About
Building a business is a social endeavor involving the mobilization of skills, expertise, entrepreneurial experience and capital sources. It is in this context that VentureNet Iowa acts as a nexus to connect the idea to the resources appropriate to a company’s stage of development. VentureNet Iowa continues to build upon the base of resources from connections throughout the state and beyond. These connections are organized among several broad categories that include: • Panels of evaluators to assist in understanding and assessing the idea and its market potential–Advisory Panel • Potential mentors, advisers and management • Sources of capital and in-kind assistance; includes both private and public entitites and programs–Resources and affiliates Given the broad spectrum of technologies that we see on a continual basis and the deep vertical knowledge that underlies each idea or product, we seek out and rely upon the assistance of individuals drawn from our resource databases.
Services Provided
Business Planning
- Business Plan Consulting, Development and Review
- Business Plan Training
- Market Plan Development
Financial Resources and Assistance
- Assistance in Finding Debt Funding
- Assistance in Finding Equity Funding
- Assistance in Finding Government Funding
- Consulting
- Equity Providers
- Loan Packaging
- Loan Providers
- Technology Grants
Networking Organizations
Selling to the Government and Large Corporations
Technical Assistance
- Commercialization
- Industrial Technology Research
- Technology Transfer
- Technical Support
- Training
- Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy
Training
- Business Management
- Business Plan
Product Development
- Product Design & Development
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
- Manufacturing Development
- High Tech Development
- Life Sciences Development
- Wet Lab Incubator
Starting a Business
- Startup Business Counseling