Startups Stories
How a car crash after football practice flipped this top recruit from student athlete to founder
Zaydan Ahmed can trace the beginning of AcuSera — his Kansas City-built startup developing a wristband that detects stress in real time and responds with vibration therapy — to one terrifying drive home from football practice. The then-junior at Pembroke Hill School had spent the day balancing classes and athletics when suddenly everything went black….
Capital flows from relationships; this VC wants investors building them, not mining spreadsheets
Unlike the growing wave of AI startups promising to transform investing itself, one Midwest-built software platform launched by an industry insider focuses on a much narrower problem for VCs: organizing the steady stream of quarterly updates, financial metrics, documents and communications that arrive from portfolio companies.
KC healthtech platform records Series A, closing access gap by embedding research into everyday care
Aton Health is gearing up for its next phase of growth after closing a Series A investment, said founder Tom Sanders, positioning the Kansas City healthcare company to expand its research platform into new medical specialties and markets.
Why Storytailor is betting HōBI can turn alienating screen time into unforgettable family moments
A new product from a Kansas City-built storytelling startup allows parents, grandparents, teachers and other trusted adults to privately share observations, milestones and everyday moments that collectively paint a richer picture of a child’s life.
Digital Sandbox partners with trio of KC resource hubs to boost startups beyond funding
The next round of tech entrepreneurs to earn proof-of-concept support from Digital Sandbox KC also will receive access to startup resources at KC Digital Drive, Keystone CoLAB, and Enterprise Center in Johnson County, said Jeff Zhao.
