In the News
Inc.com – August, 2025
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
While working at a farrow-to-finish operation, Matthew Rooda was frustrated with the inability to prevent piglets from being crushed by sows. He and Abraham Espinoza developed the SmartGuard system.
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
Iowa Farm Bureau – January 8, 2018
Entrepreneur of the Year
Iowa Alumni Magazine – January, 2018
Protecting Piglets
Innovation 121 – December 19 , 2017
Pig FitBits
Forbes – November 14 , 2017
30 under 30
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)
Success Magazine – July 15, 2017
Save the Piggies
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