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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator announces dissolution Friday, January 15, 2021 3:29 PM Five years after launch, the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator is dissolving, Executive Director Nadilia Gomez announced in a statement sent to the Business Record this afternoon.
The governing board cited the emergence of new, regional entrepreneurial support resources that have been established since the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator was formed by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Cultivation Corridor. The accelerator welcomed its first cohort in 2017 and was based in the East Village next to the Global Insurance Accelerator, which the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator was modeled on.
“We are proud to have played a role in the development of new technologies in the U.S. agriculture sector and look forward to seeing the continued work of the startups who had the opportunity to participate,” Gomez said. “Startups who have participated in the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator in the pa
The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator no longer will provide new programming, its executive director said in a news release Friday, as the organization dissolves.
Businesses already receiving funds from the Iowa AgriTech Accerator will continue to receive that money, and existing mentorships still will be in place.
The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Cultivation Corridor started the Des Moines-based accelerator in 2016. Investors included John Deere, Sukup Manufacturing, Kent Corp. and Grinnell Mutual.
Twelve companies came through the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, including Iowa City-based Farrpro.
“We are proud to have played a role in the development of new technologies in the U.S. agriculture sector and look forward to seeing the continued work of the start-ups who had the opportunity to participate,” said Nadilia Gomez, executive director of Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, in a news release.
Zumbach to retire from Belin McCormick
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Tuesday, December 15, 2020 2:29 PM
At the end of the month, community leader Steve Zumbach will retire from the Belin McCormick Law Firm, where he has worked since 1977, the firm announced.
Zumbach’s practice focused on closely held family businesses. His primary areas of practice were mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, estate law, tax law and nonprofits. He has also been very active in the community and with Iowa State University.
Zumbach earned his undergraduate degree at Iowa State University, his law degree from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in economics at Iowa State. He is also a certified public accountant.
America s Cultivation Corridor Launches Cultivo Virtual Academy
Registration now open for six-week U.S. market entry program for international startups
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ America s Cultivation Corridor announced today the launch of the Cultivo Virtual Academy for international startup companies and entrepreneurs. The six-week virtual program will provide participants with mentorship, interaction with Iowa s agricultural leaders, and an online curriculum focused on U.S. market entry, regulatory and financing systems, and customer perspectives.
Applications for the program are now being accepted through February 16, 2021 at https://www.cultivationcorridor.org/cultivo-global/. Selected applicants will be notified in March 2021, and the first cohort is expected to begin in April. All educational sessions will be facilitated by Iowa business and university leaders. Upon successful completion of the virtual program, cohort participants will be eligible to at