...state programs are supportive — Missouri Technology Corporation and LaunchKC — for new business creation. Nick Franano: I agree with Laura. Would also add that the Kansas Angel Investor Tax... Read more
...is the means to that end.” – Elizabeth Usovicz [/pullquote]LaunchKC pitch competition winner Laura Steward ran genomic sequencing and oncology clinical trials businesses for GE before leading VideoFizz. The company’s... Read more
...by Laura Steward, Video Fizz in September won a $50,000 grant as part of the LaunchKC pitch competition. Video Fizz, an app that enables collaboration to make personalized video messages... Read more
...Blooom in September won a $50,000 grant from the national LaunchKC competition. And earlier in October, the company advanced to become a semifinalist in a competition to snag $10,000 from... Read more
Once the dust settled on the LaunchKC grant recipient announcement, the champagne bottles popped. Founders from the 10 winning companies — parred down from a list of 500 — had... Read more
...Read more about the events throughout the week on Startland News, including coverage of Tinder co-founder Jonathan Badeen, Square and LaunchCode co-founder Jim McKelvey, LaunchKC grant award winners and more.... Read more
LaunchKC announced the winners of 10, $50,000 grants Friday during a celebration at the inaugural Techweek Kansas City conference. More than 40 judges evaluated pitches from 20 contest finalists, who... Read more
...$565,000 is going to LaunchKC, $500,000 is going to the Digital Sandbox KC and $125,000 is going to the Independence Economic Development Council. The 2016 Missouri budget signed by Gov.... Read more
Twenty startups are hoping to snag $50,000 during the LaunchKC grant competition. Nearly 500 companies applied to be part of the contest, which will be announcing the winners at Techweek... Read more