independent operators and the oil industry, starting with the name "Iowa Independent Oil Jobbers Association." The organization has evolved over the decades and now represents a diverse membership
of fuel distributors, cooperatives, convenience and grocery stores, refiners, biofuel producers, and other firms.
President and CEO Dawn Carlson joined FUELIowa in 1995. Among her roles in leading the association are to keep an eye on the emerging trends in energy and fuel sectors, and to advocate for the industry with state leaders and other stakeholders. Technology and scientific research drive the industry. For instance, in recent years, the association developed its own software to help track renewable fuel credits that is now in use outside Iowa. Carlson is an Iowa native and an Iowa State University graduate with a degree in agribusiness management.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug. 8: From Diapers to Dogs: How disruption transforms businessInnovative benefits and a cultural transformation including "bring your dog to work day" and infants at work every single day have caught the attention of media outlets across the country and made an incredible impact in employee engagement. From the "Today Show" to the National Academy of Sciences, people are interested in what makes the culture of Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa so unique. Beth Shelton, CEO, will share how they make disruptive decisions, support their 120 staff members and the incredible business outcomes they've experienced. WHERE: Des Moines Golf and Country Club, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Read more
Aug. 22: 2019 Hashie Awards
Join us at Jasper Winery to recognize Iowa businesses, organizations and agencies who have demonstrated excellence in social media marketing at the sixth annual Hashie Awards.
WHERE: Jasper Winery, 6 p.m.
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