Iowa State's Startup Factory Network will train ten startups over 52 weeks at ISU Research Park, while another eight businesses will participate remotely from northern Iowa.

Ten startups joined the fifth cohort of Iowa State University’s Startup Factory Network accelerator on Monday, signing up for a 52-week program that will offer access to training seminars, mentoring and events.

The accelerator will take place over two 26-week blocks. In the first portion, startups attend weekly classes at the research park, before commencing a second block that offers co-working space at the ISU Research Park in addition to tailored mentoring and training.

Forty-three participants from previous editions of…