An investment in innovation has landed Kansas City-based LendingStandard $2.5 million in investment funds following the close of a Series A funding round led by Flyover Capital, CEO Andy Kallenbach... Read more
...January, Target Hill aims to fund early-stage companies that have grown past the “friends and family” investment stage, but aren’t yet large enough to launch a round of seed funding,... Read more
...education, he added. A hurdle jumped, STEM proponents must not rest, Weber urged. “Soon the state will have to consider how to properly fund computer science education and professional development... Read more
...in July earned a spot for PayIt among the KCRise Fund’s portfolio of companies. “We’re winning new clients across the country at city, county and state government,” he said. “We’ve... Read more
...led by Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, but also included significant support from the KCRise Fund and Service Provider Capital, he said. Stout Street Capital and Clean Energy Fund have also... Read more
...Uber in San Francisco. Materializing formally in October, Back2KC is an initiative of the KCRise Fund, Kansas City Area Development Council, and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce —... Read more
...$1,000): Sara Baker, FastDemocracy ($7,000) Pam Berneking, chief commercial officer, CommunityAmerica Credit Union Darcy Howe, founder and managing director, KCRise Fund Ryan Merket, Amazon BD Startups Dan Schulte, managing partner,... Read more
...inclusive innovation and investment model to address poverty and the wealth gap. Bob Langenkamp, Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri Programs like CodeStart, #YesWeCodeFund, #100BlackAngels and HBCU@SXSW resulted from... Read more
...Wednesday that discussed access to angel and venture capital. The mid-week diversity and inclusion track at Techweek explored topics from securing funding, to bridging the inclusivity gap in Kansas City,... Read more
...managing director of the KCRise Fund — a co-investment fund that works with venture capital investors to support early-stage Kansas City companies — Howe saw that startups backed by the... Read more