GREATER DES MOINES, IA – (Jan. 31, 2018) – Billi Hunt has been named the Executive Director of the Cultivation Corridor. Hunt brings 20 years of experience working for one of the leading agriculture companies in the state. Hunt joins the Cultivation Corridor after...
AMES, Iowa (January 4, 2018) – The Iowa State University Startup Factorytoday announced its fourth cohort of entrepreneurs to enter the Ames-based program and the launch of the Startup Factory Network and its inaugural cohort. Twelve teams will participate in ISU...
AMES, Iowa – America’s SBDC Iowa (SBDC) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2018 special entrepreneur awards. Doreen Roy, Owner, The Wholesome Basket, Gypsi, and Red Screen Door, Burlington, is the 2018 Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneurial Award...
AMES, Iowa — The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) announced the winners for its sixth annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards on November 12 at the association’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. Finalists competed...
AMES, Iowa (November 21, 2017) – The Iowa State University Startup Factory today announced the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board has approved innovation funding for six companies from its program. All three cohorts within the Startup Factory...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMES, Iowa (November 2, 2017) — Iowa State University Startup Factory today announced Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. (GWT) has been selected to participate in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of...
Gross-Wen Technologies, based in the ISU Research Park, is trying to revolutionize how cities treat their wastewater. Via Ames Tribune By Dan Mika, Staff Writer (dmika@amestrib.com) Gross-Wen Technologies, a biotechnology company based at the Iowa State University...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISU StartUp Factory’s $200,000 capital investment award validates a vision AMES, Iowa (August 25, 2016) – The Iowa State University Research Park (ISURP) today announced the ISU StartUp Factory has moved a step closer towards becoming a top...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMES, Iowa (August 21, 2017) – The Iowa State University Research Park (ISURP) today announced it received a $200,000 grant to expand the ISU Startup Factory program. The award is a part of the State of Iowa’s Entrepreneurial Investment Awards...
Transportation Giant Establishes Office in ISU Research Park with Strategic Aim Surrounded by firms focused on pushing the bounds of the technology of tomorrow, TMC’s satellite office in Ames may look a little out of place. The transportation company is focused on...