...Fund. Leadership at BacklotCars deserves applause and congratulations, said Brady, and not just for its fundraising or historic exit. “Justin Davis, Josh Parsons, Ryan Davis, and Fabricio Solanes chose to... Read more
...Companies list for the past three years. Investors of BacklotCars include Stripes, Origin Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Royal Street Ventures and KCRise Fund. Tuesday’s announced deal could rival news... Read more
...20 received the full amount they requested, according to the UMKC Innovation Center. An additional three businesses received funding with remaining funds. Entrepreneurs and businesses supported through the fund’s grant... Read more
...City, the Fountain Innovation Fund, and they fund people a little bit earlier in their journey,” Golden said. “We’re adjusting our application criteria to try to help people get ready... Read more
...recipients of the non-profit’s $50,000 Micro-Grant Support Fund. “All the entrepreneurs we support do this work because of a desire to improve the way we educate all students. This fund... Read more
...Pitch Rally, set for Oct. 12 in the Neptune Ballroom at the new downtown Loews hotel. Pure Pitch Rally — offering more than $1 million in non-dilutive spot-cash funding and... Read more
...fund said. The resiliency fund isn’t the first COVID-19 aid effort to see an immediate outpouring of need. In April, the AltCap-led KC COVID-19 Small Business Relief Loan Fund —... Read more
...and fund-of-funds programs like Indiana’s Next Level Fund and Illinois’s ILGIF, the KC metro is far behind.” Click here to read about the defunding of Missouri’s MTC innovation investment program,... Read more
...don’t understand,” Einsel said of the community development financial institution and how its Equity Squared fund helped Smart Beverage. “Capital is obviously a huge part of growing a business and... Read more
...announcement of the Kansas City Minority Business Resiliency Grant. The fund is expected to award up to $5,000 to at least 20 racial/ethnic minority-owned businesses. The grants are funded by... Read more
