Startups Stories

KC allergist raises $200K to launch exposure-building immunity droplets for infants

A Kansas City physician-turned-founder has secured $200,000 in pre-launch funding to scale a solution that boosts healthy immune development in infants through early childhood with consistent exposure to food proteins.

VA partners with Healium to launch nation’s largest in-home VR mental health initiative for veterans

A Missouri-built digital health platform is working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to deploy more than 700 in-home virtual reality (VR) mental wellness kits.

Cerner co-founder: ‘We always seemed to be in the right place at the right time’

Never underestimate the power of good luck among entrepreneurs, serial founder Cliff Illig told a crowd during a fireside chat that touched on the journey to Cerner’s $28.3 billion exit.

She’s flipping the priorities on homebuilding; this founder wants buyer stress out of the blueprints

“It’s one of the biggest emotional, financial investments you’re going to make in your life,” the founder of Olathe-based buildNest explained, tapping into her own homebuilding experience.

High-profile Digital Sandbox KC funding program gets new leader: a veteran Austin tech founder

Kansas City already has all the ingredients a startup needs to grow, said Jeff Zhao, expressing excitement about combining his expertise in technology commercialization with existing local resources.