...the leadership of former executive director Jeff Shackelford, who now leads Fountain Innovation Fund and Mid-America Angels. Among the newly funded cohort companies: Pulmonaer Analytics — Sunti Wathanacharoen, founder —... Read more
...relationship building at Tuesday’s Pure Pitch Rally. “Together, we find a way, we fund a way, and we mentor a way to create more success in the startup community in... Read more
...Husch Blackwell. Ed Wilson, Husch Blackwell Kenyon Briggs, Husch Blackwell Silicon Valley has been known as America’s premier innovation capital for decades. Between easy access to funding, a strong entrepreneurial... Read more
...the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project) Neither Kansas nor Missouri are considered competitive in direct state investment programs (whether it be a tax credit program, a fund-of-funds focused on the state,... Read more
...good returns.” Click here to read more about Bungii’s recent $9.4 million funding round. Launched earlier in 2019, KCRise Fund II has already made investments in Bungii, Backstitch and Daupler... Read more
The landsharks are circling and eight hungry tech founders are ready to sell their ideas at the fourth annual, invite-only Pure Pitch Rally, the early-stage funding platform announced Wednesday. Karen... Read more
...vendors, according to White. He believes this money could instead be used to fund a long-term solution. Water.org partners with 125 financial institutions, foundations and brands including Bank of America,... Read more
...School District’s school supplies fund and pits Yahaya, a Ruskin High School alum, against Hickman veteran Mark Launiu, co-founder of MADE MOBB and the other organizer of the event. “We... Read more
...Fund, which closed out its KCRise Fund I portfolio with its investment. (Click here to read about KCRise Fund II.) Evergy Ventures was an early investor in Spear — which... Read more
...also teaches companies not every startup needs to seek venture capital funding, Harrington noted. “We’ve actually guided founders toward different funding options in order to help maximize their opportunity for... Read more