Final round pitches will take place August 12, 2022 in Ames. The top three winners of the Pappajohn Venture Competition will be announced immediately following at the Awards Luncheon. This year, three North Iowa companies made it to the final pitch round: Continuum Ag, Easy2Show, and ReEnvision Ag.

Prizes:

• ONE (1) $40,000 First Place Prize

• ONE (1) $25,000 Second Prize

• ONE (1) $15,000 Third Prize

• Additional Prizes totaling $20,000

About the Pappajohn Venture Competition

The John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition contest is intended to encourage and promote entrepreneurial activity and create greater awareness of the resources available to entrepreneurs in Iowa. We encourage innovative, new ventures to participate. Judges selected by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers will review all submissions. Participants will be judged on the basis of their written submissions and, for participants who advance to later rounds, presentations to the judges. Judges will rank participants and, subject to certain limitations, the top three will be awarded. Prospective participants must read and comply with the rules of the competition set forth below to enter and participate in the John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. The John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition is void where prohibited by law.
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The 2022 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition is co-hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers and the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

2022 Semi-Finalists:

• Bottlesodes TV
• ChopLocal
• Continuum Ag
• DenScore Inc.
• Distilled Ingredients
• Easy2Show
• Farm Story Meats
• Farmers Risk
• Hexcrete Renewables
• The Hummingbirds
• Juggernaut Life Sciences, LLC
• Janas Materials Inc.
• Methylomic Solutions
• Nistron LLC
• ReEnvision Ag Inc.
• S5G Therapeutics, Inc.
• Vinyl Chromatic