Date: Friday, September 25, 2015

​

The 2015 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition came to a close on September 24 with the announcement of the winners at a special recognition luncheon at Drake University in Des Moines.

Innovas Technologies received first place and was awarded $25,000.  Combating one of the largest sources of energy waste in the country, Innovas Technologies designs, manufactures and distributes industry leading shell and tube cleaning technology.  The Helios Tube Cleaning System (TCS) provides continuous fouling prevention in the tubes of heat exchangers translating to savings in energy and maintenance.
President, Charles Dirks
cdirks@innovastechnologies.com
http://innovastechnologies.com/

Fanstreamm came in second place and was awarded $15,000.  Fanstreamm is a technology company in the sports and entertainment marketing industry that provides tools to help teams and venues leverage data to grow revenue. Their first product is a group platform that moves an analog process online.
Jason Kristufek, Founder
jason@fanstreamm.com 
http://www.fanstreamm.com/ 

Immortagen received third place and was awarded $10,000.  The future of cancer treatment lies in personalized medicine that uses each patient’s entire genetic profile and interprets those data to make the best treatment decisions for each individual patient. Immortagen’s solution is to offer Clinical Decision Support through proprietary predictive algorithms that determine the risk of recurrence and identify specific treatment options.
Kristi Thiel, Founder
kristi@immortagen.com
http://immortagen.com/

"Special thanks to John Pappajohn, who through his unwavering commitment to foster entrepreneurship in Iowa, has again sponsored this entrepreneurial venture competition and has provided extensive support for entrepreneurship in Iowa,” said Randy Pilkington, director of the University of Northern Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.

​

Drake University John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Debra Bishop
515-271-3818 
deb.bishop@drake.edu

​

Iowa State University John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Judi Eyles
515-296-8283
eyles@iastate.edu

​

North Iowa Area Community College John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Jamie Zanios
641-422-4111
zaniojam@niacc.edu

 

University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
David Hensley
319-335-3999
david-hensley@uiowa.edu

 

University of Northern Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Randy Pilkington
319-273-5732
randy.pilkington@uni.edu