...Energy) is an investor-owned electric utility headquartered in Kansas City. With this week’s $3.25 million transaction, the GXPI-led investment syndicate joins current investors OpenAir Equity Partners, Leawood Ventures, the KCRise... Read more
...step, said Howe, founder and managing director of the KCRise Fund. Darcy Howe, KCRise Fund “Those who already have a higher percentage of capital from outside of Kansas City probably... Read more
...ECJC and the Mid-America Angels Investment Network to fund and grow innovation,” Roberts said. “As someone who is a Kansan, that scares me.” While Kansas in some ways appears to... Read more
...also means you don’t have to self-fund the business — [but] it can mean you’re maybe not where you want to be from a revenue perspective.” Such early-stage investments are... Read more
...Growth Partners Launched by Keith Harrington and Carlos Antequera in early 2018, Novel — a revenue-based funding firm — aims to provide underserved tech companies across the midwest with up... Read more
...Kansas City’s landlocked location, inviting startups to face a pre-selected panel of executives called “land sharks” who will judge pitches. Karen Fenaroli Each shark will directly fund and donate $1,000... Read more
...a first-time fund, we focus on finding early-stage technology companies that we can help grow and utilizes the natural resources in the region. In Agrible’s case, being in the heartland... Read more
...food my family loves. How much do you hope to raise? $50,000 What do you plan to use the funds for? The funds raised will be used to towards improvements... Read more
...of the 2018 Techstars KC class, he said, CitySmart was accepted into Quake Capital — an Austin-based seed and early venture capital fund and accelerator program. As he redirects his... Read more
...at least five new VC funds have launched in the last two years, and they’re now actively investing. All this activity has pulled many individual investors off the sidelines, and... Read more