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...they jump in. Antoinette Redmond, Neuru, presents her company during a May 2025 LaunchKC Social Venture Studio event; photo by Nikki Overfelt Chifalu, Startland News For Antoinette Redmond, the startup... Read more
...startup and small business community events as AltCap Your Biz and LaunchKC’s grant winner reveal. Global Entrepreneurship Week-Kansas City attendees listen to a panel conversation in the Planetarium at Union... Read more
...the future. It gave me a lot of feedback on my business that I wouldn’t really get from my customer.” Calvin Schenk, center, chats with LaunchKC winner Jeffrey Annaraj, Cybership,... Read more
...Erickson, EDCKC, speaks alongside Tommy Wilson, Downtown Council, during the LaunchKC reveal event in November 2024; photo by Nikki Overfelt Chifalu, Startland News The LaunchKC multiplier Erickson and other EDCKC... Read more
...Network (FLON): $1 million (adopted) LaunchKC: $350,000 (adopted) Innovate SOMO: $4 million (not adopted) Budget conference: Adopted the Senate’s $0 recommendation for MTC. Final budget approval: Passed by both chambers... Read more
A reputation of strength within Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem helped convince Darian Jones — a St. Louis native now based in Austin, Texas — to apply for LaunchKC’s fourth Social... Read more
...added. “Technology is an area we want to continue to grow in. LaunchKC, for instance, is finding and fostering the next generation of homegrown tech companies — the next DST... Read more
...crowd gathered during an “Inspiring Women Live!” fireside chat Tuesday at Spark Coworking in downtown Kansas City. The event featured LaunchKC alumni like Gammage and Hazelrigg, focusing on highlighting challenges... Read more
...startup led by serial entrepreneur Shekhar Gupta; PlaBook, an edtech veteran of LaunchKC and OHUB.KC competitions; and Telememory, a KCK startup that seeks to stimulate long-term memory recall in patients.... Read more
...now listed among Kansas City’s Top VC-Backed Companies.) Click here to see MTC’s full portfolio. Support for startups also includes funding efforts linked to local programs like LaunchKC and Digital... Read more