...also touted how KCRise could serve as an example of socially responsible entrepreneurship, highlighting the diversity of founders and employees among portfolio companies. According to numbers provided by KCRise Fund,... Read more
COLUMBIA, Missouri — Venture capital fund and studio Scale VC raised a $5 million round of funding in less than six months, said Brett Calhoun, highlighting the potential for growing... Read more
...and the Wyandotte Economic Development Council is providing minority entrepreneurs in Wyandotte County with loans and technical assistance to get their business ideas off the ground. The Empower WYCO fund... Read more
...business lender, a $500,000 grant to provide $1,000 to $10,000 loans through the ARTcap Microloan Fund to artists and creative entrepreneurs in Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Applications for these loans... Read more
...and agriculture value chain. New investor Mountain Group Partners, joins such current investors as KCRise Fund, Open Prairie, Fulcrum Global Capital, Serra Ventures, and Grosvenor Food and Ag Tech. Vytelle’s... Read more
...or the time when we were in San Francisco trying to raise money, paying ourselves in ramen,” he continued. Liam Reilly, KCRise Fund, welcomes the audience at the firm’s Fund’s... Read more
...from notable local investors, including KCRise Fund and Entrepreneurial Growth Ventures, among others. O’Rear has also participated in the UMKC CEO Roundtable and the Pipeline Entrepreneurs program, she shared, also... Read more
...Programs such as HERImpact signal to the broader investment community that it is imperative to fund women entrepreneurs,” said 1863 Ventures’ Bradley. “Ford Motor Company Fund is vigilant of the... Read more
...secure funding 3.2 times more often than others do. In 2022, the C2FO platform provided more than $4.7 billion in funding through its existing early payment programs to minority- and... Read more
One of Kansas City’s most successful scaling startups announced Tuesday a new initiative — funded by Sheri Schultz and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz — to provide access to $100 million... Read more