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IDx raises monster round in eastern Iowa
IDx, a Coralville, Iowa based startup raised $33 million dollars last week from notable venture capital firms: Optum Ventures, Alpha Edison, and Heritage Provider Network. IDx is the first and only FDA-cleared autonomous AI diagnostic system in any field of medicine. The company’s first diagnostic system, IDx-DR facilitates the diagnoses of diabetic retinopathy without requiring…
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Silicon Prairie students make investment decisions
Dr. Dale Eesley is seeing his vision of a student-led investment fund become a reality as students learn the ropes of venture capital investing. Dr. Eesley, Director of the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Franchising at the University of Nebraska – Omaha (UNO), had heard about student-led venture firms for years. Dr. Eesley had not really…
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Madison-based TCare raises $385K of convertible debt funding
TCare, founded in 2014 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, has raised $385,000 in convertible debt funding from undisclosed investors in August. The company’s co-founders are Ali Ahmadi and Rhonda Montgomery, Ph.D. At a glance…. TCARE provides evidence-based software solutions aimed at helping caregivers of elderly and disabled loved ones, by improving the overall health of…