Best Consumer Companies in Iowa, United States
The 99 best Consumer companies in Iowa, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: WorkHound.
Ranked: Best Consumer companies in Iowa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WorkHound Mobile platform offering marketplace for drivers | $14M | 51 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Kirpalani Co-Founder and Board Member | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — |
| 2 | Cargofy Online marketplace for shippers and carriers | $2M | 52 mo ago | Seed | Dimitri NA Co-Founder & CMO | 2017 | LeafletTailwind CSSQuasar+12 | — | — |
| 3 | No Limbits Internet first brand of jeans for men and women | $2M | 42 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+24 | — | — |
| 4 | Clusterflunk All-in-one college collaboration platform for assignments, projects, and study groups | $1M | 143 mo ago | Seed | Joe Dallago Co-Founder | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 5 | RAYGUN Brand of casual apparel and home care products | $582K | 89 mo ago | Seed | — | 2005 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+37 | — | — |
| 6 | BlendCard Online account to manage multiple gift cards and loyalty offers | $550K | 133 mo ago | Seed | Paul Kongshaug CEO / Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Klickle App-based listing platform for multiple local businesses | $200K | 151 mo ago | Seed | Chris Menninga Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Chefs For Seniors Professional chef at home service | $125K | 108 mo ago | Seed | Barrett Allman CEO and Co-Founder | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — | — |
| 9 | UpCraft Club Online Marketplace for Sewing patterns | $125K | 124 mo ago | Deadpooled | Elizabeth Caven Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Consumer companies in Iowa
#1
Acquired · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2015 · 32 employees$14.1Mraised▾
Workhound is a mobile platform offering marketplace for drivers. It enables drivers to rate their employers and allows carriers to view drivers' feedback. Drivers, through the app, share feedback, ideas, praises, or challenges with the carriers. The carriers are then provided actionable insights based on the feedback received.
- Mar 2022Series A$12M
- Jun 2019Seed$1.5M
- Jan 2018Seed$100K
- Mar 2017Seed$500K
#2
Seed · Iowa City, Iowa · founded 2018 · 9 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Internet first brand of jeans for men and women. The catalog includes jeans in various colors. The jeans have a hidden zipper in the inseams.
- Dec 2022Seed$1.4M
- Apr 2022Seed$100K
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$20K
- 2021Grant (prize money)$50K
#3
Seed · Cedar Rapids, Iowa · founded 2017 · 60 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Cargofy is an online marketplace for shippers and carriers. It provides automated load matching based on location and equipment. It offers geolocation-based matching and generation of all required documents online.
- Feb 2022Seed$2M
- Jun 2017Seed—
- Seed$50K
#4
Seed · North Liberty, Iowa · founded 2013 · 2 employees$550Kraised▾
Blend Card offers a single card to store multiple gift, loyalty cards etc. It also offers an online account linked with the card to manage all the offers and cards. It also targets businesses to offer loyalty and reward points and offers to their customers through its platform.
- Apr 2015Seed$50K
- Dec 2014Seed$300K
- Feb 2014Seed$100K
- May 2013Seed$100K
#5
Seed · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2005 · 70 employees$582Kraised▾
Brand of casual apparel and home care products
- Jan 2019Seed$582K
#6
Seed · Iowa City, Iowa · founded 2011$1Mraised▾
All-in-one college collaboration platform for assignments, projects, and study groups. This SaaS platform supports real-time peer cooperation to ease academic strain. It offers collaborative tools for document editing, task management, and direct messaging to enhance efficiency and focus. The platform facilitates live collaboration on projects and presentations, enabling instantaneous feedback and simultaneous teamwork. Features include task assignments, deadline setting, and progress tracking. It also encourages study group formation and resource sharing, fostering a supportive learning environment through forums and discussions. This software promotes academic achievement and strong peer relationships.
- Jul 2014Seed$915K
- Jul 2013Seed$100K
#7
Seed · Prairie City, Iowa · founded 2013 · 4 employees$125Kraised▾
Chefs For Seniors is a platform for connecting senior citizens looking for meals with experienced and licensed professional chefs. Users can book the service and a chef will arrive at a pre appointed time and cook meals for the users for the week at once. Service is currently available in 4 counties in Illinois, Florida and Wisconsin. Member of Batch 17 of 500 Startups.
- 2017Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2016Seed$125K
#8
Seed · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2012$200Kraised▾
Klickle is an app-based listing platform for multiple local businesses such as restaurants, food trucks, coffee shops, music venues, retail shops & more. The app allows to users to find daily happenings in their preffered local places & eliminate the unwanted advertising. Features include cuareted feedbacks about the local places, full item details, discovery & more. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Nov 2013Seed$200K
#9
Deadpooled · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2015$125Kraised▾
UpCraft Club is a curated digital pattern marketplace & a sewing association. Customers can purchase certified digital patterns from the store and use it for their own sewing. Designers can submit their patterns on UpCraft Club and if customers nominate the pattern then the pattern is reviewed for certain standards by some reviewers and then certified if they meet the criteria. The designers can choose to sell these patterns on UpCraft Club shop. UpCraft Club also plans to tie up with local shops where their certified digital patterns can be sold and if customer purchases any design from the local store the local store will be paid a commission on the sale. Part of Batch 16 of 500startups.
- Jan 2016Seed$125K
#10
Seed · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2012$90Kraised▾
GolfRz is a mobile app for golf clubs that allows them to engage with golfers while increasing exposure, revenues, and efficiency. It allow golfers to earn points for using the app while on the golf course. Their platform is social in nature and rewards golfers for inviting friends and sharing their activity in the app. Users can redeem their points for free golf balls, rounds of golf, e-gift cards, and golf vacation packages. Features include tee times, food & beverage ordering, event calendar with registrations, keeping score, GPS, reservations, golf lessons, leagues & tournaments, and much more.
- Jan 2015Angel$90K
#11
Funding Raised · Ames, Iowa · founded 1987$95.3Kraised▾
Iowa Sports Foundation provides sports, recreation, health, and wellness opportunities.
- Sep 2008Grant (prize money)$95.3K
#12
Deadpooled · Des Moines, Iowa · founded 2012 · 2 employees$20Kraised▾
Venuefox helps companies to plan their events by connecting them with venues and vendors for catering services. The service is free for event planners but charges vendors for listing their services on the portal. Graduated from The Iowa Startup Accelerator in Cedar Rapids in 2014.
- Dec 2014Conventional Debt$40K
- Sep 2014Seed$20K
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