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Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what... Read more
...city, and simple expressions of community love. “We really want graphics to capture the spirit of the city,” added Kathy Lu, co-founder of Emoji My City. Dozens of new stickers... Read more
...to help solve [civic] problems,” she said. City Hall, KCMO Kansas City’s version of the program will include an educational component for startups and city agencies, designed to help participants... Read more
...burgeoning new technologies.” Funding from the City of Overland Park will support entrepreneurs based in that city. The program previously established an ongoing relationship with the City of Olathe, under... Read more
Kansas City-built C2FO will continue to expand its global prowess with the acquisition of India-based Priority Vendor, the startup announced Thursday. “This is an important milestone in C2FO India’s journey,”... Read more
...sector in the Kansas City region. Missouri’s numbers followed a trend similar to Kansas City. The tech industry contributed $22 billion dollars — or about 8 percent — to Missouri’s... Read more
...innovations are on the horizon. City Growth: Kansas City spent over $2 billion on new developments downtown since 2016. Additionally, Kansas City’s downtown population is expected to increase 33% by... Read more
...already submitted a proposal to the city of KCMO in hopes of forging a partnership, the downtown Kansas City transplant explained. “I reached out to Rick Usher and kind of... Read more
...equity investment in PayIt earlier this year, according to a new ranking by M25. The mega-round for Kansas City’s leading GovTech startup kept the City of Fountains above water as... Read more
...Susie Kim and Dante Monaldo — Pluto Money — completes the second cohort of the Fountain City Fintech accelerator program. Fountain City Fintech 2019 cohort “The Midwest isn’t exactly a... Read more