...was tremendously validating,” he said of the company’s status as the fund’s third investment, made official in October 2020. Click here to read more about the Fountain Innovation Fund, a... Read more
entrepreneurs — like Brandon Calloway’s campaign to fund the first book in his “Black Spartans” graphic novel series — to share crowdfunding stories and gain a boost from potential supporters.... Read more
...highlighting the critical importance of working to fund such programs. “[Art] isn’t as appreciated as it could be in education. I’ve been on this planet 32 years and we’re still... Read more
...predictions in 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. 1) TripleBlind Founders: Riddhiman Das, Greg Storm Founding year: 2019 Amount raised to date: Undisclosed Noteworthy investors: Flyover Capital, KCRise Fund,... Read more
...Storm • Founding year: 2019 • Amount raised to date: Undisclosed • Noteworthy investors: Flyover Capital, KCRise Fund, Accenture Ventures, Purpose Built Ventures, Practical Venture Capital • Programs completed: Digital... Read more
...investors: KCRise Fund, Techstars Kansas City • Programs completed : Techstars 2018 • Current employee count: 25 “Using a text message to report an issue is a profound change. It’s... Read more
plan to use the funds? The funds will be used to facilitate the logistics costs of transporting the product to these non-profit organizations who can distribute it and will also... Read more
...Latinx founders appear to have made little progress in securing venture capital funding in 2020 — representing just 2.6 percent of venture funding in 2020 as of Aug. 31, 2020,... Read more
...“So we’re still partnering with different community organizations, but now we are using county funding for the pop-up testing, which is technically federal funding,” Edwards noted. As an advocate for... Read more
...tech platform — and in the process found a key funder for UpDown Nightlife. “This is our first real round of funding where we’re able to really put ourselves ahead,... Read more
