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Iowa Startups of 2018
Since the beginning of 2016, more than 150 Iowa companies have received a venture investment according to Pitchbook – totaling more than $100 million in venture activity in the state. Surprisingly, the Iowa City region has received more $1 million+ investments than any other community in Iowa, including Des Moines. And in that group from…
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Class Intercom creates communities with social media management platform for finance and education sectors
In October 2017, SPN profiled Class Intercom, a collaboration between Striv and Social Assurance designed to engage students in managing social media content for their schools. Since that time, the platform has grown to more than 9,000 users in 17 states. SPN caught up with Co-Founder Ben Pankonin for an update. “We’ve been having a…