Female entrepreneurs are falling behind as a new generation of highly-scalable startups rises in the Kansas City, said Darcy Howe, reporting too few women-led firms even approaching KCRise Fund for... Read more
...goal somewhat low just to make sure we hit it,” he said, noting the father-son duo had agreed to self-fund most of the project. “Then we were kind of surprised... Read more
...help early stage companies flourish. Darcy Howe, KCRise Fund A corporation’s loss can be a startup’s gain, explained Darcy Howe, managing director of the KCRise Fund, in an effort to... Read more
...from other VC matching firms. Click here to read more about KCRise Fund — recently honored as the most active fund in Kansas. Startland News sat down with Howe to... Read more
...Mentors and entrepreneur participants consistently give the program a 9-plus Net Promoter Score; and Securing an Economic Development Administration grant leading to the creation of the Fountain Innovation Fund. Click... Read more
...funds targeting underserved entrepreneurs in injection sizes of $250,000 to $1 million, according to a press release. Eighty-three percent of entrepreneurs are underserved or ignored by traditional funding sources, Hwang... Read more
...announced its intention to capitalize the Fountain Innovation Fund — a bi-state initiative to support Midwest startups through a $5 million evergreen fund — in early 2018. The fund is... Read more
...KC startups,” added Ed Frindt, KCRise fund principal. Click for a larger view of the CB Insights map KCRise Fund additionally boasts such KCMO success stories as Backlot Cars —... Read more
...funds like KCRise and Mid-America Angels, as well as other Midwestern networks, the beverage brand gained an important backer in Delaware-based Dreampact Ventures, which oversubscribed the round and provided a... Read more
...started investing],” she explained of the funds investment strategy. In addition to the nine companies in IIM’s current portfolio, the fund has made commitments to two additional companies, Kinkade revealed.... Read more