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Business Record: Rantizo awarded $40k at JPEVA

September 12, 2019

Pappajohn gave $100,000 away to Iowa startup founders during the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Awards Luncheon, the finale of the annual venture competition the five John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Centers in the state.

Rantizo, an Iowa City-based precision drone application startup, received first place and accepted a $40,000 check from Pappajohn.

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