...organization in the region to attract the support of both the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gates Foundation, said Alexander Sheppard, marketing and fund development coordinator. The funding organizations are... Read more
Venture for America fellows are flocking to Kansas City, said Kate Loar. “Venture For America’s initial Kansas City champions: the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Pepper, KCRise Fund, and Super Dispatch... Read more
...exit for investors within the KCRise Fund. Click here to read about the game-changing investment for PayIt and Kansas City. “The company [PayIt] happens to be in Kansas City —... Read more
...Megan Darnell is the program manager over at Fountain City Fintech, helping develop the fintech ecosystem in Kansas City. Chad Feather is an analyst at KCRise Fund, helping develop the... Read more
...actually started my first company when I was 12,” said Feather, now an analyst at the KCRise Fund, recalling his introduction to the startup space. He led Premiere Sales, an... Read more
...organization that also powers Startland News. Darcy Howe, founder of Back2KC, managing director and founder of KCRise Fund The move means KCSF will take ownership of the program for its... Read more
...founder and managing director of the KCRise Fund in a Startland analysis of the 2018 list. “They’re able to get their initial funding in town, build something sustainable from that... Read more
...the crowdfunding campaign? $4,000. What do you plan to use the funds for? This will help me pay my creative team to complete the project, along with printing. How are... Read more
...Kansas City graduate founded as “CasaiQ,” Zego’s early investors ran the spectrum of the local and national investment scene: The KCRise Fund, Techstars Ventures, Zoloz CEO Toby Rush, and ShotTracker... Read more
...to attract VC attention, the funding phenom continued. Perhaps better thought of as “adventure” capital, VC funds are eager to take the risk, he added. “It’s actually really hard to... Read more