...— have grown alongside Kansas City’s maturing innovation ecosystem, added Darcy Howe, co-chair of STARTLAND’s board and founder of KCRise Fund. “Kansas City, itself, has graduated from a startup to... Read more
...who recently pitched UMKC’s FeedKC Initiative to sharks at the 2019 Pure Pitch Rally, in 2018 and Chad Feather, associate at KCRise Fund, in 2017. Together, the Bloch School and... Read more
...passion for food into a business (Kiersten Firquain, Happy Food Co.) Noon — Women-owned restaurants: How do we fund them in KC? (Morgan Perry, Square One Small Business Services) 6... Read more
...a table in an exhibition hall or engaging in FUND Conference’s Fund-Founder Face-Off it is crucial to be able to communicate to investors what your business is solving, where that... Read more
...at KCRise Fund and he’s just a really great connector and kind of knows a lot about what’s happening in the startup scene,” Branding explained, noting such conversations as a... Read more
...the leadership of former executive director Jeff Shackelford, who now leads Fountain Innovation Fund and Mid-America Angels. Among the newly funded cohort companies: Pulmonaer Analytics — Sunti Wathanacharoen, founder —... Read more
...relationship building at Tuesday’s Pure Pitch Rally. “Together, we find a way, we fund a way, and we mentor a way to create more success in the startup community in... Read more
...Husch Blackwell. Ed Wilson, Husch Blackwell Kenyon Briggs, Husch Blackwell Silicon Valley has been known as America’s premier innovation capital for decades. Between easy access to funding, a strong entrepreneurial... Read more
...the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project) Neither Kansas nor Missouri are considered competitive in direct state investment programs (whether it be a tax credit program, a fund-of-funds focused on the state,... Read more
...good returns.” Click here to read more about Bungii’s recent $9.4 million funding round. Launched earlier in 2019, KCRise Fund II has already made investments in Bungii, Backstitch and Daupler... Read more
