Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial 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.
The 2022 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition is co-hosted by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers and the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
The application period for the 2023 Competition
will open in Spring 2023.
2022 Competition Dates
March 16 Applications Open
May 16 Application Deadline
July 18 Semi-Final Round Deadline
August 5 Top Presenters Notified
August 12 Final Presentations (at Iowa State University)*
*Please note change of date: The final presentations will now be held on August 12 in Ames, with the awards luncheon to follow immediately after the presentations.
2022 Winners:
First Place: Continuum Ag, $40,000
Second Place: Farm Story Meats, $25,000
Third Place: DenScore, $15,000
Honorable Mentions:
($5,000) Reenvision Ag
($5,000) Juggernaut
($5,000) Janus Materials
($2,000) The Hummingbirds
($2,000) Farmers Risk
($2,000) Easy2Show
Contact Us
Please contact one of the John Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship (JPECs) below if you have questions about the business plan competition or would like some assistance developing your business plan. We encourage participants to contact these centers when developing their plans to help create a well written executive summary. There are also many other resources for participants to take advantage of, such as our VentureNet Iowa and Iowa Department of Economic Development accelerators and other service organizations which are listed to the right. For general questions and inquiries please contact your nearest Pappajohn Center, listed below.