SwineTech

In The News

Since 2017, SwineTech has been making headlines across the world of agriculture. SwineTech has been featured in major national publications for it’s innovative work in the world of swine production. 

Below is a collection of articles highlighting the work of SwineTech as well as chronicles from it’s startup days, from wining pitch competitions and raising it’s first round of funding. 

SwineTech

Inc.com

This Fourth-Generation Pork Farmer’s Software Company Has Nearly $5 Million in Revenue

Inc.com

SwineTech Ranks No. 247 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America.

SwineTech - January, 2025

Redefining Swine Production with Advanced Integrations

AOL - May, 2024

PBS documentary features Iowa inventors whose tech prevents sows from crushing piglets

SwineTech - July, 2023

SwineTech® and SwineWorks® Empower Pork Producers with Workforce Management Certification

PIC – November, 2022

PIC Makes Strategic Investment in SwineTech

Successful Farming – August, 2021

SwineTech empowers workers to improve the health and well-being of pigs

SwineTech – May, 2021

SwineTech introduces the PigFlow Workforce and Swine Management Platform

SwineTech – April, 2020

SwineTech Launches the Popular Pig Podcast

National Hog Farmer – April, 2020

SwineTech secures $5 million Series A round of financing

Entrepreneur – September, 2020

Meet 12 Young Founders Who Are Disrupting the Way Business Is Done

National Hog Farmer – May 29, 2020

SwineTech SmartGuard garners Producer's Choice award.

AgFunder News – April 7, 2020

SwineTech raises $5m series A1 to take sow midwifery into the digital age.

The Land Online – December 30, 2019

Matthew Rooda and Abraham Espinoza developed the SmartGuard system to help prevent piglets from being crushed by sows.

The Pig Site – December 30, 2019

Protecting piglets postpartum with smart technology.

Iowa SBDC – October 28, 2019

SwineTech chosen for statewide SBDC award.

Forbes – September 19, 2019

Recipients of the 2019 THRIVE-Forbes Innovation Icon Award.

National Hog Farmer – July 26, 2019

Get off me, Mama. Autonomous sensor alerts sows to stand up, prevents piglet crushing.

AgWired – June 4, 2019

An Iowa-based company participating in the Alltech Pearse Lyons Accelerator is working to improve the swine industry, beginning with the farrowing process.

XTalks – May 22, 2019

Iowa-based startup is aiming to prevent the loss of livestock through technology.

Silicon Prarie News – October 24, 2018

SwineTech Raises a New Round for Planned Expansion

Clay & Milk – October 23, 2018

SwineTech Raises $1.5 Million

Wallaces Farmer – October 9 , 2017

New Invention Protects Piglets

MIT – July 26 , 2017

Lemelson-MIT Invention Award

Cheddar – July, 2017

Wearable Technology for Pigs (video)

NBC – July 6, 2017

Students Aim to Save Piglets with Use of Wearable Devices

American Veterinary Medical Association – June 28, 2017

Using Vibrations and Impulses, Monitor May Help Farms Prevent Piglet Crushing Deaths

The Fence Post – June 2, 2017

Device designed to reduce devastating piglet crushing

Farm Journals Pork News – May 29, 2017

SwineTech Increases Funding for Pig FitBit Tech

The Gazette- May 26, 2017

Iowa Start-up SwineTech raises $1.3 million to help piglets lives

Bloomberg- May 26, 2017

Iowa Start-up SwineTech raises $1.3 million to help piglets lives

AgFunder News- May 24, 2017

SwineTech Rasies $1.3m Series A

CNN Money – May 22, 2017

This Wearable Saves Piglets Lives

The Boston Globe – April 30, 2017

Innovation of the Week: SwineTech, Inc.

The Pella Chronicle – April 13, 2017

Pella Christian graduate invents SwineTech to prevent piglet deaths

Northwestern Now – March 31, 2017

SwineTech takes top prize at Cupid’s Cup

Farm Journal’s Pork – March 28, 2017

“Don’t Squish Me Mom!” Might be obsolete with new technology.

The Des Moines Register – March 22, 2017

An Iowa student’s shocking invention helps keep these little piggies from getting squished

Nibletz – March 10, 2017

Iowa student with swine startup wins global startup competition

Silicon Prarie News – Feb 3, 2017

SwineTech seeks to save piglets from a crushing demise