...said Janice Wait, managing director of Mozilla Gigabit Community fund, Kansas City chapter. “Through these projects, we’re able to support growing ecosystem of education innovation in Kansas City.” In addition... Read more
Harvard University has recognized two Kansas City initiatives as semifinalists in the school’s Innovations in American Government Awards competition. Led by the City of Kansas City, Mo., the Community Improvement... Read more
...reason why startups tend to have such funky names is due to the scarcity of available domain names. “There’s so few domains available now that are normal,” Newton said. “What... Read more
...26 179 14.53% Kansas City 22 169 13.02% Omaha 15 112 13.39% Little Rock 8 73 10.96% Oklahoma City 6 74 8.11% * Registered startups is the number of companies... Read more
...at One Kansas City Place at 1200 Main St. in downtown Kansas City. Virgin selected Kansas City as the location for its new headquarters in July as it relaunched its... Read more
Kansas City witnessed one of its biggest startup successes in 2016 with EyeVerify’s massive exit. Stories like this bring Kansas City’s potential to the foreground. It validates that not only... Read more
...Lenexa-based Smart Warehousing and Kansas City-based Spring Venture Group, of which Coulson is founder and chairman. Five Elms focuses on investments of $3 to $30 million in business-to-business firms with... Read more
...to host the program around the globe, Kansas City is the first city to launch ScaleUpU. “This program puts Kansas City on the map as a city that has resources... Read more
What a year it’s been for Kansas City startups. From exits and capital raises to awards and partnerships, the area’s early-stage firms have kept Startland News plenty busy in 2016.... Read more
...City’s future is approached. Bob Specht is a product manager at Think Big Partners. He also maintains FWD/KC and Next Kansas City for Kansas City’s startup and urban development communities.... Read more