...Megan Darnell is the program manager over at Fountain City Fintech, helping develop the fintech ecosystem in Kansas City. Chad Feather is an analyst at KCRise Fund, helping develop the... Read more
...actually started my first company when I was 12,” said Feather, now an analyst at the KCRise Fund, recalling his introduction to the startup space. He led Premiere Sales, an... Read more
...organization that also powers Startland News. Darcy Howe, founder of Back2KC, managing director and founder of KCRise Fund The move means KCSF will take ownership of the program for its... Read more
...founder and managing director of the KCRise Fund in a Startland analysis of the 2018 list. “They’re able to get their initial funding in town, build something sustainable from that... Read more
...the crowdfunding campaign? $4,000. What do you plan to use the funds for? This will help me pay my creative team to complete the project, along with printing. How are... Read more
...Kansas City graduate founded as “CasaiQ,” Zego’s early investors ran the spectrum of the local and national investment scene: The KCRise Fund, Techstars Ventures, Zoloz CEO Toby Rush, and ShotTracker... Read more
...to attract VC attention, the funding phenom continued. Perhaps better thought of as “adventure” capital, VC funds are eager to take the risk, he added. “It’s actually really hard to... Read more
...equity funding), Illinois (Avant, $655 million), and Georgia (Kabbage, $490 million); and The VC-backed startup with the least funding on the list is Oklahoma’s SendaRide with $1.74 million in funding.... Read more
...saw continued support from KCRise Fund, the company said, in addition to another seven existing investors that included: Origin Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed... Read more
...by the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City and the Downtown Council of Kansas City — will be able to fund more companies and offer startups better support, as part... Read more
