Investments raised by Iowa companies in 2014
Here's a list of all the Iowa-based companies who raised investment rounds in 2014 that where either reported on or announced. It does not include loans, grants, contest winnings, etc.
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- Bawte (Des Moines) — $218,000.00
- BirdDog HR (Urbandale) — $4,000,000.00
- ClusterFlunk (Iowa City) — $1,000,000.00
- College Raptor (Iowa City) — $2,000,000.00
- Dwolla (Des Moines) — $9,700,000.00
- EZ Net Pay (Des Moines) — $1,000,000.00
- Higher Learning Technologies (Coralville) — $6,500,000.00
- HowFactory (Cedar Falls) — $70,000.00
- Igor (Johnston) — $2,500,000.00
- Involta (Cedar Rapids) — $50,000,000.00
- KemPharm (Coralville) — $60,000,000.00
- Men's Style Lab (Des Moines) — $1,850,000.00
- Pear Deck (Iowa City) — $500,000.00
- Prositions (Urbandale) — $2,000,000.00
- Punctil (Batavia) — $270,000.00
- Re-APP (Cedar Rapids) — $27,150.00*
- TelePharm (Iowa City) — $2,500,000.00
- Fanstreamm (Cedar Rapids) — $15,000.00
- VenueFox (Des Moines) — $27,150.00*
- Vida Diagnostics (Coralville) — $2,500,000.00
Geoff Wood is the founder, connector and space captain at Gravitate, a workplace community for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers in the heart of downtown Des Moines. In addition to writing here, he hosts a podcast, speaks at conferences, organizes events and has been helping tell the story of the Iowa startup community since 2009.