...FIFA World Cup to showcase Kansas City’s entrepreneurial spirit. Funds awarded through the just-detailed Open Doors! Program — crafted through a partnership between the City of Kansas City, Missouri’s KC... Read more
...its unobligated state funds, reserve funds and federal funds through the State Small Business Credit Initiative Capital Program. The suspended Physical Infrastructure Program could return in 2027 if state funding... Read more
...into Kansas success stories. Cole Ahlvers, NQV8 Fund, right, speaks on a panel at the Plug and Play Animal Health & AgTech Expo in Topeka; photo by Nikki Overfelt Chifalu,... Read more
...said. While funding does help communities grow, the first piece is collaboration and pouring into the talent because they need to be equipped to make decisions about funding and other... Read more
...advisory boards, co-design training, and in some cases co-fund upskilling. “If they have entry-level health care providers who want to move up, we will go fifty fifty with that employer,”... Read more
...Dr. William D. Paiva, Tulsa, Oklahoma, founder and managing partner of OLSF Ventures (Oklahoma Life Science Fund); Brett Calhoun, Columbia, Missouri, general partner at Redbud VC; Christine Karslake, Rolla, Missouri,... Read more
...to 10 Latino businesses in Kansas City. Funds were accepted at the event by Padilla’s Fresco Marketing and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City. “This is a... Read more
...Consulting. Additionally, Startup Crawl is funded by a grant from The Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund (NTDF) — a program of the City of KCMO which provides support to non-profit organizations... Read more
...Fund’s investor summit are one example, Hadzhiev noted. “The bags matched KCRise Fund’s colors, had inside pockets, premium zippers,” he detailed. “(The venture fund) handed them out to investors and... Read more
...is part of a $1.3 million fundraising round for Technology Labs and is expected to help with its marketing push. “Technology Labs is helping define the next frontier of financial... Read more